Reviving a Dying Language
SFX: Voices of Yaaku elders singing traditional hunting song, fade under then out smoothly. This song the Yaaku people used to sing when going to hunt is just a shred of the once rich culture of...
View ArticleDhuluma za Kimapenzi, Migori, Kenya
Dhuluma za kimapenzi kwa wasichana limekuwa ni jambo la kushughulikiwa kwa dharura humu nchini. Kaunti ya Migori ni moja ya maeneo ya humu nchini ambamo visa hivyo vimekuwa vikirekodiwa kwa idadi...
View ArticleThe Beaten Justice
Jane is fighting for her life after she was defiled by her uncle. Jane (not her real name) is one of the victims of rape and defilement here in Kenya whose justice gets trashed. Jane, 4 years, was...
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The most influential man you’ve never heard of
Interview by Mieke van Dixhoorn, April 2012 How do you effectively depose a dictator? Political Scientist Gene Sharp (83) preaches nonviolent action. After seeing the movie: ‘How to start a revolution’...
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Developers of agriculture apps showcase their projects to attract investors
Photo:KLab -Oscar from OSCA connect presents Sarura. When farm meets city, and an age-old industry meets the high-tech world, you get ‘Meet the Market.’ It’s an event where mobile and web application,...
View ArticleFive Questions with Marika Mura
Vijana FM recently heard from Marika Mura (28) from Sardinia, Italy and requested an interview with her. Marika lived in Kwala, Tanzania for over a year between 2010 and 2011, teaching English in a...
View ArticleKINU hosting VC discussion today
The KINU Innovation Center is hosting a discussion on venture capital – the first of its kind – today Monday 18th February at 7:00pm at the KINU headquarters. This discussion series, focused on...
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Kenya: The Pseudoscience of Tyrannical Numbers
Kenyans go to the polls on March 4, 2013 Written By Leonard Wanyama For any practitioner of scenarios methodology, the Kenya 2013 General Election: 7 Point Minimum Scenarios by political scientist,...
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Pwani Kenya: Pre-Election Peace & Love
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. On the coast, campaign antics have been...
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Five [7] questions with Chi Achebe on the Anzisha Prize
[Interview held on Tuesday 12 February 2013] 1. Good morning! I’m here with Chidinma Achebe from the African Leadership Academy. Chidinma is a Program Manager and leads up the Anzisha Prize for the...
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Introducing Woman Scream 2013
By La Poetista Every year women poets and artists around the world in the month of March join their hands, words, and talents, in creating gatherings in their communities to raise their voices to fight...
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Well done Kenya, Tanzania can learn from you
Uhuru Kenyatta is now the president of Kenya and flag bearer for the next five years. The voting process was relatively quick, the result and deliberation of results was again… like any other East...
View ArticleLess than 1 week left kuAnzisha
Source: Anzisha Press Release, 26 March 2013 There is less than a week remaining for young entrepreneurs on the African continent to enter the prestigious Anzisha Prize, Africa’s foremost youth...
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Malia Carine takes her hit music to her motherland
Malia Carine Mary Lillian Carine is a young Rwandan pop singer who was born in Belgium and grew up in Montréal, Canada. Around last summer, she decided to promote her music to her home country to...
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Goldilocks and Ozymandias
In a post on August 4th 2011, yours truly wrote about Spitting on Marshall, a satirical piece about Energy & Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA)‘s disastrous directive instructing gasoline...
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Young people doing it big in Tanzania: Wabantu Juice Company on the rise to...
I have always wondered whether our generation will produce great leaders while most of us have the tendency to wait for stuff to happen. Our donor funded attitude doesn’t help; “We beg the government...
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NUHA blogging prize 2013
Our friends over at the NUHA Foundation have announced their third annual blogging prize competition. The competition encourages people of all ages to think and write about topics in global education....
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The People’s Constitution: Fact or Fiction?
Yesterday, June 3rd 2013, the draft of Tanzania’s new constitution (to read it for yourself, click here) was finally unveiled at the historic Karim Mjee grounds in Dar es Salaam. It was, as Ahmed Salim...
View ArticleIn The Congo
Ndugu Zavara, one of Bongo Hip Hop pioneers and founders of Kwanza Unit, taps into the war “In The Congo”, and taps it in style as seen in the music video. The song highlights the issues of the ongoing...
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Five questions with the “Shoeshine” director
About two years ago, we asked a young film maker about his aspirations of making film in Tanzania. Since then, Amil Shivji has completed his studies and started Kijiweni Productions. His latest work,...
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