Ziada Travels explores Dar
How well do you know Dar es Salaam? Join Ziada on her domestic tourism journey in Tanzania.
Content Marketing for E-Commerce (Lisa Baraba)
Yesterday Sahara Ventures held a learning session in Dar-es-Salaam for small businesses regarding content, savings, and set-up Q&As. One presentation…
Five questions with Pepa Media
Pepa Media is a collective of African Creators. The organization works to prepare content about the African continent, and about…
Photo exhibition: Watu Wa Tanzania
Rania Nasser, a Form Five student from Dar-es-Salaam, is having a photo exhibition called “Watu Wa Tanzania” at the Alliance…
Masks of Hope
Barakoa za Matumaini The coronavirus pandemic has caused a shortage in many supplies, including facemasks in Tanzania. Rania Nasser, a…
A Guide to Social Media Management and Marketing
Ismail Simba: In this guide, I’ll try to explain how it all works and how you can easily make it work for you.
Fredros Okumu talks about mosquitoes at TED
Via TED Talks: What do we really know about mosquitoes? Fredros Okumu catches and studies these disease-carrying insects for a…
Being a bedroom entrepreneur
A bedroom entrepreneur is someone who runs an online business out of the comfort of their home.
New School Learning – How to Improve Your Learning
One’s learning style is the method they use as an individual in learning. It could be visual, audio, written, or practical experience.
Be an entrepreneur
Let us dive in, and see if we have what it takes to be an entrepreneur!
Kuwa Kijana and other books on puberty
Grow and Know has published books on puberty and sex that can be read by young people, or used in schools.
Schooling and Education – Be Educated Rather Than Schooled
There is a difference between going to school and being educated. While education is broad and on a worldwide scale,…
Driving at Work; Focus on Safe Drivers
The world experiences one death every 24 seconds due to road traffic crashes. How do we change?
My journey (student poem)
A poem from a student at the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
We can use phones to access insurance (via The Citizen)
Mobile technology serves as the perfect mechanism for collecting and managing premiums from people residing in remote areas.
Above the law
Here I was, at 7:30am on a Monday morning during rush hour, hand cuffed for an offence I did not commit.
Understanding the 500 Tsh note-to-coin transition
The BoT plans to issue 500/- Tsh coins to replace the current 500 notes, which wears off easily.
Ni usiku
Ni usiku mmoja tu…
Tazama!
Na Wilbert Maridadi Tazama! Macho yako. Tazama umbo lako Tazama tabia yako Hakika u mzuri mpenzi wangu… U mzuri, macho…
Hali si Shwari!
Nyani mengia njamani, hali njema si njemani…
Evidence Based Educational Management: A Cautionary Tale for Tanzania
“It is my belief that some people are pushing this narrowed view of education assessment for alternative goals besides the improvement of quality in education…”
Violation of Sovereignty or Only Hope for Justice? How Kenyans see the ICC Trial of their Leaders
As the trial of Kenya Deputy President William Ruto continues at the Hague, Ben Nadler goes on to the streets of Nairobi where he discovers contrasting views on the trials of the country’s leaders in the Hague.
Obama in Tanzania
I can understand the vast security preparations for him, but should we only clean up when we have a high profile guest?
The most influential man you’ve never heard of
Guest author Mieke van Dixhoorn had an opportunity back in April 2012 to interview Jamila Raqib, Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institute founded by an architect of non-violent revolution, Gene Sharp.
Nos Héros Africains: Patrice Emery Lumumba
Pour notre premier article en français, Soraya en République Démocratique du Congo commémore Patrice Lumumba à la date anniversaire de sa mort le 17 Janvier 1961.
Resurrecting Tanganyika
Do we really need a union? If we are going to unite, why do we need a number of governments? What kind of national debate should inform our decisions?