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?
Twaweza: Five networks that matter in East Africa
In a video posted on the World Bank blog, Twaweza’s director discusses five priority networks that are seldom engaged with in development projects.
Is photojournalism dead?
How do we decide on the state of photojournalism in East Africa today? Is it a field with no future, or is the future of “the image” changing?
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?
Touch 24/7: New mobile banking system in Tanzania
A new mobile banking system, similar to Vodacom’s M-Pesa, will be introduced by Diamond Trust Bank in Tanzania in early 2011.
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.
Imagining open academia in East Africa
How do we account for learning that takes place outside the classroom?
Making mobile phone chargers mobile
What do bicycle dynamos and phone chargers have in common?
Education in the East African Community
How is the East African Community planning for the integration of different systems of education in the future?
The flag of Tanzania
A simple introduction to why Tanzanians have a flag, and what it represents.
Echoing Green fellowship deadline approaching
The first phase of the Echoing Green fellowship is due soon. Successful applicants of the fellowship earn investment for and technical assistance in their ideas.
E-voting without fraud
In this TED talk, David Bismark discusses how election procedures are verifiable and transparent if they are computer-based. He proposes a system “for the people, and by the people”.
Snapshot observation of the Tanzanian education system
Shaaban Fundi discusses his observations of schooling in Tanzania. He proposes a four-step approach to addressing education through policy and practice.
Youth votes could swing Tanzanian election
(Reuters) Tanzania’s presidential candidates made a last-ditch push for votes on Friday before an election on Sunday that is expected to attract record numbers of young voters in east Africa’s second largest economy.
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.
The BiD Network: Supporting Tanzanian Entrepreneurs
By connecting investors with entrepreneurs, the BiD Network serves to create more than just support for social entrepreneurship ideas, but entire communities based on it.
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.
Upcoming tech conference in Dar: eLearning Africa 2011
More and more technologists are finding ways to work with educationists, and vice versa. Find out how you can participate in a conference that aims to create a networking platform for both.
Letter to the editor: The case against voting for Chadema
Every now and then Vijana FM recieves submissions from the public. Here is a letter that someone wanted to share with youth to conjure discussion.
Uwazi: Is the capitation grant working?
Is the Tanzanian government’s money to cover free primary education going where it is meant to go?
Uwazi: Analyzing the PETS for secondary education
Are current investments in Tanzanian education yielding their expected outcomes? Yesterday we posted Uwazi’s primary education study. Today we post their secondary education study.
Uwazi: Broken promises in primary education
Are current investments in Tanzanian education yielding their expected outcomes?
Tunawasilisha TZelect: Chombo cha Ushahidi
Tunafanyia kazi chombo cha Ushahidi ili kurahisisha zoezi zima la kuweka kwenye ramani mawazo na uzoefu wa vijana wakati wa Uchaguzi Mkuu Tanzania 2010.
Presenting TZelect: Powered and inspired by Ushahidi
We are working on a tool powered by Ushahidi to map youth ideas, thoughts, and experiences on the 2010 elections in Tanzania.
You’re invited: Street Level (an exhibit)
You are invited to Street Level, an exhibition on November 3rd 2010 of paintings and drawings by Sarah Markes inspired by Dar-es-Salaam.
Are our children learning? An Uwezo report
A much-needed study illustrates the urgent need for reform in Tanzania’s education policies.