Sgolbew Leaks: Information flow and secrecy
Vijana FM received a letter yesterday from Nur, a character from one of our recent posts, “Sgolbew: A story about newspapers and opinions”.
Sgolbew: A story about newspapers and opinions
Have we ceased to read between the lines? Do opinion pieces in the media conflict with fact-based pieces? This is a short story to explore potential answers to these two questions.
How to fight bribery
If this is applied in Tanzania for example, and becomes a success, it will definitely be bad news for the “mission-town” workforce and all those people of “madili”.
A little humor on our electricity woes
The cartoons say it all…
Bajeti ya Bongo
Angalia kwa makini “others” na “unclassified”… Je, unadhani bajeti yetu ina uwiano unaoakisi hali halisi?
Ukiwezeshwa unaweza; usipowezeshwa je?
Usisubiri kuwezeshwa; jiwezeshe kwani mwenyewe unaweza!
Why we have too few women leaders
This talk is neither about women v. men, nor about feminism v. masculinism.
Ukosefu wa pato, ukimya wa Vijana?
Hivi, tuna utashi na nia thabiti ya kudhibiti ukosefu wa ajiri kwa vijana nchini?
Drowning Fish: Failures of the Tanzanian Media
It is already known that justice delayed is justice denied – is it fair to fair to say that the same is applied for news?
YouthActionNet call for applications
Winners recieve technical assistance and networking opportunities that will aid the development of their socially entrepreneurial organizations.
Elimu ya sekondari Tanzania: Maafa
Are there any returns to Tanzania’s education sector investments?
Social Innovation: What is it?
What is social innovation, and why does it matter?
Accenture, Tanzania, and virtual education
A project by Accenture and the Tanzanian Government is increasing e-learning facilities so that teachers can be in more places than one.
Vijana FM 2010 discussions
Asanteni.
Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms
In this RSA animate, Ken Robinson describes why current paradigms of education reduce divergent thinking, and why it is necessary to think outside the industrial box.
Learning from mistakes
School administrators need to be prepared to allow students to fail, as illustrated in this TED talk by Diana Laufenberg.
How can you do what you want to do?
We’re always hearing about full-time enrollments at schools or full-time work opportunities. But what about those opportunities that do not require formal-only experience?
So what does independence really mean to you?
Kiranga shares his reflections on the 49th anniversary of Tanganyika’s independence. Wait. What independence?
Learning lessons from South Africa’s World Cup
What can we learn from South Africa recently hosting the FIFA World Cup?
Thoughts on WikiLeaks
How have recent WikiLeaks reports containing American diplomatic cable messages added to the continuing discource of transparency in global governance?
Why are our children not learning?
Whether our children are in public or inexpensive private schools in Tanzania, the reality is that they are not learning as much as they should. These students are the future leaders of our country, it’s time we investigate our educational system and ourselves in an effort to solve this crisis.
The State of African Cities 2010, by UN-HABITAT
A report has been released on the ecological, social, and economic conditions of urban spaces across Africa.
Tanzania decides how to industrialise
As we begin another phase of a government, I thought it would be appropriate to scrutinise Tanzania’s trajectory in its never-ending effort to liquidate underdevelopment. Below is a piece on Tanzania’s perverse industrialisation efforts. There’s a catch: before you reach the end of the article, can you guess which year this was written?
Taarifa za Uchaguzi Mkuu Tanzania
Keep sharing your reports as we head out to the polls.
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics
APORDE facilitates collaboration between different stakeholders of economic development in Africa, and applications for their 2011 conference open soon.
Statistics on Internet usage in Africa
There is a lot of excitement about the use of the Internet across the African continent. But it never hurts to look a little deeper at the numbers before starting Internet-based projects.
Utapata wapi habari na taarifa za Uchaguzi Mkuu Tanzania?
Kuna miradi kadhaa kwenye mtandao ambayo inawapa fursa watu kutoka kona mbalimbali za dunia kupashana habari katika kipindi cha uchaguzi. Zifuatazo ni dondoo zao.
Where can you get news on the Tanzania elections?
There are a few initiatives currently being run by online media that revolve around people-to-people reporting on election issues. Here, we try and outline them for you.
Uranium in Tanzania: Resource or curse?
Will uranium mining be a natural resource or curse to Tanzania?
Banking on our future
Banks in Africa are becoming more and more attractive to China and its trading partners. Unless the youth do not want a stake in their own national banks, they need to do more business.