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Wilson Centre’s High-Profile Tanzania Visit to JMKF AND CCBRT
The Wilson International Centre for Scholars, established by the United States Congress, recently paid a high-profile visit to Tanzania. The delegation, led by Wilson Centre’s President and CEO Ambassador Mark Green, called on Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, former...
Three Innovative solutions created by the Jamii Tech Incubation Program in Mwanza 2023
On the 3rd of April 2023, 15 dynamic innovators from diverse backgrounds including farmers, fishermen, welders, and student from technical colleges, came together in Mwanza for a 30-day technology innovation camp - Jamii Tech. With the urgent need to achieve the...
Kijana Leo S1E7: Dustless and More Powerful Together.
In episode 007 of Kijana Leo TV program, we see a group of young people who put their talents to good use by developing and mass-producing dustless chalks to be used in schools across Tanzania. As their tale aired on Azam TV, they saw an...
Kijana Leo S1E6: The Hero of Cashew Nuts.
Zaidu Mbwana, a Young Innovative social entrepreneur who is constantly recognized as a local innovator and hero at his home town of Tandahimba in the suburbs of Mtwara, graced Kijana Leo TV program (Episode 006). His Zaidu Welding and Fabrication is a social...
Kijana Leo S1E5: Transforming trash into treasure.
Have you ever wondered where the plastic water bottle you throw goes after consumption? According to Tanzania's National Plastic Pollution Hot-spotting and Shaping Action Report, over 315,000 tonnes of plastic waste were generated in 2018,...
Kijana Leo S1E4: The recycled light.
Innocent James has been a cacatalyst for the transformation of rural communities, motivated by the desire to bring about change and instill a lifelong reading habit in primary school students in Mwanza. In this spirit, he founded Soma...
Kijana Leo S1E3: Farmer’s Choice
For Tanzania's 15 million smallholder farmers, harvesting crops is a daunting task. whether they are harvesting rice, maize, sorghum, or other crops, farmers are forced to use manual threshing that are inefficient and limit farm...
Kijana Leo S1E2: Keep yourself up to date.
The crew of Kijana Leo TV Program celebrated the International Women's Day in 2022 with Jacqueline Lawrence, a young female problem-solver who is also the owner and director of Mbeya Highlands FM whom shone brightly on our second episode....
Kijana Leo S1E1: Organic Waste
Using organic waste, a young female scientist fills a vacuum in fish-feed ecology. Diana Orembe's motivation to assist her community was motivated by her realisation that the issue touched people she cared about. Hence, she took the bull...