Full coverage: Tanzania

19.10.2007 Vuosi sitten Tansaniassa oli yksi mediatalo, jolla oli toimiva verkkopalvelu. Nyt jo toistakymmentä sanomalehteä julkaisee juttunsa internetissä.

09.10.2007 Tietoliikenteen perusinfrastruktuuri Tansaniassa alkaa nyt olla kohdallaan, ja internet ja kännykät ovat arkipäivää yhä useammalle. Mikko Vesisenaho tutki väitöskirjassaan, miten opettaa tansanialaisia tietojenkäsittelyn opiskelijoita soveltamaan tuntemaansa tekniikkaa.

10.07.2007

13.06.2006 Tanzania last week signed two credit agreements with the World Bank worth US$240million for the implementation of the 4th Poverty Reduction Support credit (PRSC 4) and the Accountability Transparency and Integrity Project (ATIP).

08.06.2006 Gertrude from Shinyanga in Tanzania used the latest technology to tackle an age old problem – and cut through months of delay and frustration.

25.04.2006 You will be responsible for ICT capacity development of our local partners in one or two developing countries. To start with this will be Tanzania.

17.04.2006 New technology is not always better. Sometimes simpler, more traditional communication technologies can provide the most effective solution to information sharing.

17.04.2006 Tumsifu Lema, 68, is an organic farmer in Shirin Joro village in Tanzania. He grows mixed crops on his two acres of land, including vegetables, maize, sunflower and coffee, and he is constantly looking out for new organic farming techniques.

28.03.2006 Good communication is vital to small farmers who need better access to markets and to reliable information about prices, product quality and market conditions. Can new information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet, help? The First Mile is a two-year pilot project supported by the Government of Switzerland.

05.01.2006 Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd (TTCL) and Zanzibar Telecommunications Ltd (Zantel) will soon start using the Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, which is superior to the global system for mobile communications (GSM).

20.12.2005 Tanzania will be the first country to receive more mobile phone service under a new partnership between UNDP and Ericsson.

08.09.2005 The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy for improving child health has been adopted in many countries.The pertinent question being,whether it is more cost-effective and impactful than conventional approaches to child health care ?A World Health Organisation multi-country evaluation of IMCI was set up to identify information to help improve the delivery of the strategy. In Tanzania, the study focuses on two rural districts where facility-based components of IMCI are being implemented.

25.07.2005 Connectivity through mobile phones in Africa is growing at a very fast pace. 97% of all Tanzanians have access to mobile phones and this has led to the creation of a new sector within the economy.

16.11.2004 Representatives from the government, civil society and private sector are meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 17-19 November 2004 to assess e-governance in East Africa.

30.07.2004 Tanzanian Internet users, whose Internet Services Providers are peering at the newly launched Tanzania Internet Exchange Point, are enjoying up to 60 times faster access to local content, said Suhail Sheriff, interim chairman of the Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association.

31.03.2004 Tanzania's parliament stepped into the digital age with the launch of a web site offering information on members, legislation, bills, budget, the record of debates, committees and elections.

17.03.2004 UNESCO is setting up HIV/AIDS information centres for youth in Mozambique, Tanzania and Bulgaria. This is part of a project to implement preventive HIV/AIDS activities by improving access to information and raising awareness among youth about the potential risks and the ways for a more efficient prevention.

04.03.2004 The Tanzanian government has been advised to harness the potential of ICT to boost performance in education delivery and management. Although a number of countries have made tremendous development in education through the use of ICT, Tanzania needs to develop its own strategy for effective application of ICT.

19.08.2003 The first ICT awareness seminar held for mid-level and senior managers of NGOs and community-based organisations based in Arusha, Tanzania generated a good response. The seminar discussed the rationale for ICT use, their procurement guidelines and demonstrated their use.

31.07.2003 The IICD and its Tanzanian partners recently organised a "World Wide Web Week" in Dar es Salaam to raise awareness about Web technologies and train NGOs, students and others. More than 2,500 secondary school students were given basic training on search engines and how to look for information on the Internet.