Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports

Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Tanzania
Headquarters	Dar es Salaam
Minister responsible	Innocent Bashungwa
Deputy Minister responsible	Hamis Mwinjuma
Ministry executive	Professor Ole Gabriel, Permanent Secretary
Website	www.habari.go.tz

The Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports is a government ministry of Tanzania. The ministry was founded in 2006 by presidential notice, merging extant sections of sports, information, and culture into one functional ministry.^[1]

Departments of the Ministry include the following:^[2]

Information Development

• Department is responsible to collect, write and disseminate government statements; to collect and disseminate news and news material; to organize government news conferences and news briefings; to monitor and coordinate news bureaus, radio news and television news, and other information-related duties.^[3]

Culture Development

• Traditions and culture; arts, music, cinema; languages^[4]
• Bagamoyo College of Art^[5]

Sports Development

• Registration of leagues and associations; planning and construction of stadiums and sports facilities; stadium management; sports infrastructure development.
• Tanzania Football Federation^[6]

Policy & Planning

• Policy and planning

Administration

• Administration

• Government of Tanzania

• Official website