Rapid urbanization in East Africa has been a cause for some celebration because it is viewed as a benchmark for growth and development. However, how sustainable is this? With the region’s population expected to reach 237 million by 2030, innovative responses are required. Satellite cities are just one example.
Maoni kuhusu mashoga kwenye jamii nayo yanaruhusiwa na yanakaribishwa kwa moyo mkunjufu, ingawa makala inawalenga zaidi viongozi wa nchi yetu ili kujaribu kuwekeza kwenye maendeleo endelevu.
I look at the inputs and outputs of the Tanzanian economy in an attempt to contemplate on what has become of it.
Sara Lundström aka SaRaha ni msanii anayefanya kazi zake kwenye studio za Usanii Production.
Upi ni wakati muafaka wa kutumikia wana wa nchi! Ujanani au uzeeni?
All of you by now have seen, read and simply been overwhelmed with images, videos and commentary from the pundits, laymen and goons alike about the life and death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Here is another goon’s take on the issue.
Meet the blogger and photographer whose work you have probably seen on on newspapers, blogs, Facebook and in galleries.
Rizwan is an owner of a curious and boutiques store in Stone Town, Zanzibar. We asked him five questions about how he runs his business and advice he would give to other fellow young entrepreneurs.
The goal of these questions is to raise critical awareness about how each demonstration, protest and riot around the world is told to the rest of the world, and to imagine other ways to “occupy” a way of thinking.
What would Skillshare or a similar platform look like in Tanzania?
Highlights from the biggest tech expo in the middle east, GITEX 2011.
The Mo Ibrahim Prize is not going to solve Africa’s leadership and good governance gap, but it is a start. Why shouldn’t we embrace it?
The NUHA Foundation has announced a shortlist of submissions from its recent blogging competition. Seven out of 26 shortlisted entries are from East Africa.
The American Embassy and TanSAO present: Opportunities for Further Education Abroad, a series of seminars in Dar-es-Salaam hosting a wide selection of university representatives from North America.
Most people are interested in having easy access to government-related information; how are our government websites doing?
Meet Amil, currently a filmmaking student, but someone who has already made telling documentaries in Tanzania and plans on doing it a lot more in the near future.
Domestic productivity as a key to global competitiveness.
The media has slipped to a point of convincing people of how unreliable they just might be.
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.
We have previously discussed that the Arab Spring will not spread south of the Sahara just yet but where does the Libya crisis leave the AU?
Only 3 in 10 Standard 3 pupils can read a basic story in Swahili, only 1 in 10 can read a basic story in English. See the full report here for more details.
Tulifundishwa kuwapinga maadui hawa kwa nguvu zote maana maendeleo yetu, ya nchi yetu na ya watu wetu yanategemea sana ushindi wetu dhidi ya maadui hawa.
Saidia Zanzibar (www.saidiazanzibar.org) is an emergency fundraising website, to provide caring members of the public, in Zanzibar and the world at large, with a framework to commit some of their time and money for the assistance of those tragically affected by the disaster.
When we read cables released by WikiLeaks, we should know who wrote them and for what purpose.
A review and analysis of Eliaichi Kimaro’s insightful documentary “A Lot Like You”
How many times do you happen to do something that comes from a push within your heart?
Parapanda Theatre Lab & Gothenburg City Theatre present: Antigone