Kuhusiana na matatizo yaliyotokea hivi karibuni maeneo ya Hennur uongozi wa TASABA chini ya Rais Fidelis Msomekela ulifikia makubaliano pamoja na jeshi la polisi la Bangalore pamoja na mwakilishi wa ubalozi wetu Mh.Amon Mwamunenge kuhusiana na kuongeza ulinzi kwa wanafunzi wakitanzania waishio Bangalore.
Kutokana na hilo uongozi wa TASABA unasisitiza wanafunzi ambao hawajajiandikisha majina yao na kuchukua kitambulisho cha uanachama cha TASABA, watakua kwenye wakati mgumu wakipatwa na matatizo kwa sababu uongozi wa TASABA hauna taarifa zao rasmi kuhusu maeneo wanayokaa na namna ya kuwafikia. Hivyo watanzania wote waishio Bangalore wameombwa kujiandikisha na kuchukua fomu haraka iwezekanavyo kwa viongozi wao wa maeneo.Hii ni kwa wote ambao hawana kitambulisho cha TASABA mpaka hivi sasa.
TASABA SPOKESMAN
JUMANNE MTAMBALIKE
Monday, March 22, 2010
UFUMBUZI WA TUKIO LA KUCHOMEWA NYUMBA MOTO KWA WANAFUNZI.
Wanafunzi wawili ambao ni Ndugu. Hamis Mbelwa Fintan na Ndugu.Olais Alexendra Siarra, waliokuwa wanakaa Hennur Cross ambao walikutwa na mkasa wa kuchomewa moto nyumba yao wakiwa ndani umepatikna ufumbuzi baada ya Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini India kuingilia kati sula hilo. tarehe 18/03/2010 Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge kutoka ofisi za ubalozi wa Tanzania New delhi- India aliwasili jijini Bangalore. Majira ya 1:00pm siku hiyo hiyo tulifika katika kituo cha polisi cha Hennur Cross tukiongozana na Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge na kuonana na Inspekta wa kituo hicho ambaye alitupa maafisa wawili wa polisi ambao tulifika nao sehemu ya tukio ili kujionea wenyewe kilichokuwa kimetokea na hatimaye kuwakamata watuhumiwa na kuwafikisha kituo cha polisi cha Hennur Cross. Watuhumiwa walipohojiwa hawakuwa na sababu ya msingi ya kueleza kisa kilicho wapelekea kufanya kitendo walichokifanya zaidi ya kuomba msamaha na kudai kuwa walikuwa wamelewa siku hiyo. Walikili kosa mbele ya Inspekta wa kituo hicho kimaandishi kuwa hawatarudia tena kosa hilo na pia kama itatokea tukio lingine kwa kipindi hiki basi wao ndio watakuwa watuhumiwa wa kwanza.
Ili kuweka hali ya amani na utulivu nikiwa kama mwenyeketi wa jumuiya ya waTanzania waishio Bangalore pamoja na wahanga wa tukio hilo tulimwomba Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge tulimalize tatizo lile kwa njia ya diplomasia kwa kuwa kuwafungulia kesi na kuwapandisha mahakamani ingeweza kuleta mgogoro zaidi na wenyeji wa nchi hii pia ingechukua muda mwingi kushughulika na masuala ya mahakama wakati kesi ikiendelea hasa ukizingatia sisi ni wanafunzi . Tulimwomba Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge atusaidie kutafuta njia ya msingi amabayo itatufanya tuishi kwa amani na kupata msaada wa polisi kwa haraka mara tutoapo taarifa ambazo zinaitaji msaada wao.Watuhumiwa walikukubali kulipa fidia ya kiasi cha 18,000Rupees ambazo vijana hao walitozwa na mwenye nyumba kufidia uharibifu wa mlango.
Tarehe 19/03/2010 nikiwa kama Mwenyekiti wa jumuiya ya waTanzania waishio Bangalore (TASABA) niliongozana na Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge mpaka ofisi za High Commissioner wa polisi Bangalore na kuonana na Msaidizi wa Commissioner wa polisi Bangalore na kumweleza juu ya suala hilo na hatua zilichokuliwa kwa malengo ya kuzidisha usalama wa waTanzania waishio Bangalore- India, alitupa mikakati ya jinsi watakavyotusaidia kwa kushirikiana na Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini India. Tulifika pia kwa Inspector General of Police wa Bangalore na kumjulisha pia juu ya suala hili. Hivyo kwa sasa ofisi za Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini India kwa kushirikiana na jeshi la polisi watapanga mikakati ya kuhakikisha kuwa amani na haki inatendeka kwa wananchi wa kiTanzania waishio Bagalore- India.
Ushauri wangu kwa waTanzania wale wanaotaka kuja kusoma Bangalore-India katika fani mbalimbali, wakati wanapotuma maombi ya shule au wanapotafuta shule/ vyuo wawasiliane na Mwenyekiti wa jumuiya ya waTanznia waishio Bangalore- India (TASABA) ili wapate msaada wa kimaelezo juu ya vyuo wanavyotafuta. Hii itasaidia kuwaweka waTanzania wasomao huku kwa pamoja na pia kuwatafutia makazi sehemu ambazo hazina fujo na za usalama zaidi kwao ili pale wapatapo matatizo wakiwa wanaishi sehemu moja kwa ukaribu zaidi wapate kusaidiana kwa njia moja au nyingine.Nawasihi pia wale wote waishio Bangalore na kwingine kote nchini India kuzingatia sheria na kanuni za nchi husika na kujiepusha na vyanzo vyote vinavyopelekea fujo kutokea.
