The Inside Guide: News, Events & Special Offers

DITF, which is popularly known as the “Saba Saba” Fair, marks its 45th year and will run from 23rd June - 13th July 2021 at the Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere Trade Fair Exhibition Grounds, Kilwa Road in Dar es Salaam with theme: Agricultural Crop Processing for Continuous Sustainable Development. It is a major promotional event organised by the Board of External Trade (BET) to spearhead Tanzania’s business endeavors. This year’s fair promises to be bigger and better as 4,000 local and foreign exhibitors are expected to participate. For more information, call +255 22 285 0238

ENJOY SEAFOOD NIGHT AT DAR ES SALAAM SERENA HOTEL Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel exclusively brings you a very special seafood night. Come and join Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel for a whole new seafood experience! Choose from our variety of fresh seafood and have the chef prepare it exactly the way you like it! Every Wednesday at Serengeti Restaurant.

To make reservations, please call + 255 22 221 2500

ZIFF is one of the highlights of the island’s cultural calendar, with thousands of people attending every year. Filmmakers, film lovers, and tourists all flock to the nine-day event that celebrates music, the arts and the spirit of the island itself. Known as the biggest cultural event of its kind in East Africa, the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) will take place on 21st – 25th July, 2021 in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Now in its 24th year, with a record 400 films submitted from 40 countries, this year’s competition promises to be the most exciting to date. For more information, call (+255 773 411 499

ASEDEVA in partnership with National Museum and House of culture once again brings you a wonderful dance festival known as Haba Na Haba International Dance Festival for contemporary and traditional dance performances. The 5th Edition of Dance Festival 2021 which will take place on 30th-31st July 2021 at National Museum and House of Culture from 7:00pm. The festival will bring together great traditional and contemporary dance performances from a number of different groups from local and international artists/dance groups. Let’s join together to celebrate and support traditional and contemporary dance, dancers, choreographers and the whole dance sector in the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Haba Na Haba Dance team are very happy to welcome you all, and encourage you to spread the word about this coming dance event. For more information, please call 0714 383 883

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