Jikomboe » 2008

Highway Africa ni mkutano wa kila mwaka unaofanyika mwezi Septemba Grahamstown, nchini Afrika Kusini. Mkutano wa mwaka huu, ambao mada yake ni Citizen Journalism, Journalism for Citizens, umeshatangaza nafasi za skolashipu za kushiriki kwa waandishi wa habari. Mwisho wa kutuma maombi ni Juni 30:

Highway Africa, a programme of the School of Journalism at Rhodes University, will be hosting the 12th edition of the Highway Africa Conference from 8-10 September in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Highway Africa has a limited number of scholarships for practising African journalists who are keen on learning and using digital media.

Bonyeza hapa usome jinsi ya kutuma maombi.

Bongoza ni “Google” ya Tanzania!:

Bongoza is one of Tanzania’s first ever search engines. Founded in the year 2005, It has been under development for more than 2 years. With the first beta launch in November 2006.

Bongoza currently indexes thousands of Tanzanian web pages, Making it one of the biggest search engines in East Africa!

It is currently in a “beta” testing phase where all parts of the search engine are tested.

Halafu kuna Mshikaji ambayo ni kama “Facebook” ya Watanzania:

Welcome to Mshikaji, A Tanzanian Social Networking website. Meet new people from all around Tanzania, Share Photos, Music, Notes and much more..

Ukiona jina lake ni Barack Hussein Obama anakaribia kuwa rais wa Marekani ujue basi huyo mtu sio mchezo. Unamvulia kofia. New York Times wana makala fupi inamchambua:

If there is an art to seeking advice, Mr. Obama holds a master’s degree.

For months, he tried to keep his old e-mail address and cellphone number until friends convinced him he was nuts.

He jokes with his Secret Service agents and carries his own bags off planes and buses.

He favors moderate tastes, preferring organic tea to a tumbler of gin, salmon to steak, a fruit plate to fries.

Told in February that he had won the caucuses in Maine, an overwhelmingly white state that he had expected to lose, he nodded, mumbled “That’s great,” and turned back to a phone call.

Bonyeza hapa uisome. Halafu soma kuhusu “kichwa” cha kampeni ya Obama. Ni mtu aitwaye David Axelrod.

Je ni vipi wanaharakati wa mazingira wanatumia teknolojia ya simu za mkono? Soma makala iitwayo “Mobile Phone Technology for Environmental Activism” uone mifano mbalimbali duniani ya matumizi ya simu za mkono na harakati za mazingira:

Mobile phones are becoming an important tool for environmental activists around the world. Activists are developing new technological strategies in order to do things like educate consumers about the impact of purchasing decisions, monitor wildlife and polution levels, and advocate for the protection of forests.

Bonyeza hapa usome makala nzima ambayo iko kwenye blogu ya Global Voices Online.