kwa niaba ya waTanzania waishio Bangalore na uongozi wa TASABA, tunakushukuru sana Mh. Balozi kwa msaada tulioupata wa kuleta amani baina yetu na wenyeji wa eneo la Hennur Cross, na mikakati iliyowekwa kuhakikisha kuwa tunaishi kwa amani na kupata haki pale tutakapo pata matatizo. Pia namshukuru Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge kwa kushirikiana nasi bega kwa bega kuhakikisha haki inapatika na kuleta amani na ulewano baina yetu na wenyeji hao na kutujengea nafasi nzuri ya kusikilizwa matatizo yetu mara tufikapo katika kituo cha polisi, ni dhahiri kuwa kwa sasa waTanzania waishio Hennur Cross/ Bangalore wataishi kwa amani. Naomba tuzidi kupata msaada kama huu au zaidi mara kwa mara pale tupatapo matatizo ambayo yatakuwa nje ya uwezo wetu kuyatatua.
Fidelis Msomekela
Mwenyekiti – TASABA
+919742176980
Ili kuweka hali ya amani na utulivu nikiwa kama mwenyeketi wa jumuiya ya waTanzania waishio Bangalore pamoja na wahanga wa tukio hilo tulimwomba Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge tulimalize tatizo lile kwa njia ya diplomasia kwa kuwa kuwafungulia kesi na kuwapandisha mahakamani ingeweza kuleta mgogoro zaidi na wenyeji wa nchi hii pia ingechukua muda mwingi kushughulika na masuala ya mahakama wakati kesi ikiendelea hasa ukizingatia sisi ni wanafunzi . Tulimwomba Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge atusaidie kutafuta njia ya msingi amabayo itatufanya tuishi kwa amani na kupata msaada wa polisi kwa haraka mara tutoapo taarifa ambazo zinaitaji msaada wao.Watuhumiwa walikukubali kulipa fidia ya kiasi cha 18,000Rupees ambazo vijana hao walitozwa na mwenye nyumba kufidia uharibifu wa mlango.
Tarehe 19/03/2010 nikiwa kama Mwenyekiti wa jumuiya ya waTanzania waishio Bangalore (TASABA) niliongozana na Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge mpaka ofisi za High Commissioner wa polisi Bangalore na kuonana na Msaidizi wa Commissioner wa polisi Bangalore na kumweleza juu ya suala hilo na hatua zilichokuliwa kwa malengo ya kuzidisha usalama wa waTanzania waishio Bangalore- India, alitupa mikakati ya jinsi watakavyotusaidia kwa kushirikiana na Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini India. Tulifika pia kwa Inspector General of Police wa Bangalore na kumjulisha pia juu ya suala hili. Hivyo kwa sasa ofisi za Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini India kwa kushirikiana na jeshi la polisi watapanga mikakati ya kuhakikisha kuwa amani na haki inatendeka kwa wananchi wa kiTanzania waishio Bagalore- India.
Ushauri wangu kwa waTanzania wale wanaotaka kuja kusoma Bangalore-India katika fani mbalimbali, wakati wanapotuma maombi ya shule au wanapotafuta shule/ vyuo wawasiliane na Mwenyekiti wa jumuiya ya waTanznia waishio Bangalore- India (TASABA) ili wapate msaada wa kimaelezo juu ya vyuo wanavyotafuta. Hii itasaidia kuwaweka waTanzania wasomao huku kwa pamoja na pia kuwatafutia makazi sehemu ambazo hazina fujo na za usalama zaidi kwao ili pale wapatapo matatizo wakiwa wanaishi sehemu moja kwa ukaribu zaidi wapate kusaidiana kwa njia moja au nyingine.Nawasihi pia wale wote waishio Bangalore na kwingine kote nchini India kuzingatia sheria na kanuni za nchi husika na kujiepusha na vyanzo vyote vinavyopelekea fujo kutokea.
kwa niaba ya waTanzania waishio Bangalore na uongozi wa TASABA, tunakushukuru sana Mh. Balozi kwa msaada tulioupata wa kuleta amani baina yetu na wenyeji wa eneo la Hennur Cross, na mikakati iliyowekwa kuhakikisha kuwa tunaishi kwa amani na kupata haki pale tutakapo pata matatizo. Pia namshukuru Mh. A.M.R Mwamanenge kwa kushirikiana nasi bega kwa bega kuhakikisha haki inapatika na kuleta amani na ulewano baina yetu na wenyeji hao na kutujengea nafasi nzuri ya kusikilizwa matatizo yetu mara tufikapo katika kituo cha polisi, ni dhahiri kuwa kwa sasa waTanzania waishio Hennur Cross/ Bangalore wataishi kwa amani. Naomba tuzidi kupata msaada kama huu au zaidi mara kwa mara pale tupatapo matatizo ambayo yatakuwa nje ya uwezo wetu kuyatatua.
Fidelis Msomekela
Mwenyekiti – TASABA
+919742176980
Sunday, March 14, 2010
KUCHOMEWA NYUMBA MOTO KWA WANAFUNZI.
