The growing internet rush in Tanzania is bringing more women to the web. In contrast to other African countries, reports the BBC, the increasing number of cyber-cafes in cities and rural areas are contributing to this boom by offering cheap internet access. A growing number of female net-cafe owners provide easy internet access to their female customers.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has delayed a $12 million grant to Tanzania for malaria prevention efforts after Tanzania's Ministry of Finance said it would control the grant instead of the country's health ministry, the Boston Globe reports.

The Aiding Youth for Life Country Coordinator (CC) position is an internship that will last 6 months and is dependant upon funding. The candidate will be operating centrally out of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The CC will act as the central representative of the AYL Board of Directors in Tanzania, and will be required to host governments, and international and national organisations; develop new programs; manage security and personnel.

A study of children in Kenya and Tanzania has identified a gene mutation that can significantly cut the risk of becoming seriously ill with malaria. Researchers led by Brice Weinberg of the Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Centers in Durham, North Carolina, United States, found that children with the mutation were nearly 90 per cent less likely to develop severe forms of the disease.