The presence of Salvinia spp is forcing fish, such as Nile perch, to migrate to deeper waters, making them harder to catch.

[Isaiah Gwengi, Standard] Some years back, fish was an everyday delicacy during lunch or dinner for those who grew up in Nyanza thanks to their proximity to Lake Victoria. Not anymore. Most ...

A Tanzanian fisherman has been saved after being adrift on Lake Victoria for over three hours after a violent attack by people suspected to have been Ugandan fishermen. The incident, which left ...

MWANZA: THE Lake Victoria has been invaded by a new type of weed, ‘Salvinia,’ with the transport sector being the most ...

James Omollo stares with pride across the expansive Lake Victoria and points at two fish cages which have transformed his life. Fish cage farming has turned into a thriving business which meets ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Government of Tanzania is leading a campaign to increase access to electricity across the country, with support from the World Bank through the Tanzania Rural Electrification ...

Survivor Julius Owithy, 22, says they left Mwanza's Butujja on a fishing expedition on Lake Victoria on February 9, 2025, with his colleagues identified as Dadi and Zaakayo before the incident ...

Diana Mbogo Managing Director of Millennium Engineering Enterprises Limited in Tanzania Through their research on the sardine sector in Mwanza, a fishing community on the banks of Lake Victoria, Diana ...

Through their research on the sardine sector in Mwanza, a fishing community on the banks of Lake Victoria, Diana and her team had identified a major problem: unsanitary open-air drying methods that ...