Tarehe 11/03/2010 majira ya saa 10:45 usiku walifika vijana 4 wakidai kuwa wamefanyiwa fujo na Wahindi kwa kurushiwa mawe na kupigiwa kelele za wizi. Vijana hawa walikuwa wanatoka nyumbani kwa wenzao ambako walikuwa wamekutana kupanga jinsi gani watakavyo wakilisha nchi yetu Tanzania katika sherehe ya ‘International Students Day’ itakayofanyika chuoni kwao Indian Academy degree college tarehe 19/03/2010, ndipo walipokuwa wakirudi wakakutana na Wahindi wawili waliokuwa kwenye gari wakiwa wamelewa ambao hupaki gari sehemu karibu na nyumbani kwa wenzao ambao ni; Hamis Mbelwa Fintan mwenye passport No. AB329730 na Olais Alexendra Siarra mwenye passportNo. AB329755waliokuwa wanakaa No.1093/1.11th Cross,Swarnanagar,Robertsonpet,KGF-563 122. Wahindi hao waliwasimamisha vijana hao wakitaka kujua walikuwa wanatoka wapi muda huo wa saa 10:30pm na kama wana vibali vya kuishi nchini, walipogundua kama walikuwa wamelewa waliwapuuza na kuendelea na safari yao, bila kujua kilichokuwa kinawatokea wale wahindi wawili walianza kupiga kelele na baadhi ya majirani kutoka na silaha kama, marungu, nondo na kuanza kuwakimbiza huku wakiwarushia mawe, kwa bahati nzuri hakuna majeruhi. Walipofika kwangu walinielezea kilichotokea nikawasihi wakae kwangu wasitoke mpaka pale hali itakapokuwa shwari. Tukiwa ndani mnamo majira ya saa 11:30pm Olais Alexendra Siarra alinipigia simu kunitaarifu kuwa wale wahindi bado wamekusanyana katika nyumba wanayoishi na wanataka wavunje mlango niliwasihi wasifungue huku nikiwa natafuta jitihada ya kuwasiliana na police, muda si mrefu Hamis Mbelwa Fintan alinipigia simu akinieleza kuwa wale wahindi wamemwaga mafuta ya petrol mlangano kwao na dirishani kisha wakawasha moto, moto ulifanikiwa kuwaka malangoni na kupenya ndani ambako walifanikiwa kuuzima ule wa ndani ukiwa wa nje unaendelea kuwaka. Majirani wanaokaa nyumba moja walitoka na kusaidia kuzima ule wa nje. Bahati nzuri petrol haikua nyingi na hakuna aliyejeruhiwa.
Nilitoka nikatafuta njia ya kufika kituo cha Police cha Hennur Cross, nilitoa taarifa hiyo wakatoka maafisa wa police na kufika sehemu ya tukio wakati huo mimi nikiwa nimebaki kituoni. Baada ya dakika 30 police walirudi bila watuhumiwa, nilpouliza walinijibu nirudi nyumbani wameshawatuliza na hawatarudia tena nilibishana sana na police juu ya hilo maana walipofika waliwakuta watuhumiwa na kuwaachia waende huru. Nilizidi kupigania haki lakini walinijibu “This is India not Tanzania and we have to coup with them like or not” niliwauliza kama huo ndio utamaduni wao wa kumwagia watu petrol na kuchoma moto kutaka kuwaua? Wakasema kama naona hawajanisaidia niende kutafuta msaada mahali pengine. Nilisikitika sana kwa kauli za police hasa ukizingatia kuwa toka Imran Mtui afariki ni mwezi tu na siku 6 mpaka sasa na hatujapata taarifa ya kuridhisha kutoka kwa police halafu linatokea jaribio linguine la kuua kwa kutumia petrol. Mh. Balozi hali hii inanitisha hasa nikiwa kama mwenyekiti wa jumuiya ya wanafunzi kuona raia wenzangu wanatishiwa kutolewa maisha yao kwa moto na bila hatia huku police wakiona jambo hilo ni la kawaida kwao na kuwaachia watuhumiwa waende huru. Watu hawa wanaishi nchini kwetu kwa amani na kufaidi matunda ya uhuru na uchumi wa nchi yetu bila bugudha. Naomba ofisi yako teule iingilie kati suala hili leo hii walikuwa na petrol kidogo siku nyingine itakuaje?
Baada ya kuona hakuna masaada niliwashauri Hamis Mbelwa Fintan na Olais Alexendra Siarra wahame mahali pale kwani hapana usalama tena. Tulimtafuta landlord na kuongea nae akakubali kurudisha Deposit yao na kwa sasa wamehama wanaishi na rafiki zao huku wakitafuta nyumba nyingine. Hii ndo hali halisi inayotukuta raia wa Tanzania tusomao huku Bangalore. Ni matumaini yangu kuwa tutapata msaada wa kutosha kutoka ofisi za Ubalozi.
Natangukiza shukrani zangu za dhati,
Fidelis Msomekela
Mwenyekiti - TASABA
Monday, March 8, 2010
YALIYOJIRI KWENYE MKUTANO WA TASABA KUHUSU MAANDALIZI YA SHUGHULI YA WAHITIMU.
Siku ya jumamosi uongozi wa TASABA ulikutana na wahitimu ili kuandaa sherehe ya wahitimu ya mwaka 2009-2010 mambo mengi yalizungumziwa ikiwemo na kuandaa kamati kuu itakayo shughulikia shughuli hii.Kamati imefikia maamuzi ya kufanya shughuli hiyo siku ya tarehe 17 aprili 2010 katika ukumbi wa hoteli ya "The club".Mpaka kikao kinaisha kamati ilikua imeshaanza taratibu za kumtafuta mgeni rasmi na kutafuta taarifa na idadi rasmi za wahitimu ili kuwaandalia vyeti na kutengeneza bajeti ya shughuli.Mchango na mawazo ya wahitimu ni muhimu sana kuhusiana na shughuli hii. Kwa michango au mawazo nenda "TASABA group Facebook" au wasiliana na msemaji TASABA (9901837490).
