Poland in Tanzania

On March 15, 2023, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam, in cooperation with the Embassy of Germany, organized a piano concert performed by the outstanding Polish pianist Jan Krzysztof Broja and presented the Polish-Ukrainian exhibition "Mom, I don't want war!" in connection with the recent anniversary of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

The call for Stefan Banach Scholarship Programme, a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Science, and NAWA - Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, has just been announced! The programme offers possibility of completing second-cycle studies in a full-time mode.

The Embassy of Poland in Dar es Salaam encourages everyone to read the below message by the President of the Republic of Poland on the anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Temporarily, from January 16th 2023 (Monday) the consular section of the Embassy will be open for the consular clients in visa and legalization matters in new office hours.

There will be no visa appeals on January 6th and 13th, 2023 (Fridays).

Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski visited Udzungwa and the Kilombero Valley, where, as part of small grants financed within Polish Aid, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam has been supporting for several years the activities of a non-governmental STEP organization to protect Tanzania's biodiversity and achieve a state where people and wildlife may coexist without conflict. This is one of the challenges of our time.

Katarzyna Sobiecka, a representative of the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam, visited a laboratory of the APOPO non-governmental organization, whose mission is to train and use southern giant rats in order to provide innovative methods i.a. in the fight against tuberculosis, one of the infectious diseases causing the highest number of deaths in the world.

On December 4-6, 2022, Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński visited Rwanda, where the MFA delegation was also accompanied by: a delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology with Deputy Minister Grzegorz Piechowiak and a delegation of the Ministry of Finance with Deputy Minister Artur Soboń, as well as an economic mission co-organized by Polish Investment and Trade Agency with Vice-President Zdzisław Sokal. During the visit, a Business Forum was held with the participation of 20 Polish companies and an Educational Forum with the participation of 7 Polish universities.

As part of the European Film Festival, which joined forces with the Zanzibar International Film Festival, on October 27 - November 18, 2022, movies from 11 European countries, including Poland and Ukraine, were screened.

During the gala reception on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of regaining independence, organized in the gardens of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam, Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski read a letter from Minister Piotr Wawrzyk with wishes for the Polish community in the world and recalled the history of regaining independence. During the celebrations, a joint Polish-Ukrainian exhibition "Mom, I don't want war!" was also presented.