Infographic: Ubiquity and opportunity
An infographic from the World Bank highlights recent trends in the growth of mobile technology use.
Mimi ni mtumishi wa Umma!
The “Tuwachore Tu” animated series is a collaboration between the cartoonist Masoud Kipanya and the organization Hivos Twaweza.
Alfred’s Free Press
In Liberia, a country where radios and televisions are luxuries most people cannot afford, one enterprising journalist has found a way to get daily news and information to Liberians. Alfred Sirleaf founded an innovative newspaper, The Daily Talk.
Dar es Salaam ni Sisi
Wakazi wa Mburahati wanakwambia “Dar ni Sisi”.
Nasaha za Hayati Salim Ali Kibao juu ya Kiswahili
Hayati Salim Ali Kibao akielezea matumizi ya maneno ya lugha ya Kiswahili mwaka 1995.
Afrikaner Human Blood
There is a tendency to dismiss a group and its leaders as insane, senseless idiots who somehow just don’t seem to get it. The tendency is to think that this is not about them, in fact it’s really never been about them.
YouthActionNet: Call for 2012 applications
Winners receive technical assistance and networking opportunities that will aid the development of their socially entrepreneurial organizations. Applications due on March 12.
Help Maanisha! reach more students
Maanisha! Foundation’s Managing Director, Andrew Mahiga is due to run the half Kili Marathon (21.1km) in Moshi, Kilimanjaro, this Sunday (26th February) as he raises money for a van so that Maanisha! can reach more students in schools nationwide.
Twiga Stars: Tanzania’s Soccer Sisters
Follow a year in the life of the Twiga Stars, the Tanzanian women’s national football team, as they prepare for their biggest competition, and fight to prove that “wanawake wanaweza”.
This Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Written or Spoken About
The Zanzibar Revolution marked a dark period in Tanzania’s history but a very much unknown period. The collective memory of the Revolution has either been suppressed or purposely forgotten leaving us with a history that is unwritten.
Saffron Sessions
Saffron Restaurant presents Saffron Sessions, featuring Andrew Ashimba, Samuli “Teho” Majamäki and Jussi Jaakonaho, starting this January 13 at 8pm.
Tamasha la Vitabu Tanzania 2011
Book Week Festival for 2011 is taking place at Tanganyika Library from November 23rd – 26th from 8.30 am – 5.00 pm.
Five Questions with blogger & photographer Pernille Bærendtsen
Meet the blogger and photographer whose work you have probably seen on on newspapers, blogs, Facebook and in galleries.
Skillshare: Learn anything from anyone
What would Skillshare or a similar platform look like in Tanzania?
A Roundup of GITEX Tech Expo 2011
Highlights from the biggest tech expo in the middle east, GITEX 2011.
Patient Capital
Philanthropy, according to Sasha Dichter, is about risk taking. Being generous with ones money and asking tough questions is how he envisions the betterment of the world.
Family Accountability in Eliaichi Kimaro’s “A Lot Like You”
A review and analysis of Eliaichi Kimaro’s insightful documentary “A Lot Like You”
Antigone – A Greek Tragedy by Sophocles
Parapanda Theatre Lab & Gothenburg City Theatre present: Antigone
King Leopold’s Ghost
A must-watch documentary.
Exhibition – Photography from Tanzania
Pernille Bærendtsen will launch a small exhibition with photos from Tanzania at the Ujamaa Gallery on Thursday, 25th August.
Ajenda ya Vijana na msingi wa Katiba Mpya
Ni muhimu sana kwa vijana kuweka tofauti zao pembeni — mathalani tofauti za kiitikadi za kisiasa — na kuungana pamoja kuhakikisha wanang’amua ajenda zao kama kundi na kuzisimamia ipasavyo katika mchakato unaoendelea kuelekea uandikaji wa katiba mpya nchini.
Dar Hackathon D3: A round up
A recap of what happened at D3, Dar’s first software developers challenge (hackathon).
Kilimo Kwanza 101
What the Nane Nane farmers fair tells us about Kilimo Kwanza.
Pen & Mic III in Dar tonight
Pen&Mic III happens tonight at Saffron Restaurant, Nyerere Road, DSM from 7.30pm to 11.30pm.
A Walk to Beautiful
A powerful documentary about fistula surgery in Ethiopia.
Mikocheni Photography
Mikocheni through the lens…
FidStyle Friday with Langa
Msikilize Langa kwa makini…
Bamako
A screening and conversation at the UDSM campus.
Chemsha bongo
Je wafahamu hii ni taswira ya nini? Imechukuliwa wapi? Na ina umuhimu gani?
Usiku wa Ushairi @ Soma Book Café
Across the Sea Night…