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
YALIYOJIRI INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DAY GARDEN CITY COLLEGE
Wageni wakijaribu kujifunza na kununua vitu mbalimbali toka Tanzania........
Muheshimiwa Rais hakuwepo nyuma alikuwepo kuhakikisha mambo yanaenda sawasawa.......
Mweka hazina nae hakuwa nyuma alipiga vazi la kimasai.................
Tisheti za Hayati baba wa Taifa pia ziliuzwa...................
Dada Hakika ndani ya vazi la kitenge
SHUKRANI TOKA TASABA.
Uongozi wa TASABA chini ya Rais Fidelis Msomekela kupitia wizara ya jamii na utamaduni unatoa shukrani kwa waTanzania waliojitokeza na kuiwakilisha nchi yetu siku ya nchi za kimataifa katika chuo cha Garden City Bangalore.Tunashukuru kwa kulifanya banda letu la wa Tanzania kuwa ndio banda bora pamoja na kutuwakilisha katika kuonyesha mavazi mabalimbali ya asili ya taifa letu.Pia shukrani rasmi zimuendee waziri Mushobozi Baitani kwa kupata cheti baada ya kushinda nafasi ya kwanza kama mchezaji bora wa ngoma ya asili.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
TANGAZO LA GRADUATION.
Uongozi wa serikali ya wanafunzi wa kiTanzania waishio Bangalore TASABA unawatangazia waTanzania wote wanaotegemea kumaliza kozi zao mwaka huu kuwasilisha majina yao na namba zao za simu kwa viongozi wa maeneo yao.
Viongozi wa maeneo mnaombwa muwasilishe majina hayo kwa muheshimiwa Rais haraka iwezekanavyo.Vilevile mmeombwa kuwa tayari kwa ajili ya shughuli hii kubwa wakati tunajiandaa kuandaa kikao kati ya viongozi na wanafunzi wanaomaliza ili kufanikisha jambo hili.
TASABA SPOKESMAN,
JUMANNE MTAMBALIKE.
Viongozi wa maeneo mnaombwa muwasilishe majina hayo kwa muheshimiwa Rais haraka iwezekanavyo.Vilevile mmeombwa kuwa tayari kwa ajili ya shughuli hii kubwa wakati tunajiandaa kuandaa kikao kati ya viongozi na wanafunzi wanaomaliza ili kufanikisha jambo hili.
TASABA SPOKESMAN,
JUMANNE MTAMBALIKE.
How Africa is Becoming the New Asia
China and India get all the headlines for their economic prowess, but there's another global growth story that is easily overlooked: Africa. In 2007 and 2008, southern Africa, the Great Lakes region of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and even the drought-stricken Horn of Africa had GDP growth rates on par with Asia's two powerhouses. Last year, in the depths of global recession, the continent clocked almost 2 percent growth, roughly equal to the rates in the Middle East, and outperforming everywhere else but India and China. This year and in 2011, Africa will grow by 4.8 percent—the highest rate of growth outside Asia, and higher than even the oft-buzzed-about economies of Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and Eastern Europe, according to newly revised IMF estimates. In fact, on a per capital basis, Africans are already richer than Indians, and a dozen African states have higher gross national income per capital than China.
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More surprising is that much of this growth is driven not by the sale of raw materials, like oil or diamonds, but by a burgeoning domestic market, the largest outside India and China. In the last four years, the surge in private consumption of goods and services has accounted for two thirds of Africa's GDP growth. The rapidly emerging African middle class could number as many as 300 million, out of a total population of 1 billion, according to development expert Vijay Majahan, author of the 2009 book Africa Rising. While few of them have the kind of disposable income found in Asia and the West, these accountants, teachers, maids, taxi drivers, even roadside street vendors, are driving up demand for goods and services like cell phones, bank accounts, upmarket foodstuffs, and real estate. In fact, in Africa's 10 largest economies, the service sector makes up 40 percent of GDP, not too far from India's 53 percent. "The new Africa story is consumption," says Graham Thomas, head of principal investment at Standard Bank Group, which operates in 17 African countries.
Much of the boom in this new consumer class can be attributed to outside forces: evolving trade patterns, particularly from increased demand coming out of China, and technological innovation abroad that spurs local productivity and growth like the multibillion-dollar fiber-optic lines that are being laid out between Africa and the developed world. Other changes are domestic and deliberate. Despite Africa's well-founded reputation for corruption and poor governance, a substantial chunk of the continent has quietly experienced this economic renaissance by dint of its virtually unprecedented political stability. Spurred by eager investors, governments have steadily deregulated industries and developed infrastructure. As a result, countries such as Kenya and Botswana now boast privately owned world-class hospitals, charter schools, and toll roads that are actually safe to drive on. A study by a World Bank program, the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic, found that improvements in Africa's telecom infrastructure have contributed as much as 1 percent to per capital GDP growth, a bigger role than changes in monetary or fiscal policies. Shares of stocks in recently privatized local airlines, freight companies, and telecoms have skyrocketed.
