Results from Poll #8
Most voters expressed that, in some ways, doctors can work with traditional healers. What ways might these be?
Caching out: Internet vs. Technology
Technology is all about development and making everyday tasks easier. But we need to clear out our human cache memory because development is not always about technology.
November Youth Violence Conference in Dar
The conference comes at a time during which there is “growing emphasis on youth as both victims and perpetrators of violence” and when violence “has become an accepted component of young people’s social interactions”.
Results from Poll #7
Most voters agreed that governance rankings do help Tanzania’s development.
Mahogany Jones live rocks Kigali
Last Friday Kigali Hip hop lovers started their weekend in style with an amazing live performance by Mahogany Jones with her band at Petit stade in Kigali, Rwanda.
Peace Commits Suicide
A lady named Peace allegedly committed suicide today, hanging herself on the ceiling of her house.
Results from Poll #6
All voters agreed we should discuss religious diversity, and most expressed that we can do it anywhere.
Results from Poll #5
Most voters thought that development needs to be the focus of East African leadership rather than democracy.
Nyerere: Why should we remember him?
A conversation with my father…
No Longer Child’s Play
In the end, it all boils down to each and every one of us to uphold the relative peace that Tanzania enjoys and prides itself for…
Aniflostandards Ltd: A business to improve lives and give back to the community
Anita Umutoni and Florence Mukundwa are recent graduates of the Akilah Institute for Women, a college that offers a leadership and hospitality management course. They dared to take risks by starting a business while they were still in college.
Maswali Matano Kuhusu Tuzo ya Nobel ya Fiziolojia na Tiba
Ugunduzi kubadili chembechembe hai ya aina yoyote ili iwe na uwezo wa kujibadili kuwa aina nyingine, umewapatia Sir John Gordon na Prof. Shinya Yamanaka tuzo ya Nobel ya Fiziolojia na Tiba ya mwaka 2012. Tunamhoji Daniel Maeda ili atueleze kwa kina kuhusu teknlojia hii.
Fight Like a Woman
Women, unsurprisingly, are pressured into paying through “alternative means,” fostering what the Citizen calls an economy of “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine.” If women balk at swapping special “favors” for studio-time, their careers will likely come screeching to a halt.
Results from Poll #4
Most respondents felt that Tanzania should join the East African common currency (if and when there is one). Up for discussion now is the question of why she should join, and how a common currency would affect the economy.
Five questions with journalists
How do media houses control the kind of content we read, hear or watch after it has been created by the original authors? I asked five journalists working in the Tanzanian print industry about their experiences with the editorial process.
Results from Poll #3
Most respondents felt that Tanzania’s past is “somewhat important” to building her future. What, then, should we pay attention to? What should we ignore?
How to spot a mason
If you happen to be waiting for a daladala amidst the loud hooting and smoggy air of Dar es Salaam you are bound to find a man kicking off a shout storm with a microphone in one hand and a sports shoe in the other. Mistaking him for a street preacher, you would not be incorrect.
Growing from within
Let us think together about a problem of economic growth. In so doing let us reduce the problem into its smallest constituents.
Results from Poll #2
Results indicate that we had 16 responses, most of whom voted that both, Swahili and English, should be the languages of instruction in public secondary schools.
The Life and Times of Hamza Mwapachu
This is a moving tribute to the late Hamza Mwapachu, a medical practitioner, educator, political strategist, and civil servant during Tanganyika’s colonial days.
Truth is Believed Lies
“Truth is, We believed their Lies.”
Be Silent. Not.
If people are not empowered to express their thoughts, aren’t they mere parrots, narrating someone else’s thoughts, talking but not really saying anything?
Je, tunashughughulikia ufumbuzi wa tatizo la elimu nchini?
Pitia au wanunulie watoto wako wa wadogo zako kitabu kinachoitwa “Enjoy Chemistry, Furahia Kemia”, kisha tupe maoni yako. Hiki ni kitabu cha kwa kwanza cha kiada kilichoandikwa kwa lugha mbili (Kiingereza na Kiswahili) kwa ajili ya wanafunzi wa kidato cha kwanza.
Results from Poll #1
Results indicate that we had 10 respondents (thanks, folks!): None voted “No”, 10% voted “I’m not sure”, 40% voted “Possibly”, 50% voted “Yes”.
Polling at Vijana FM
We’re excited to introduce a new polling project at Vijana FM that aims at conducting research among our website visitors. The project will consist of asking one question every week in the sidebar that relates to topics we blog about.
The Story of Martin Kayamba (II)
The life and times of the educator and civil-servant Martin Kayamba Mdumi, M.B.E (1891-1939).
The Death of A Prime Minister: Can Africans Have It All?
I was honored to travel with the Tanzanian Presidential Delegation to Addis Ababa for the state funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Quotes from this piece are from a variety of people including diplomats, politicians and long-time followers of Ethiopian politics. I purposely did not include the names of those quoted in this piece, except for when I asked for permission.
The Story of Martin Kayamba (I)
In our quest to revive anecdotal experiences of men and women who shaped the history of the land that we now call Tanzania, we came across an interesting text written in 1935 about the life and times of the educator and civil-servant Martin Kayamba Mdumi, M.B.E (1891-1939).
Response to “Education in the Developing World” (blogpost)
This is a friendly response to a blog post written recently by a Peace Corps volunteer teacher and coach on the Tanzanian education system.
Creating a durable economy
“Institutions form the incentive structure of a society, and the political and economic institutions, in consequence, are the underlying determinants of economic performance.”