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TED conference in Dar

Posted via Vijana FM on April 30, 2010 TED is coming to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania this May 22nd, 2010. Please information below quoted from the TEDxDar website : About the TEDx Dar Concept In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDx Dar "Pamoja Tunaweza! ", where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxDar event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. TEDxDar's Mission: The TEDx Conference is intended to begin a process of public engagement and exchange of ideas in relation to innovat

Surveying social media initiatives in Tanzania

It has been a couple of months now since Vijana FM has been working with various young individuals around the world in an effort to stimulate constructive discussion amongst entrepreneurial youth. I plan on being back in Dar-es-Salaam this coming August 2010 to survey the scope of similar social media projects that engage in educative platforms. Specifically, I plan on: Identifying education-related media projects that exist in Tanzania and greater East Africa; Outline the costs and benefits of such projects; Define how a collaborative platform such as vijana FM may benefit the general scope of media and education in East Africa. In so doing, I hope that social media projects can consolidate their efforts to include a wider audience and engage youth where they are seeking engagement with the broader social, economic and political aims of the Eastern Africa region. This survey will lead to much bigger implications than I myself can handle. Therefore, if you are reading this and you are

Time to do things

Is it there there's so much to do in such little time, or that there is too much time to do such little things? (Picture taken in Brighton, UK one April 2010 evening)

More from SriBuo

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Times are changing

A pair of CD decks or an audio controller? This is the question.

Media in East Africa: Past and Present

I have been meaning to write a post about the Pan-Africa Media Conference held in Kenya on March 18th and 19th 2010 . Host to this conference was the Nation Media Group , an established and experienced media corporation based in Nairobi, Kenya with subsidiares and outlet across the East African region. The conference served to highlight past and present experiences of media in East Africa, and to also anticipate future challenges and goals. As noted in the conference follow-up report , mediums are changing fast; what used to be published only in print yesterday is now being covered on TV channels, radios and blogs. Content is becoming dynamic, ever-changing, and easily transferable. At the same time, the political economy in East Africa is changing . Our governments are talking to eachother about building a basic economic framework by which Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania can trade freely. With this will come improvements in the mobility of people, goods and services in the