The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its institutional predecessors have had a presence in Tanzania and Zanzibar for more than a century, starting with the establishment of the first Aga Khan Girls School in Zanzibar in 1905. In recognition of AKDN's commitment to the country, an Agreement of Co-operation was signed with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania in 1991. The Agreement was subsequently revised and endorsed in 2001, and today enables AKDN to contribute significantly to Tanzania's development agenda.
News ArchivesAga Khan Trust for Culture Starts US$2.2 million Revitalisation of Forodhani Park in Zanzibar’s Historic Stone Town Aga Khan Announces the East African Community’s First Regional University to be based in Arusha President Mkapa and Aga Khan Lay Foundation Stone for the Expansion of the Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam |
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The Revitalisation of Forodhani Park, Zanzibar (2008, 354KB, PDF)
Tanzania: Social, Economic and Cultural Programmes of the Aga Khan Development Network (262KB, PDF)
Building a Strong Civil Society Sector: The NGO Resource Centre in Zanzibar (163KB, PDF)
Upgrading Nursing Studies: Strengthening the Health-Care System in Tanzania (186KB, PDF)
Promoting Better Health: The Raha Leo Community Health Programme (185KB, PDF)
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Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan
Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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