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Agriculture

Eating My Green Empire

Angel Alex Tupa January 21, 2022 Eating My Green Empire2022-01-21T14:42:59+02:00 Agriculture
Introduction We are mostly raised in an environment that teaches us agriculture is our pillar. That is the same story to almost everyone in Tanzania. Kilimo Kwanza in Tanzania was…
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Arts, Culture & Design

The Politics of Hair

Daisy Namaemba Mukasa April 13, 2021 The Politics of Hair2021-04-14T01:53:26+02:00 Arts, Culture & Design
Image: Twitter Your hair is not just hair. Then what is it? You might wonder. Hair has always had a significance socially, culturally, and even religiously for hundreds of years…
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Natural Resources Management

The Most Impactful Gift Yet To Take Home For The Holiday Season!

Emmanuel Minja March 29, 2021 The Most Impactful Gift Yet To Take Home For The Holiday Season!2021-04-14T01:22:31+02:00 Natural Resources Management
The Culture of Us! How many times have you gone back home?  I mean, not the homes we go to after spending a day at work or school, but the…
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Healthcare

Teenage Pregnancy: the Hidden Realities

Memusi Saibulu Mollel December 11, 2020 Teenage Pregnancy: the Hidden Realities2021-01-20T04:30:05+02:00 Healthcare
Tanzania: teenage pregnancy threaten girls’ education (Namkwahe,2019) Introduction Growing up as a youthful young lady, I have continuously experienced numerous classmates, companions, and agemates clearing out school since young pregnancy.…
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Arts, Culture & Design

“Recycling technologies the highway to an Eco-friendly Africa.”

Enock Rutunda June 3, 2020 “Recycling technologies the highway to an Eco-friendly Africa.”2020-06-04T07:56:31+02:00 Arts, Culture & Design
Africa Today Africa has been undergoing the fastest rate of urbanization for the past two decades at per cent a year. African countries experiencing economic growth, rapid urbanization and increased…
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Governance

Lockdown vs. No Lockdown: What’s the Effective Solution to Combat COVID 19 in Africa?

Alice Ahadi Magaka June 2, 2020 Lockdown vs. No Lockdown: What’s the Effective Solution to Combat COVID 19 in Africa?2020-06-02T17:42:58+02:00 Governance
As we all know about this global pandemic called COVID 19 (coronavirus), it is affecting both, the rich and the poor, black and whites, Asians, Europeans, Australian and Africans, it…
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Education

Why Coronavirus is a Killer to Education in Africa

Lenga Kirika Kutwa June 1, 2020 Why Coronavirus is a Killer to Education in Africa2020-06-01T11:37:48+02:00 Education
Ever since in world history, the globe is currently experiencing a health pandemic crisis season as the result of Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. It started in Wuhan, a province…
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Education

3 Critical Reasons You Need to Know about Skills-based Education Systems in Tanzania.

Lenga Kirika Kutwa March 5, 2020 3 Critical Reasons You Need to Know about Skills-based Education Systems in Tanzania.2020-03-27T11:45:35+02:00 Education
By Lenga Kirika Kutwa, Year 3 Global Challenges student at African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda. Source: Opportunity Education, (Google, 2020).  The ideal situation. Over the centuries to the present,…
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Tourism

Join us on the Shortest Safari Ever Across 2 countries Without Leaving your Seat!

Maryann Mwangi, Emmanuel Minja and Joy Nyambura Wamunyu December 17, 2019 Join us on the Shortest Safari Ever Across 2 countries Without Leaving your Seat!2020-03-27T11:46:53+02:00 Tourism
Take a deep breath. Hold it there. Now slowly let it go. Great, I hope you feel relaxed since we are going on a safari. And where else to go…
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