''The Business Times'' used to be a weekly
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
n newspaper published in
Dar es Salaam, the business capital and largest city in the second-largest economy in the
East African Community
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burun ...
. Together with the Financial Times (published by IPP Media), they were the two exclusively business weekly published in the country.
Overview
The newspaper is no longer in print, but much of its news content seems to have been assimilated in The Tanzania Times, which has now taken over the publication alongside the former Arusha Times which used to cover the Northern Tanzania zone.
covers investment and business news in
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
. It was published in
English
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* English language
* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
and had a broadsheet print version.
History
The paper used to be published by Business Times Limited, a company founded in 1988, which also produced three other papers:
(a) Majira, a daily news publication in
Kiswahili
Swahili, also known by its local name , is the native language of the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent litoral islands). It is a Bantu language, though Swahili ...
(b) Dar Leo, another news daily, also in Kiswahili and (c) Spoti Starehe, a weekly sports newspaper in Kiswahili.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Tanzania
*
Media in Tanzania
References
External links
Website of ''Tanzania Business Times''
Dar es Salaam
Newspapers published in Tanzania
Newspapers established in 1988
1988 establishments in Tanzania
Weekly newspapers
Mass media in Dar es Salaam
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