Proud to meet with Maxence Melo and the entire team at Jamii Forums. Democracy rests in good hands when civil society including Jamii Forums empowers citizens to use their voice and share opinions to solve community challenges. #Tukopamoja

It was an honor to meet with The House of Kongo of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and to engage in a stimulating conversation of the history and current state of the 🇺🇸 – 🇹🇿 bilateral relations.

Link to the podcast here: megaphone.link/CSIS3978082170

It was a pleasure spending time in Dodoma celebrating the power of a free press. I’m pleased to have spent time discussing these important topics with Dr. Tulia Ackson Mohamed Mchengerwa and many others during the official #WorldPressFreedomDay2024 commemoration in Dodoma. I agree…

At the airport in Dodoma I met the Honorable John Samwel Malecela who served as Prime Minister of Tanzania during the time of Tanzania’s Founding President, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. I also met some of the leaders of the Women’s Wing of the CCM, including Honorable Mary Chatanda,…

It was an honor to host Her Excellency Chen Mingjian and her senior officers from Chinese Embassy in Tanzania to deepen our relationships and explore ways to collaborate to strengthen our long-standing friendship with Tanzania.

As always, a very productive and enjoyable engagement with the Honorable Foreign Minister January Makamba today. We discussed strengthening our great partnership based on shared values and a common interest in expanding our trade and investment ties towards an inclusive and prosperous…

I was thrilled to meet Professor Jennifer Thomas, a distinguished professor of journalism at my alma mater Howard University. Professor Thomas will be meeting with Tanzanian media stakeholders in celebration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd.

Wishing all Tanzanians a happy 60th Union Day!

Wishing a happy Union Day to all Tanzanians across the globe. I shared my thoughts on the remarkable achievement of 60 years of 🇹🇿 political union, which is an example for the entire world with TBCOnline

Watch my remarks here: youtube.com/live/pDJhrlgD0…

It was my honor to participate in the U.S. embassy's interfaith dialogue with a diverse cross-section of U.S. embassy staff representing various faith traditions. This event hosted by our embassy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Council, is an important…

It was an enlightening education to welcome and learn from Deus Valentine, CEO of the Center for Strategic Litigation and later from Ovidiu Bujorean, Senior Technical Director of Investment and Innovative Finance for AV Ventures.

Final round of Hill visits in behalf of AGOA. Congressman Jeffries (NY), Congressman McCaud (TX), Congressman Meeks (NY), Congressperson Cherfilus McCormick (FL), Congressman Horsford (NV), Congressman Amo (RI)

Had a great meeting yesterday with 3 of our ambassadors to African nations yesterday, where we explored issues on the continent and how to advance my new bill to renew our trade deal with sub-Saharan Africa. Thanks to Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and Rep. Terri A. Sewell for joining!

It was a pleasure to meet with Senator Cory Booker and hear more about his recent trip to Tanzania.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity of meeting with my counterpart, Ambassador Kanza and the Secretary of Commerce for the state of Maryland, Secretary Anderson and his Chief of Staff, Jerel Registre. We had very meaningful discussions about possible synergies between Maryland and…

Delighted to catch up with USTDA Regional Manager Jillian Foerster to share the importance of increasing American investment in Tanzania to meet economic growth objectives.