Tanzanian ETP Blueprint ready with Malaysia’s help

BIG CREDITS: Najib (right) and Tanzania president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (fourth right) during a dialogue. Najib said it was a big credit to Malaysia as Tanzania has chosen the Malaysian model and not the Western model for uplifting its socio-economic development. — Bernama photo

DAR ES SALAAM (Tanzania): The blueprint for the Tanzanian economic transformation programme (ETP) is ready with the help of Malaysia.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the plan was drawn by the Tanzanians with the help of Malaysians and tailored to their needs although they emulated the Malaysian Economic Transformation Programmes aimed at transforming Malaysia into a high-income nation by 2020.

“The Tanzanian government invited Datuk Seri Idris Jala (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department) four times to brief their cabinet members,” Najib told Malaysian media on the sidelines of the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue here.

Najib said it was a big credit to Malaysia as Tanzania has chosen the Malaysian model and not the Western model for uplifting its socio-economic development.

He said Tanzania had shown interest in the ETP at the Langkawi International Dialogue held in Putrajaya in 2011.

Najib said some other African nations are also interested in emulating the ETP, which is aimed at doubling Malaysian per capita income from US$7,000 in 2010 to US$15,000 by 2010.

However, he cautioned that Malaysia would help Tanzania first before extending help to other countries as “we do not want to chew more than we can bite.” Idris, who was present at the press conference, said Malaysia is assisting Tanzania in providing technology for managing a government.

“We ran cabinet workshops and labs for agriculture, water, port, resources mobilisation and education in helping them to draw up the programme,” said Idris, who oversees the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) main role is to oversee the implementation of the ETP and Government Transformation Programme (GTP).

He said they were impressed with the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as even ministers have their own KPIs.

Tanzania has vast economic potential as it has a gas reserve of 35 trillion cu ft, said Idris, who was with an international oil company before joining the Malaysian cabinet. — Bernama

 (Source: The Borneo Post)

More investment opportunities for Msian companies - Najib

DAR ES SALAAM (Tanzania): Algeria has offered Petronas to make a bid to team up with oil exploring firms in the country while Malaysian corporation are in negotiations with the Tanzanian authorities to build highways and specialist hospitals.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak said UEM Group Bhd was seeking to build a tolled highway that would connect the city with surrounding regions.

“The Dar es Salaam port is a strategic outlet for nations such as Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia. The current roads are congested and so the new highway is very important,” the prime minister said.

Malaysia may also get involved in the healthcare sector in Tanzania.

Najib arrives in Tanzania for the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue

DAR ES SALAAM (TANZANIA) – Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrived here last night to attend the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue.

The prime minister's aircraft landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport here at 9.20pm local time Friday (2.20am Malaysian time Saturday).

He was accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala, and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa.

They were greeted on arrival by Tanzanian Minister for Communication, Science and Technology Prof Makame M. Mbarawa at the airport named after this country's founding father.

Najib will be joining 14 others heads of states and governments from African countries for the two-days dialogue starting tomorrow at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar Es Salaam, the country’s commercial capital.

The Malaysian premier is scheduled to leave on Sunday night for London for a working visit there. -- BERNAMA

Najib and Rosmah chat with Tanzanian Minister for Communication, Science and Technology Prof Makame M. Mbarawa at the Julius Nyerere International Airport. - Bernama

(Source: http://www.nst.com.my)

African nations need vision to propel development, says Najib

African nations need a clear vision by political leadership to propel their development to the next level, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Political leadership without vision would lead the continent nowhere in terms of development, he told the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Speaking to Malaysian journalists later, Najib said he shared with about 800 participants that they need science, technology and innovation policies in setting the development direction of their respective countries.

“They need to take into account the human and financial capital aspects,” said Najib, adding that they needed to draw their development plans according to their needs as there was no single formula that could be fixed for all.

He said African countries were still exporting their raw materials and they could not enjoy appropriate returns as they did not value-add their exports.

Najib leads 100-member delegation to Tanzania dialogue

DAR ES SALAAM (Tanzania): Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to promote Malaysia-Africa ties, investment and trade further at the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue (GSPD) here tomorrow.

The Prime Minister will lead a 100-member delegation there that in­-cludes Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Najib will also be accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, apart from captains of industry from 28 Malaysian companies.

The premier is due to arrive at the Julius Nyerere International Airport here today.

With the dialogue’s theme of Leveraging Technology for Africa’s Socio-Economic Transformation, Najib is expected to share his transformation programmes to turn Malaysia into a high-income and developed nation by 2020 with the participants over the weekend.

Malaysian High Commissioner to Kenya Ismail Salam, who is also the Malaysian High Commissioner designate to Tanzania, said Najib would be joining 14 other heads of states and governments from African countries at the dialogue. It will be held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre here.

Ismail said Malaysia’s presence would show the country’s commitment to address international issues, especially matters that were of importance to the African continent.

“We have strong links in education and tourism with the African countries,” said Ismail. “And we want to enhance these to other areas of services.”

GSPD is held alternately between Malaysia and countries in southern Africa. Putrajaya hosted the 2011 international dialogue.

(Source: The Star Online)