About a fortnight ago, I wrote about the kind of welcome visitors receive when arriving at our airports. It’s not ideal if you’re unlucky enough to fall victim to an airport scam — but how often does that really happen? I suspect I was just unfortunate. Every other visit has been perfectly fine. But what…
Over five years ago, I accepted an invitation – unclear at the time – to join a dialogue aimed at uniting like-minded individuals from diverse backgrounds to share their time and experience in shaping a more harmonious future for all. Last week, those individuals formally established the Tuko Sawa Society Tanzania (TSS), invited me to…
Early morning in the Serengeti, we were positioned quiet well to watch the animals that are often fall victim to the several species of carnivores living on these savannah plains, the Wildebeest. It was good to see quite a lot mixed with some Zebras as they moved toward steadily in search of numerous grass and…
It was one of those rainy days in the late 1970s when I walked into the offices of the then National Police Headquarters, located in the foreboding Ministry of Home Affairs building along Ohio Street in Dar es Salaam. I had been assigned by my editor, the late Abdallah Ngororo of the Daily–cum–Sunday News, to…
The English Dictionary defines wisdom as the ability to discern inner qualities and relationships; good sense; insight; the teachings of the ancient wise people; a wise attitude or cause of action, et cetera. German physicist and philosopher Albert Einstein (1879-1955) says that wisdom is not a product of schooling, but a lifelong attempt to acquire…
She came to bury her son. All around were tears as well as smiles – as let’s call him Roy – was genuinely, a funny fellow. Roy had a habit of giving close mates, nicknames. Listen to him, drunk (as usual) and being kicked out of this club where I was playing live music. Glaring…
I asked the bot to preach the Word,It spoke in code, not what I heard.“Salvation equals user path,”Then crashed inside a syntax wrath. It told me grace comes via app.I typed, “What’s love?”—it said, “A noun,”And rendered hearts with glitchy frown.“Repentance means delete your files,”It sent me ads for holy tiles. This robot priest was…
Eastern Africa is in crisis. Hunger, disease, floods and displacement are affecting millions across the region — and yet, the East African Community (EAC) remains strangely silent. According to a recent United Nations report, over 58 million people in the region are going hungry and nearly nine million children are severely malnourished. This isn’t just…
On the plains of the Serengeti, we encountered a pride of lions—eight in total—lounging on rocks conserving energy for their next hunt. Many tourists in safari vehicles watched intently, capturing photographs of this majestic pride. But for me, the mission today was to find birds that prey on snakes. Further since, on the open grasslands,…
The world is rapidly embracing digital transformation, bringing major improvements to quality of life and service delivery in this phase of human development. Yet some of us, including decision-makers, remain stuck in an analogue mindset. This disconnect risks undermining the very benefits that technology and progress are meant to deliver. For digital transformation to succeed,…
