Promoting Impact Tech | Spotlight on Elimutube
Elimutube was co-founded by Daniel Mjinja, Hamza Kiuta, and Samuel Anderson. It is a mobile application-based online learning platform launched in 2020 to address Tanzania’s educational challenges. It aims to create and provide learners in Tanzania with access to local, qualified, and credible educational learning resources via their mobile phones anytime and from any location. […]
Promoting Impact Technology : Spotlight on Smart Darasa
SmartDarasa is a next-generation learning platform helping students understand the reality and practicality of things they learn in STEM subjects using the SmartDarasa app and website utilizing 2D, 3D & AR technology. With SmartDarasa, students can practically learn what they learn in class on STEM subjects, do conceptualized questions, and perform 2D & 3D simulations […]
Promoting Impact Technology : Spotlight on NEXTEC
Meet Shedrack Charles, an electrical and automation engineer who graduated in 2017 with five years of working experience in the renewable energy and technology sector, which was a key to the foundation of NEXTEC International Engineers Group. The company is a startup founded and registered in 2020, and the sole goal was to do research […]
The city of Dar es Salaam generates an estimated 46,000 tons of plastic waste every day, and this waste has a significant impact on the environment. Hellena Silas, the Founder and CEO of Arena Recycling Industry, recognized the harm that plastic waste was causing to the environment and decided to take action. In 2019, she […]
Promoting Impact Technology | Spotlighting on Bizzyn
Bizzyn is a 2019 founded business solution that offers a full-featured business and financial management suite complete with tools for accounting, inventory, payroll, tax filing, invoicing, bank account tracking and reconciliation, expense management, budgeting, payment processing, and accounts receivable and accounts payable management. Mr. Emmanuel Kimaro, the Co-Founder, sat down with Media Convergency for an […]
Promoting Impact Technology | Spotlighting on PONICKS
PONICKS is a Tanzanian agri-tech startup that focuses on promoting sustainable agriculture practices in urban areas. The company offers a range of soilless farming solutions, including aquaponics, to help individuals and organizations grow crops and raise fish using limited water and land resources. By utilizing recycled water and providing technical skills and support to its […]
Have you heard of a digital solution that specifically targets girls and women entrepreneurs, offering them the opportunity to enhance their career development with digital technologies? Panda Digital is an innovative e-learning platform, utilizing a hybrid approach and the Swahili language, with the aim of equipping young women entrepreneurs with knowledge, skills and resources required […]
Placing ICT at the center of Women’s Inclusion in Africa
Today as we celebrate International Women’s Day with the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” I take this opportunity to write an article that compliments and fits in the theme of this year’s International celebration for my fellow women. I was honored to deliver a keynote presentation at the #MWC2022 conference on the 26th of October 2022 […]
Promoting Impact Technology | Spotlighting on Nibebe App
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are unsure which mode of public transport to take to reach your destination? Paschal Giki, a computer engineer, software developer, and founder of the Nibebe App, has come up with a solution to this problem. The Nibebe App is a platform that offers access to […]