Entrepreneurship has increased at the same time, powered in part by the influx of returning skilled workers. Just as waves of expats returned to China and India in the 1990s to start businesses that in turn attracted more outside talent and capital, there are now signs that an entrepreneurial African diaspora will help transform the continent. While brain drain is still a chronic problem in countries such as Burundi and Malawi—some of the poorest in the world on a per capita basis—Africa's most robust economies, such as those in Ghana, Botswana, and South Africa, are beginning to see an unprecedented brain gain. According to some reports, roughly 10,000 skilled professionals have returned to Nigeria in the last year, and the number of educated Angolans seeking jobs back home has spiked 10-fold, to 1,000, in the last five years. Bart Nnaji gave up a tenured professorship at the University of Pittsburgh to move back to Nigeria in 2005 and run Geometric Power, the first private power company in sub-Saharan Africa. Its $400 million, 188-megawatt power plant will come online this fall as the sole provider of electricity for Aba, a city of 2 million in southeast Nigeria. Afam Onyema, a 30-year-old graduate of Harvard and Stanford Law, turned down six-figure offers in corporate law to build and run a $50 million state-of-the-art private hospital with a charitable component for the poor in southeast Nigeria.
Many experts believe Africa, with its expansive base of newly minted consumers, may very well be on the verge of becoming the next India, thanks to frenetic urbanization and the sort of big push in services and infrastructure that transformed the Asian subcontinent 15 years ago. Just as India once harnessed its booming population of cheap labor, Africa stands to gain by the rapid growth of its big cities. Already the continent boasts the world's highest rate of urbanization, which jump-starts growth through industrialization and economies of scale. Today only a third of Africa's population lives in cities, but that segment accounts for 80 percent of total GDP, according to the U.N. Centre for Human Settlements. In the next 30 years, half the continent's population will be living in cities.
Nowhere is this relationship between the consumer class and urbanization more apparent than in Lagos, Nigeria, a megalopolis of 18 million that has the anything-goes pace of a Chongqing or Mumbai. On Victoria Island, the city's commercial center, real estate is as expensive as in Manhattan. Everywhere you look, there is construction: luxury condos, office buildings, roads, even a brand-new city nearby being dredged from the sea that will hold half a million people. "Everything is in short supply, so everything's a high-growth area," explains Adedotun Sulaiman, a venture capitalist and chairman of Accenture in Nigeria. "In terms of opportunities, it's just mind-blowing." Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest black entrepreneur, has also cashed in on this consumer culture, with a net worth of $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. His empire, which began in 1978 as a trading business that imported, among other things, baby food, cement, and frozen fish, is focused on Nigeria's burgeoning domestic growth, producing cement for shopping and office complexes; renting luxury condos; making noodles, flour, and sugar; and now expanding into services such as 3G mobile networks and transportation. "There's nowhere you can make money like in Nigeria," says the 53-year-old Dangote. "It's the world's best-kept secret."
Not anymore. A recent study by Oxford economist Paul Collier of all 954 publicly traded African companies operating between 2000 and 2007 found that their annual return on capital was on average 65 percent higher than those of similar firms in China, India, Vietnam, or Indonesia because labor costs are skyrocketing in Asia. Their median profit margin, 11 percent, was also higher than in Asia or South America. African mobile operators, for instance, showed the highest profit margins in the industry worldwide. As a result, foreign multinationals like Unilever, Nestlé, and Swissport International report some of their highest growth in Africa. So even as foreign direct investment fell by 20 percent worldwide in 2008, capital in-flows to Africa actually jumped 16 percent, to $61.9 billion, its highest level ever, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Even Chinese companies are thinking of outsourcing basic manufacturing to Africa. The World Bank is now helping China set up an industrial zone in Ethiopia, the first of perhaps several offshore centers akin to the sprawling free-trade zones that opened up China's economy in the 1980s.
Still, Africa remains at the very frontier of emerging markets. Despite its gains, the difficulty and cost of running a business there are the highest in the world, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. Couple that with pervasive corruption—Transparency International calls the problem "rampant" in 36 of 53 African states—and it's no wonder Africa is often regarded as a toxic place to operate. But World Bank president Robert Zoellick says that in the aftermath of the economic crisis, long-term investors have recognized that "developed markets have big risks too." Like China and India, Africa is exploiting that fact, and perhaps more than any other region it is illustrative of a new world order in which the poorest nations will still find ways to steam ahead.
story by Jerry Guo NEWSWEEK
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More surprising is that much of this growth is driven not by the sale of raw materials, like oil or diamonds, but by a burgeoning domestic market, the largest outside India and China. In the last four years, the surge in private consumption of goods and services has accounted for two thirds of Africa's GDP growth. The rapidly emerging African middle class could number as many as 300 million, out of a total population of 1 billion, according to development expert Vijay Majahan, author of the 2009 book Africa Rising. While few of them have the kind of disposable income found in Asia and the West, these accountants, teachers, maids, taxi drivers, even roadside street vendors, are driving up demand for goods and services like cell phones, bank accounts, upmarket foodstuffs, and real estate. In fact, in Africa's 10 largest economies, the service sector makes up 40 percent of GDP, not too far from India's 53 percent. "The new Africa story is consumption," says Graham Thomas, head of principal investment at Standard Bank Group, which operates in 17 African countries.
