ABOUT 12 local designers have been trained on modern ways of designing to attract more retailers to buy their work.
The local designers attended a four day workshop at the New African Hotel in Dar es Salaam under organization of Swahili Fashion Week in conjunction with The Tanzania Cotton Board’s (TCB) Textile Sector Development Unit (TSDU).
Speaking during the workshop, Mustafa Hassanali of Swahili Fashion Week said training will help Tanzanian designers to produce first-rate garments that will acquire market anywhere.

STANBIC Bank Tanzania plans to open new branches across the country as part of the bank efforts to bring financial services closer to its customers countrywide.
Stanbic Managing Director, Bashir Awale in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday said the bank would open new branches upcountry.
He said the bank would open new branches in Mara, Kahama, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Mbeya and Dodoma to foster economic development in those regions.
Awale noted that majority of business people especially local Tanzanian entrepreneur’s lacks proper financial institutions to serve their financial needs.

A Don at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has urged the private organizations to employ local graduates who can use Kiswahili as a medium of communication.
Deputy Associate Director, Institute of Kiswahili Studies at UDSM, Dr Eliezer Chiduo said most youth graduating from local universities have been failing to get employed in the labour market because they are not fluent in spoken English.

Newly recruited Taifa Stars' coach, Danish Jan Poulsen will have his first major game tomorrow when his team plays host to Algeria's Desert Fox in the first leg tie of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
This will be the first competitive international match for the Danish tactician after succeeding Brazilian Marcio Maximo.
Maximo, who was hired by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete to transform Tanzania's soccer, had his contract terminated by the Tanzania Football Football (TFF).