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5-3-1 Go! How CCM will choose their 2015 presidential candidate
Source: The (Tz) Guardian, 10/2/2015 Tanzania will have a new president later this year – the elections are set for October. But arguably the key moment will come earlier, when CCM selects it’s...
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Tanzania Albinism Society calls for public demonstration on March 2 –...
Following the recent attacks on two young children with albinism, the latest in a long series of attacks, the Tanzania Albinism Society has called a public demonstration in Dar es Salaam on March 2....
View ArticleBut how will CCM really make it’s choice?
A couple of weeks ago, I asked how CCM will choose it’s 2015 presidential candidate, and explained the key stages of the formal decision making process. But the same question could be answered a very...
View ArticleChart #35: Chinese influence in Tanzania
The increasing presence and influence of China in Africa is controversial to some. But not, it seems, to Tanzanians. New data from the latest round of Afrobarometer surveys has just been released, with...
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UK Film Premiere of White Shadow – Friday March 20th, 2015
With the recent spate of horrific attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania, the UK Premiere of a new film, White Shadow, is very timely. From the film’s publicity material: White Shadow, set in...
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Is there still time for NEC to complete biometric voter registration for...
Nipashe, 11/3/15 The cartoon above highlights that we are rapidly running out of time for the official education process. But the bigger obstacle seems likely to be the voter registration process. Is...
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Access to Information bill to be fast-tracked through Tanzanian parliament
Tanzania’s long-awaited Access to Information bill – promised by President Kikwete 18 months ago and included the current Open Government action plan – may be about to become a reality, though in far...
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White Shadow review (in the Guardian): a brutal, honest portrayal of...
Alias is the young albino boy who lives in fear of his life. Photograph: White Shadow /Pressshot This review was originally published by the (UK) Guardian Africa Network on March 19, 2015. White...
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Chart #38: The best and worst of the Tanzania Human Development Report 2014
The 2014 Tanzania Human Development Report was released last week. It’s been prepared by the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), with support from the UNDP. It should be a fascinating...
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Alliance for Change and Transparency? Zitto and ACT Wazalendo in cartoons
The (Tz) Guardian, 29/3/15 The long-awaited launch of ACT Wazalendo as Tanzania’s newest political party finally took place on Sunday. As expected, Zitto Kabwe, whose long-running battle with his...
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Four bills later: is blogging with statistics in Tanzania now only for...
Nipashe, 25/3/15 – “Media Bills” under tight security By Aidan Eyakuze and Ben Taylor * At first we were excited. Tanzanian media and freedom of information advocates had been waiting for years for the...
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Chart #39: Interactive – Gender in Tanzania, from Tanzania Human Development...
As I mentioned last week, the Tanzania Human Development Report has a wealth of interesting data tables, many of which have data broken down by region for the first time. I plan to explore this data...
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Three (government) statistics that could be illegal under Tanzania’s new...
Justin Sandefur of the Centre for Global Development (CGD), writing in the Washington Post, presented five charts that may soon be illegal in Tanzania. He was referring to the Statistics Act, recently...
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Public Debate on Statistics and Cybercrime Acts, University of Dar es Salaam,...
A public debate on Tanzania’s Statistics and Cybercrime Acts will be held at the University of Dar es Salaam on Saturday April 18th. It will take place in Nkrumah Hall, starting from 2pm, in Swahili....
View ArticleChart #40: What do Tanzanians think of media freedoms?
As usual, the latest release of Afrobarometer 2014 data and analysis on Tanzania has some very interesting findings. For advocates of media freedoms, it doesn’t make for very comfortable reading. And...
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Tanzania’s Statistics, Cybercrime, Media Services and Access to Information...
For context, see the following two posts: Four bills later: is blogging with statistics in Tanzania now only for adrenalin junkies? Three (government) statistics that could be illegal under Tanzania’s...
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One person, one vote? How many voters does each Tanzanian MP represent?
The job of an MP is to represent their constituents. But how many voters do they have to represent? If there’s a big difference between the number of voters represented by different MPs, it can be...
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Highlights of President Kikwete’s speech at the #OGPAfrica Meeting
President Kikwete speaking at OGP Africa meeting, 20/5/15 “Openness enables people to claim their rights, and reminds government leaders to deliver on their responsibilities” “Civil society also needs...
View ArticleHighlights of Remarks of Twaweza Executive Director, Aidan Eyakuze, at...
“The OGP is not a perfect movement or process, and it is not without its critics. For some it is a smokescreen that provides good PR for governments who have no real intention to reform. Such criticism...
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CCM nomination process and timetable – Presidency
The (Tz) Guardian, 3/2/15 This is a revised (updated) version of previous post on the same topic. Tanzania will have a new president later this year – the elections are set for October 25th. Although...
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