Much of the boom in this new consumer class can be attributed to outside forces: evolving trade patterns, particularly from increased demand coming out of China, and technological innovation abroad that spurs local productivity and growth like the multibillion-dollar fiber-optic lines that are being laid out between Africa and the developed world. Other changes are domestic and deliberate. Despite Africa's well-founded reputation for corruption and poor governance, a substantial chunk of the continent has quietly experienced this economic renaissance by dint of its virtually unprecedented political stability. Spurred by eager investors, governments have steadily deregulated industries and developed infrastructure. As a result, countries such as Kenya and Botswana now boast privately owned world-class hospitals, charter schools, and toll roads that are actually safe to drive on. A study by a World Bank program, the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic, found that improvements in Africa's telecom infrastructure have contributed as much as 1 percent to per capital GDP growth, a bigger role than changes in monetary or fiscal policies. Shares of stocks in recently privatized local airlines, freight companies, and telecoms have skyrocketed.
Entrepreneurship has increased at the same time, powered in part by the influx of returning skilled workers. Just as waves of expats returned to China and India in the 1990s to start businesses that in turn attracted more outside talent and capital, there are now signs that an entrepreneurial African diaspora will help transform the continent. While brain drain is still a chronic problem in countries such as Burundi and Malawi—some of the poorest in the world on a per capita basis—Africa's most robust economies, such as those in Ghana, Botswana, and South Africa, are beginning to see an unprecedented brain gain. According to some reports, roughly 10,000 skilled professionals have returned to Nigeria in the last year, and the number of educated Angolans seeking jobs back home has spiked 10-fold, to 1,000, in the last five years. Bart Nnaji gave up a tenured professorship at the University of Pittsburgh to move back to Nigeria in 2005 and run Geometric Power, the first private power company in sub-Saharan Africa. Its $400 million, 188-megawatt power plant will come online this fall as the sole provider of electricity for Aba, a city of 2 million in southeast Nigeria. Afam Onyema, a 30-year-old graduate of Harvard and Stanford Law, turned down six-figure offers in corporate law to build and run a $50 million state-of-the-art private hospital with a charitable component for the poor in southeast Nigeria.
Many experts believe Africa, with its expansive base of newly minted consumers, may very well be on the verge of becoming the next India, thanks to frenetic urbanization and the sort of big push in services and infrastructure that transformed the Asian subcontinent 15 years ago. Just as India once harnessed its booming population of cheap labor, Africa stands to gain by the rapid growth of its big cities. Already the continent boasts the world's highest rate of urbanization, which jump-starts growth through industrialization and economies of scale. Today only a third of Africa's population lives in cities, but that segment accounts for 80 percent of total GDP, according to the U.N. Centre for Human Settlements. In the next 30 years, half the continent's population will be living in cities.
Nowhere is this relationship between the consumer class and urbanization more apparent than in Lagos, Nigeria, a megalopolis of 18 million that has the anything-goes pace of a Chongqing or Mumbai. On Victoria Island, the city's commercial center, real estate is as expensive as in Manhattan. Everywhere you look, there is construction: luxury condos, office buildings, roads, even a brand-new city nearby being dredged from the sea that will hold half a million people. "Everything is in short supply, so everything's a high-growth area," explains Adedotun Sulaiman, a venture capitalist and chairman of Accenture in Nigeria. "In terms of opportunities, it's just mind-blowing." Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest black entrepreneur, has also cashed in on this consumer culture, with a net worth of $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. His empire, which began in 1978 as a trading business that imported, among other things, baby food, cement, and frozen fish, is focused on Nigeria's burgeoning domestic growth, producing cement for shopping and office complexes; renting luxury condos; making noodles, flour, and sugar; and now expanding into services such as 3G mobile networks and transportation. "There's nowhere you can make money like in Nigeria," says the 53-year-old Dangote. "It's the world's best-kept secret."
Not anymore. A recent study by Oxford economist Paul Collier of all 954 publicly traded African companies operating between 2000 and 2007 found that their annual return on capital was on average 65 percent higher than those of similar firms in China, India, Vietnam, or Indonesia because labor costs are skyrocketing in Asia. Their median profit margin, 11 percent, was also higher than in Asia or South America. African mobile operators, for instance, showed the highest profit margins in the industry worldwide. As a result, foreign multinationals like Unilever, Nestlé, and Swissport International report some of their highest growth in Africa. So even as foreign direct investment fell by 20 percent worldwide in 2008, capital in-flows to Africa actually jumped 16 percent, to $61.9 billion, its highest level ever, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Even Chinese companies are thinking of outsourcing basic manufacturing to Africa. The World Bank is now helping China set up an industrial zone in Ethiopia, the first of perhaps several offshore centers akin to the sprawling free-trade zones that opened up China's economy in the 1980s.
Still, Africa remains at the very frontier of emerging markets. Despite its gains, the difficulty and cost of running a business there are the highest in the world, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. Couple that with pervasive corruption—Transparency International calls the problem "rampant" in 36 of 53 African states—and it's no wonder Africa is often regarded as a toxic place to operate. But World Bank president Robert Zoellick says that in the aftermath of the economic crisis, long-term investors have recognized that "developed markets have big risks too." Like China and India, Africa is exploiting that fact, and perhaps more than any other region it is illustrative of a new world order in which the poorest nations will still find ways to steam ahead.
story by Jerry Guo NEWSWEEK
Friday, February 19, 2010
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ON FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY AT GARDEN CITY THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EVENT.
