Monthly Archives: October 2021

Dear All,

It is with great pleasure we inform you that the Tanzania International Arbitration Centre (TIAC) will be officially launched on 16th October 2021. The Launch Ceremony will be conducted at the Wakili House, Chato Street, Dar es Salaam from 09:00 am to 01:30 pm.

The Guest of Honour will be Prof. Sifuni Ernest Mchome, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs (MoCLA). The event will also be graced by the Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania, Prof. Florens Luoga. The event will bring together dignitaries from government institutions, judiciary, business community, private sector, development partners as well as law firms.

Considering the prevailing condition of the Covid 19 pandemic, we are forced to limit Invitations for physical attendance to a limited number of invitees. However, TLS members and interested stakeholders can still follow the event online through Wakili TV Channel on YouTube as well as Zoom by registering via the link belaw

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tcemtpjIoEtJ9zvB7HOf0ckdGiaafhu5F

For enquiries and details about the event kindly contact

Adv. Magreth Magoma through 0772-831483 or email: mmagoma@tiac.or.tz.

The Tanzania International Arbitration Centre, TIAC conducted the very first Young ADR Professional dialogue which was held on 2nd of October 2021 at Wakili House Dar es salaam and hosted by Adv. Edith Michael Mtweve

The key speakers for the Dialogue were the TIAC Managing Director Mr. Alphonce Gura together with Adv. Asha Sabrina Ayoub, who provided a number of detailed insights on the perks of practicing ADR especially for the Young Professionals, the speakers spoke on how to crack in and grasp the opportunities through which the ADR practice can offer at the moment and the near future

The attendees were able to learn and develop new thoughts about what the ADR practice can offer here in Tanzania as well as continental wise for the legal professionals and to other professionals like accountants, engineers, auditors and any other professionals from any registered board in the country, as for the dialogue, a number of attendees from various professions participated fully in the dialogue

The Tanzania International Arbitration Centre is looking forward to having a number of interesting dialogue which will tremendously impact the career path of the Young Professionals in Tanzania as well as focusing on how to create, utilize and share the opportunities among the members

TIAC Managing Director, Mr. Alphonce Marandu Gura, has worked with the Tanganyika Law Society for 10 years prior to his appointment at TIAC. Key to his role at TLS, he served as the Acting Chief Executive Officer for more or less the entire 2014. Mr Gura has been an influential figure in the TLS Senior Management for the past 8 years, immensely contributing to the design and implementation of two generations of strategic plans, designing of programes that defined a new TLS image to its stakeholders and individually taking the key role in TLS fundraising and business development initiatives.

He has written, edited and contributed to hundreds of TLS publications. Mr. Gura has also been a key drafter of a major regulations for the regulation of the Law Society business notably the TLS Election Regulations and TLS Chapter Regulations among a handful of other regulations. Mr Gura posses a unique blend of knowledge in businesses development, policy and law reform programming, judicial accountability advocacy as well as regulations of legal professionals and Professional Associations.

Mr. Gura is a registered member of the Bar in Tanzania, as well as East Africa Law Society (EALS) and the Southern Africa Development Community Law Association (SADCLA). He has in the past taken an a leading role for the negotiation of the position of the TLS in Cross Border Legal Practice in East Africa from 2012 to 2015. Mr. Gura is particularly active in the SADCLA where he is currently serving in its various committees including the Pro bono Committee, Human Rights Committee, A special committee to popularize AFSA/SADC seat of Arbitration, and the SADCLA Young Lawyers Network.
Mr. Gura holds LL.M degree from University of Dar es Salaam, with a particular focus on public and private international legal practice,” Major regulations and rules for regulating conduct of Law Society Business