Establishment
Business Times Limited is a Media House established in 1988 as a privately owned limited liability company to provide communication products and services that aim at promoting responsible human growth and welfare in Tanzanian society. It started operations with publication of Business Times Newspaper. It currently publishes 4 newspapers, namely, Majira, Business Times, Dar Leo, and Spoti Starehe.

 

Mission
The mission of Business Times Limited is to facilitate responsible individual and group development through provision of communication products and services. This mission is based on our belief that, (i) the primary cause of socio-economic problems in our society is not resource based but man created; (ii) that information is not just mere communication but a resource, which has to be properly managed in order to contribute adequately to the process of human growth and equitable development of society as a whole; and (iii) that our own development and wellbeing are best assured in promoting those of the society as a whole.

 

Vision
We are serving society with the best of our ability in pursuit of our own achievement, thereby contributing to transforming Tanzania into a progressive, cohesive and peaceful society that is able to consciously realize its own wellbeing and effectively take up its respectable place in the larger community of nations.

 

Overall Objective/Goal
The overall goal of Business Times Limited is to build a successful business based on social development, that is, provision of professional, value-adding development communication and related products and services that aim at promoting the integrity, cohesiveness and enterprise of communities as well as equity and accountability in the access to, and use of, social resources for the common good.