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GARDENIA INTERNATIONALE – CONFLUENCE 2010
DATE: 26/02/2010
TIME: 10:00AM- 8:30PM
VENNUE: GARDEN CITY COLLEGE (16TH KM, OLD MADRAS ROAD)
EVENTS:
SOLO (INDIVIDUAL) SONTESTS
Best contemporary dance
Gardenia international – best dressed Male and Female
Letter writing contest - you have got mail
Culinaire - cooking competition
Zoom- documentary contest
GROUP EVENTS
Best contemporary dance
Best ethnic/ folk dance
Best ethnic wear ( innovative fashion show)
EXHIBITIONS
Photo exhibition
My sovereign territory - country stalls
Food festival
AWARDS
Garden city global leadership award
Athithi Devo Bhava – outstanding achievers in diverse disciplines
Gardenia Internationale – GCC best outgoing International student
Recognition - Federation of International Students Associations, Bangalore ( FISA-B)
Country student Associations
EVENING CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA BY GCC STUDENTS ,
SPECIAL APPEARANCES,
Winners in each of the contests
GCC roll ‘4’ soul dance Academy
Rwanda student’s Association – Karnataka ( RSA-K)
Federation of International Student Associations, Mysore (FISA – M)
Kenya student’s Association, Mysore (KSA – M)
Just shake Mongolian Student’s Dance Troupe
GARDENIA INTERNATIONALE – CONFLUENCE 2010
DATE: 26/02/2010
TIME: 10:00AM- 8:30PM
VENNUE: GARDEN CITY COLLEGE (16TH KM, OLD MADRAS ROAD)
EVENTS:
SOLO (INDIVIDUAL) SONTESTS
Best contemporary dance
Gardenia international – best dressed Male and Female
Letter writing contest - you have got mail
Culinaire - cooking competition
Zoom- documentary contest
GROUP EVENTS
Best contemporary dance
Best ethnic/ folk dance
Best ethnic wear ( innovative fashion show)
EXHIBITIONS
Photo exhibition
My sovereign territory - country stalls
Food festival
AWARDS
Garden city global leadership award
Athithi Devo Bhava – outstanding achievers in diverse disciplines
Gardenia Internationale – GCC best outgoing International student
Recognition - Federation of International Students Associations, Bangalore ( FISA-B)
Country student Associations
EVENING CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA BY GCC STUDENTS ,
SPECIAL APPEARANCES,
Winners in each of the contests
GCC roll ‘4’ soul dance Academy
Rwanda student’s Association – Karnataka ( RSA-K)
Federation of International Student Associations, Mysore (FISA – M)
Kenya student’s Association, Mysore (KSA – M)
Just shake Mongolian Student’s Dance Troupe
Saturday, February 13, 2010
DO WE DESERVE TO BE WHERE WE ARE NOW?
ECONOMY
Tanzania economy profile
GDP: US$ 11.6bn (2006 est.)
GDP per capitaL: US$ 303
GDP Growth: 5.8% (2006 est.), 7.3% (2007 IMF proj.), 7.6% (2008 IMF proj.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 43.3% industry: 17.7% services: 39% (2006 est.)
Inflation: 6.1% (2006 est.)
Major economic sectors: agriculture, financial and business services, trade and tourism, manufacturing.
Major trading partners: UK, South Africa India, Japan, China, Kenya, and the UAE.
Currency: Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
Evaluating the economy of the country it is not a simple task.But there are lot of things which make me wonder if we deserve to be where we are now.If you look on our trading partners and our sources of income you can see we have every reason to develop in a tremendous speed.Some countries they are depending on only one source of income lets say Tourism and still they manage to be more developed compared to us.I took it as the challenge to our government and Tanzanians in general.It is almost fifty years since we got our independence we expect changes in our economy and our living standard in general.The ability to invest properly with wright strategies is the only success of our trading partners.I believe if India and China they are the emerging giant in the world economy then our country can at least be the emerging giant in the African economy in few years to come.
Tanzania economy profile
GDP: US$ 11.6bn (2006 est.)
GDP per capitaL: US$ 303
GDP Growth: 5.8% (2006 est.), 7.3% (2007 IMF proj.), 7.6% (2008 IMF proj.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 43.3% industry: 17.7% services: 39% (2006 est.)
Inflation: 6.1% (2006 est.)
Major economic sectors: agriculture, financial and business services, trade and tourism, manufacturing.
Major trading partners: UK, South Africa India, Japan, China, Kenya, and the UAE.
Currency: Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
Evaluating the economy of the country it is not a simple task.But there are lot of things which make me wonder if we deserve to be where we are now.If you look on our trading partners and our sources of income you can see we have every reason to develop in a tremendous speed.Some countries they are depending on only one source of income lets say Tourism and still they manage to be more developed compared to us.I took it as the challenge to our government and Tanzanians in general.It is almost fifty years since we got our independence we expect changes in our economy and our living standard in general.The ability to invest properly with wright strategies is the only success of our trading partners.I believe if India and China they are the emerging giant in the world economy then our country can at least be the emerging giant in the African economy in few years to come.
PROFFESIONALS NEED A PROFFESIONAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE
The Importance of LinkedIn Groups
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Social networking is all about connecting with people that you know and expanding your connections from there based on the connections of your connected contacts. As you continue using the many social networking services available, your network should expand making it a great way to keep in touch with people from now on.
Of course, you won’t end up connecting with every possible person including the ones that you don’t know because that would defeat the point. But this doesn’t mean that the people that you are not connected with shouldn’t have any channel of interaction. This is where the idea of groups came in and many social networking sites including LinkedIn implemented it as a standard feature.
Groups are there to gather people based on the name, theme, or description of the group. For instance, it can bring people with similar interests together or people coming from the same country or area. This gives new opportunities for people to establish new connections and learn new things.
