Entries Tagged to 'tanzania'
CEO and Co-Founder Irfan Mirza, Trend Solar talks about: what Trend Solar does; why it gives its customer a smartphone; how it addresses the digital divide; the number of customers; how many customers use up their data allowance; their fundraising round; and future expansion plans.
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January 20, 2018
Beth Achitsa, Ongea talks about: what music industry event Ongea is and what it does; her role as a tour booker and the acts she's been booking this year (2017); the relationship between pop music and the roots of African music; the rise of Nairobi Underground and promoting women DJs.
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January 20, 2018
This video opens with a clip from the documentary Wahenga and then director Amil Shivji talks about: what Zilipendwa music is; the connection between the music and the socialist policies of the 1970s and 1980s; and the state of the film industry in Tanzania.
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March 29, 2016
Tanzanian film-maker Mtitu Gabriel talks about: his two latest action films, Renegade and Enemy of the State; the three things that are going wrong for the Tanzania film-industry; and his next film Will You Marry Me?
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October 13, 2015
Tango TV co-founder Victor Joseph talks about: how the idea for Tango TV came about; its set-top box; the kind of content it will stream; the size of the potential market; and his funding plans.
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September 17, 2015
Stephen Lee, Tigo Music talks about: the success of its Latin American mobile music operations; the differences in mobile music terms between Africa and Latin America; the increasing use of smartphones; the countries Tigo Music has been rolled out in and its future plans; its mega-concerts in Ghana and Tanzania ("a bit like the Woodstock of Tanzania"); and its different competitors.
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April 20, 2015
Africa Data Challenge winner Dr Sarah Hoey, General Co-ordinator, Africa and Communications Manager, TReND in Africa talks about: its campaign to set up a university-based 3D printing facility; how it will be used to print lab equipment and components; and how cheap 3D printing is.
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March 29, 2015
Sune Mushendwa, founder of Tanzanian music downloads service Mkito.com on: the growth in the number of its users since its launch in July 2014, the proportion of free to paid-for downloads; how is ad-funded free model works; the attitude of users to the adverts; the advertisers it works with and the launch of its new SMS service.
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February 19, 2015
Alice Liu, Director of ICT4D, Jhpiego on: what Jhpiego is doing with technology; m-support for health care workers; using GIS for male circumcision campaigns; its virtual classrooms in India; clinical decision support in Tanzania; and what will change in health care if technology is more widely deployed.
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November 1, 2014
Bas Hoefman, co-founder, Text To Change on: how it uses, SMS, voice and data to help organisations in emerging markets communicate with their audiences; the m-health programme it is running in Tanzania; the impact of the increasing penetration of smartphones; and collecting data using phones.
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October 11, 2014
Paul Bomani, General Manager, AIM Group, a digital agency in Tanzania talks about: its early social engagement work for Tigo; the tremendous growth of social media in Tanzania; the disparity in individual spending between Facebook users and non-internet users; and recent social engagement campaigns.
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May 17, 2014
Brothers Hafiz and Nadeem Juma, of AIM Group, a digital content agency in Dar es Salaam, discuss the rapidly growing market for content in Tanzania, the explosion in blogs, and breaking the 'cartel of distribution networks'. They talk about commissioning content, with the aim of developing a 'hybrid Netflix strategy', and the example of live-streaming the Kilimanjaro music awards to 20,000 paid viewers on mobile. Finally, they discuss their new strategy of investing in content start-ups, as an alternative to VC/angel investment.
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April 30, 2014