The Great Hack (Netflix film)
From the Netflix channel on YouTube: They took your data. Then they took control. The Great Hack uncovers the dark…
From the Netflix channel on YouTube: They took your data. Then they took control. The Great Hack uncovers the dark…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is in Dar-es-Salaam from 5th to 18th August 2019 for the 4th Industrialisation Week and the 39th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government.
A review of a recent Pepsi ad that received public backlash.
We got to know Ejaz Bhalloo, an outspoken student who lectures on Religion, Politics and Humanity.
On October 16th, 2017, the Washington, D.C.-based opinion polling research organization, Pew Research Center, released its latest research report that…
On a recent bumpy flight from Entebbe to New York City, I finally had the privilege of watching Mira Nair‘s Queen…
Never knew what it meant to be African, until I left Africa, when I became African In Africa, Nigeria was…
Academics need to take note of ordinary Tanzanians leveraging social media for change.
I was one of many who were surprised (to put it mildly) by the Brexit. However, we need to move…
A response to Ali Mufuruki’s recent speech on the idea of Africa Rising.
This past Sunday, October 19th, Nipashe reported on a possible Ebola case in Mwanza‘s Sengerema district. The patient, Salome Richard,…
In Japanese, the term Sensei loosely means “teacher”, however its literal meaning, “person born before another”, is even more appropriate in encapsulating…
It is awfully obvious that we are suffering from ‘values deficit’.
It has been reported in local and international news agencies that Tanzanian Members of Parliament have legislated a $98,000 payout…
The focus on this post is not on the why of the attack, but rather on the issue of singling out non-Muslims.
Two institutions are taking the Prime Minister to court for remarks he made in June.
I can understand the vast security preparations for him, but should we only clean up when we have a high profile guest?
Like Peter Msigwa’s June 20th, 2012 passionate comments during the discussion of last year’s budget, I too think the opposition’s purpose is to criticize government’s implementation of policy. Our democracy can only become increasingly vibrant and resilient if the opposition is strong in this regard.
The security level in the country is worth discussing as the Bunge session draws to a close.
In lieu of challenges raised in recent discussions about both the OAU golden jubilee and Tanzania’s draft constitution, this post will suggest how information is a key driver of cooperation.
Warioba and his constitutional review commission have presented their draft after collecting the views of the people. They conducted a total of 1,942 meetings, attended by 1,306,500 people, with 395,000 people providing face-to-face interviews, with 160 focus groups providing their views, and 43 current and retired national leaders. If these meetings took on average 2 hours, that constitutes 233,040 minutes or approximately 2,590 soccer matches.
The argument against setting prices is a symmetric one. Whether EWURA is lowering them or SUMATRA is hiking them is irrelevant. Both are wrong moves.
Ili mtu awe kiongozi lazima awe na hamasa ya kuleta mabadiliko na awe na hamasa ya kuacha jina zuri nyuma yake. Lazima awe mtu mwenye maono ya mbali, uelewa wa kutosha wa jamii hii ya Watanzania, anayefahamu matatizo ya Watanzania na kama aliwahi kuwa kwenye uongozi basi angalau tujue aliwahi kufanya nini kwenye uongozi.
One week left until Kenya elects its next president – and, for the first time, thanks to the decentralizing directives of katiba mpya, its own city governors.
In a guest post Leonard Wanyama of the Society for International Development stresses the importance of honesty and integrity from public intellectuals and analysts as Kenyans head to the polls on March 4, 2013.
I am hopeful as this New Year trudges on. I am not always a fan of nationalistic sentiment, as it often results in dangerous rhetoric, however, I cannot help but be nationalistic this year. Let us work hard to continue to build our economy.
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?