While it is highly encouraged to add people that you know and trust in LinkedIn, joining LinkedIn groups can benefit you in a lot of ways. Here are some ways on how LinkedIn groups can be beneficial to you.
Engage in Rich and Professional Discussions with Others
“Others” can refer to people who have the same interests with you or have the similar careers with you. You can share experiences in that group for others to learn and you can read what the other members have to say. If you are working abroad in a place that you are not so familiar with, you can always find a group where there are professionals nearby that you can connect with in the future.
Find Good Opportunities for Partnerships
Forging partnerships with the right people or companies can yield fantastic benefits for both sides. They can also bring considerable damage to both sides if the wrong partners are chosen. Joining a group that has professionals that are in the same field can reduce the likelihood of partnering with the wrong people especially if you and the other group members have their profiles filled up. The more groups you join, the more options you can weigh in so you can find the perfect business partner.
Great Place to Post or Look for Job Openings
There are plenty places that allow you to post job openings or give you leads on where you can find good ones. But among the ones you are exactly looking for are many jobs that might not appeal to you. Groups help sort these out by restricting job postings according to the group standards so all of the members can find something useful. If you post a job opening in an active group, you are sure to get more interested people since they are most probably waiting for updates in that group. Any other people that share job openings will likely attract you as well.
There are many groups in LinkedIn right now and you can even make your own so you can gather your connections to come up with something interesting. Joining LinkedIn groups greatly brings you deeper into the network.
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Social networking is all about connecting with people that you know and expanding your connections from there based on the connections of your connected contacts. As you continue using the many social networking services available, your network should expand making it a great way to keep in touch with people from now on.
Of course, you won’t end up connecting with every possible person including the ones that you don’t know because that would defeat the point. But this doesn’t mean that the people that you are not connected with shouldn’t have any channel of interaction. This is where the idea of groups came in and many social networking sites including LinkedIn implemented it as a standard feature.
Groups are there to gather people based on the name, theme, or description of the group. For instance, it can bring people with similar interests together or people coming from the same country or area. This gives new opportunities for people to establish new connections and learn new things.
While it is highly encouraged to add people that you know and trust in LinkedIn, joining LinkedIn groups can benefit you in a lot of ways. Here are some ways on how LinkedIn groups can be beneficial to you.
Engage in Rich and Professional Discussions with Others
“Others” can refer to people who have the same interests with you or have the similar careers with you. You can share experiences in that group for others to learn and you can read what the other members have to say. If you are working abroad in a place that you are not so familiar with, you can always find a group where there are professionals nearby that you can connect with in the future.
Find Good Opportunities for Partnerships
Forging partnerships with the right people or companies can yield fantastic benefits for both sides. They can also bring considerable damage to both sides if the wrong partners are chosen. Joining a group that has professionals that are in the same field can reduce the likelihood of partnering with the wrong people especially if you and the other group members have their profiles filled up. The more groups you join, the more options you can weigh in so you can find the perfect business partner.
Great Place to Post or Look for Job Openings
There are plenty places that allow you to post job openings or give you leads on where you can find good ones. But among the ones you are exactly looking for are many jobs that might not appeal to you. Groups help sort these out by restricting job postings according to the group standards so all of the members can find something useful. If you post a job opening in an active group, you are sure to get more interested people since they are most probably waiting for updates in that group. Any other people that share job openings will likely attract you as well.
There are many groups in LinkedIn right now and you can even make your own so you can gather your connections to come up with something interesting. Joining LinkedIn groups greatly brings you deeper into the network.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
WHEN YOUR CAREER IS ON FIRE..........................
The case of Jerry Muro ...........................
TANGAZO LA MSIBA
Dada Aminata wa Acharya amefiwa na baba yake mzazi.Amesafiri leo kuelekea hyderabad ambako atakutana na mdogo wake tayari kuelekea nyumbani Tanzania kwa mazishi.Uongozi wa TASABA chini ya Rais Fidelis Msomekela unatoa pole kwa wafiwa na kuwaahidi ya kwamba tupo pamoja nao kipindi hiki cha msiba.Mungu ailaze roho ya marehemu mahali pema peponi amina.
address ya mfiwa ya India ni
#18
sapthagiri Nilaya,
Sampangi,
Ramaiah Layout,
Hessargata Road,
Bangalore 560073,
India.
address ya mfiwa ya India ni
#18
sapthagiri Nilaya,
Sampangi,
Ramaiah Layout,
Hessargata Road,
Bangalore 560073,
India.
HASHEEM A LESSON TO LEARN............
Hasheem Thabeet was born on February 16, 1987 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is a Tanzanian professional basketball player with Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He was drafted with the 2nd overall pick by the Grizzlies in the 2009 NBA Draft after playing with the Connecticut Huskies. At 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) and 263 lb (119 kg), Thabeet was the tallest player ever to play for the Huskies.He did not begin to play basketball until the age of 15, when he began to watch pickup games in Tanzania.
The salary of Hashim Thabeet is expected to be around $4,458,840 US dollars.Hashim has suffered a lot before becoming a professional basketball players like other talented Tanzanians he was not recognized in Tanzania until he was recognized abroad.
We believe there are lot of professionals in Tanzania but due to lack of support and commitment of sports organisations and government in general their professions has been buried on ground.
Having professionals like Hashim abroad will help our country to create new opportunities outside our borders.Best of luck Hashim in your career.May God make you to be the shining star of our country Tanzania.
