‘ICT killing writing skills’

The Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) and the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce of US, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for promoting entrepreneurship and capacity building in ICT.

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Invest, trust in youth ICT skills - govt agencies urged
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OVERNMENT agencies were yesterday advised to invest and trust in local youth when it comes to developing Information Communication Technology (ICT) systems instead of relying on foreign developed software. The Minister for Communication, Science ...

Gloria Gonsalves is an author of eight books, three of which are children’s books. Some of her titles are : ‘Mists of Sense Require Fierce Poesy’ (Poetry, 2014); ‘Danloria’ (Children’s Fantasy, 2013); ‘The Wisdom Huntress’ (Narrations, 2012); ‘Swahili Folklore’ (Children’s fables, rhymes and songs, 2011); ‘I am Tausi’ (Memoir, 2009); ‘Diamonds Forever ‘(Children’s poetry, 2008);...

Recent news that the growth of the information and communications technology (ICT) has affected writing skills should be cause for alarm. In the years that have followed the introduction of ICT, Tanzania and the rest of the world have witnessed a clear erosion of language skills that can, to some extent, be blamed on lack of a reading culture. Traditional reading materials such as novels, newspapers and other printed documents have gradually suffered a decline.

 In last week’s article I tried to speculate both the cost of constitution making process and its eventuality following an agreement between President Jakaya Kikwete and Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) in Dodoma recently.

Here are five lessons for writing a constitution (see under: Africa) that can ...
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Tanzanians are going to the polls this month, and the constitution will be one of the biggest issues. Here's the problem: the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party had agreed to reform it in ways that would loosen its tight grip on power — but ...

>Tanzania has recently engaged in the constitutional review process following various pressures from different angles but more importantly is the political will of President  Jakaya Kikwete.

>Last week, Burkina Faso’s transitional president Michael Kafando was sworn in, a career diplomat and former finance minister.

Inclusive representation during constitution building has been an ideal. In theory, it is an important factor in the legitimacy of the process.