Use Kiswahili to save youth from unemployment

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:52am

A Don at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has urged the private organizations to employ local graduates who can use Kiswahili as a medium of communication.
Deputy Associate Director, Institute of Kiswahili Studies at UDSM, Dr Eliezer Chiduo said most youth graduating from local universities have been failing to get employed in the labour market because they are not fluent in spoken English.

Why do poor use cell phones more?

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:50am

A countrywide study had shown that poor people have the highest proportions of their incomes spent on airtime on mobile phones.
Tanzanians irrespective of their income spend about 15% of their income on mobile phones, according to Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and World Bank data. Experts put the figure at 30 per cent and there are reasons to believe that the less income people have, the higher the proportion that is spent on airtime. Some people have argued that this money should better be spent on life essentials.

Taifa Stars face tough Algeria tie

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:47am
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Newly recruited Taifa Stars' coach, Danish Jan Poulsen will have his first major game tomorrow when his team plays host to Algeria's Desert Fox in the first leg tie of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
This will be the first competitive international match for the Danish tactician after succeeding Brazilian Marcio Maximo.
Maximo, who was hired by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete to transform Tanzania's soccer, had his contract terminated by the Tanzania Football Football (TFF).

Boxing Boycott scare looms over Tennis Tourney

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:43am
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THE 2010 edition of Simba Cement Open International tennis tournament is taking place at Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club.
The four-day tournament involving over 60 tennis athletes from across East African region, took off yesterday afternoon at Gymkhana, where players will compete for the top prizes in six categories.
However, the tournament came under a cloud when Tanzanian players declared their intention to stage a boycott because they said they were mistreated.

Inspector to make Music film

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:35am
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Haroun Kahena a.k.a Inspector Haroun, the bongo flava artist who decided to enter the movie industry says that his upcoming movie will be all about music.
Inspector told The Express that the movie will contain various instructions to parents and other people who despise the talents of their children or people to help them to improve it.
He said many musicians when they enter the music industry for the first time need good support because they face many challenges.

Foreign artists are favoured over local: Mkoloni

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:32am
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Fred Maliki (Mgosi Mkoloni), one of the bongo flava artists from wagosi wa kaya group, thinks foreign artists are more favored when they are performing various shows in Tanzania than local Tanzanian artists.
He says that in the case of royalties, foreign artists are given more money. When invited to perform in various events in Tanzania, they are given royalty worth more than Tsh. 4 million while Tanzanian artist are paid not more than two hundred thousand. It seems like exploitation.

AY goes on a French high

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:27am
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IT is true that our musicians have won many accolades in the international arena but one musician who continues to improve every day is Ambwene Yesaya who goes by the stage name ‘AY’.
Apart from his music getting recognition in many African countries, now his music is going international, because he is in the nomination of Radio France Internationale Discoveries Award 2010 which will be held this month in France.

Tanzania urged to emulate Chinese

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:24am
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China’s new economy value of $ 1.33 is slightly higher than $1.28 of gigantic Japan, analysts have advised Tanzanians to adhere to hard working practices and turn to community economy with direct indigenous participation, management and operation of their own technology.
“What we should learn is development does not depend on a system, capitalism or socialism is not an issue. The important thing is to see how much the economy is reflected in people’s normal life,” said Dr Haji Semboja from the Economics Department at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Non-wood forest products as income substitute

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:19am
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Experts in Tanzania and other countries have carried out surveys that prove that the exclusive use of non wood forest products (NWFP), apart from supplementing nutrition to households and generating income can greatly reduce the increasing dependency on the use of forest wood products.
Forests of Tanzania, like those of other tropical countries provide many NWFPs such as food, fuel, fodder, thatching materials and medicine to the rural population. These provide income to the rural population yet little research has been done into improving the protection and management of these products.

Precision Air: Wings of Success

Published on: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:14am
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ONE of the most successful entrepreneurs Michael Shirima, the co-owner of the Precision Air has called for an investment environment which will help the private sector to make a positive contribution.
Shirima castigates the culture of lacking confidence in business which has affected a good number of entrepreneurs. He says it is this negative trend which has led many people to brand his company as ‘Kenyan’.
“More than 98 percent of our workers are in Tanzania and the gossip that the company is a Kenyan company is sheer rumours and unfounded,” he says.

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