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Mweha Msemo

“They wish we didn’t exist”: Tanzania school goers speak of transport woes

In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue.

Jul 6

“They wish we didn’t exist”: Tanzania school goers speak of transport woes

Jul 6

Mweha Msemo

“Gone like it was nothing”: The irrepressible rise of mobile scams

Despite Tanzania making SIM card registration mandatory, people still receive daily texts from fraudsters trying to trick them into sending…

Jul 6

“Gone like it was nothing”: The irrepressible rise of mobile scams

Jul 6

Mweha Msemo

Joe Higgs, the unsung reggae pioneer who schooled Bob Marley, others

Joe Higgs is a name still uncommon to many reggae fans today despite his vast contributions during a musical career of over three decades…

Jul 6

Joe Higgs, the unsung reggae pioneer who schooled Bob Marley, others

Jul 6

Mweha Msemo

Plastic Waste Pickers: The Shunned and Scorned Environmental Warriors of Tanzania

Waste pickers play an important role in sanitation in most developing-world cities but they rarely feature in environmental discussions and…

Jul 6

Plastic Waste Pickers: The Shunned and Scorned Environmental Warriors of Tanzania

Jul 6

Mweha Msemo

Surviving on Brown Envelopes: Tanzania’s ‘Volunteer’ Radio Journalists in Limbo

The issue of meagre wages in Tanzania exists in many sectors but is becoming more mature in journalism.

Jul 6

A hand holding out brown envelope

Jul 6

Mweha Msemo

Consolidation of democracy in Africa’s Great Lakes Region remains a vague hope

Despite being one of Africa’s richest regions in natural resources, Africa’s Great Lakes Region hosts some of the most undemocratic…

Jul 6

Consolidation of democracy in Africa’s Great Lakes Region remains a vague hope

Jul 6

Mweha Msemo

“I wish it were this easy for everyone out there”: How digital platforms are reshaping rental…

In urban Tanzania, securing a rental house can be costly. The involvement of unregulated housing middlemen, some of whom operate with…

Sep 21, 2023

“I wish it were this easy for everyone out there”: How digital platforms are reshaping rental…

Sep 21, 2023

Mweha Msemo

Mweha Msemo

Mweha is a freelance journalist with a distinct focus on shedding light on the stories of marginalised communities.

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