Media Council of Tanzania
Source Passport
TZ-R-00002-1
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Media Council of Tanzania
- Country
- Tanzania
- Type
- Regulator
- Founded
- 1995
- Head
- Ernest Samson Sungura (Executive Secretary; per MCT Annual Report 2023); Hon. Justice Juxon Isaac Mlay (President of the Governing Board)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 29 March 2025
0 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Open
6 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it on record, not yet checked
- How it is funded on record, not yet checked
- Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
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Needs update: last verified on 29 March 2025. Details may have changed since.
Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- MCT
- Media Council of Tanzania
- Registration number Pending check
- (Registered under the Societies Act CAP.337 R.E. 2002 with the Ministry of Home Affairs and under the Trustees Incorporation Act CAP.318 R.E. 2002 with RITA; registration numbers not published)
- Registered address Pending check
- House No. KUN/MTN/532, Bagamoyo Road, Tegeta Skanska Area, P.O. Box 10160, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Public contact email Pending check
- media@mct.or.tz
3 sources
- Media Council of Tanzania, Annual Report 2023 (PDF, published Sep 2024), read 2026-10-20 (Executive Secretary Ernest Samson Sungura succeeded Kajubi Mukajanga, whose term ended 31 Dec 2023; Governing Board President Hon. Justice Juxon Isaac Mlay; registered under the Societies Act CAP.337 R.E. 2002 with the Ministry of Home Affairs and under the Trustees Incorporation Act CAP.318 R.E. 2002 with RITA; address House No. KUN/MTN/532, Bagamoyo Road, Tegeta Skanska Area, P.O. Box 10160, Dar es Salaam; 2023 funders IMS, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland through Vikes, Ford Foundation, local sponsors and membership fees)
- Media Council of Tanzania, MCT Profile (PDF, uploaded Nov 2023), read 2026-10-20 (non-statutory self-regulatory body registered under the Societies Ordinance of 1954; established 30 June 1995; membership-based, about 180 institutional members who appoint a nine-member Governing Board; email media@mct.or.tz; website www.mct.or.tz)
- Media Council of Tanzania, 'We are Media Council of Tanzania' (Our story), read 2026-10-20 (founded 30 June 1995 by the media fraternity, operations began 1997; independent, voluntary, non-statutory regulatory body, an alternative to government-controlled media regulation)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owner or founding authority Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Members of the Media Council of Tanzania (about 180 institutional members - media outlets, journalists' organisations, press clubs, journalism training institutions - who appoint the Governing Board) Direct Other - State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Answers to
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- Media Council of Tanzania, MCT Profile (PDF, uploaded Nov 2023), read 2026-10-20 (non-statutory self-regulatory body registered under the Societies Ordinance of 1954; established 30 June 1995; membership-based, about 180 institutional members who appoint a nine-member Governing Board; email media@mct.or.tz; website www.mct.or.tz)
- Media Council of Tanzania, 'We are Media Council of Tanzania' (Our story), read 2026-10-20 (founded 30 June 1995 by the media fraternity, operations began 1997; independent, voluntary, non-statutory regulatory body, an alternative to government-controlled media regulation)
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
- How it is funded
- Not disclosed
- Budget and funding bodies Pending check
Funder Type Note International Media Support (IMS) Foundation named funder in 2023 (MCT Annual Report 2023) Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Foundation named funder in 2023 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (through Vikes, Finnish Foundation for Media and Development) Government or public body named funder in 2023 Ford Foundation Foundation named funder in 2023 Member media houses Other membership fees (amount not extracted)
Where does it appear?
Channels
Partly verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts Verified
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/MCTTanzania X x.com/mct_tanzania
2 sources
- Media Council of Tanzania, MCT Profile (PDF, uploaded Nov 2023), read 2026-10-20 (non-statutory self-regulatory body registered under the Societies Ordinance of 1954; established 30 June 1995; membership-based, about 180 institutional members who appoint a nine-member Governing Board; email media@mct.or.tz; website www.mct.or.tz)
- Media Council of Tanzania, MCT Annual Report 2024 page, read 2026-10-20 (address Tegeta, Skanska Area, Dar es Salaam; email media@mct.or.tz)
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Agencies and funds under it
- Not disclosed
- Public-office or party roles of board members
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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