DTBi - COSTECH WATILIANA SAINI YA USHIRIKIANO NA SILION VALLEY YA MAREKANI

DTBi - COSTECH WATILIANA SAINI YA USHIRIKIANO NA SILION VALLEY YA MAREKANI

  Bw.Carl Davis Jr, Rais wa Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce na Eng. George Mulamula, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa DTBi (kulia) wakisaini MOU.

 

Na Mwandishi Wetu, MOblog Tanzania

KAMPUNI tanzu ya Tume ya sayansi na teknolojia ya DTBi-COSTECH na Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Entrepreneurial Development (SVCED) wametiliana saini ya Mkataba wa Makubaliano (MoU) ambapo pande zote mbili zitashirikiana kwa njia mbalimbali kwa ajili ya ukuaji wa wajasiriamali.

Mkataba huo, kati ya DTBi na SVCED utawezesha pande hizo mbili kukuza ujasiriamali na kujenga uwezo katika Habari, Teknolojia na Mawasiliano kwenye sekta zote za kiuchumi.

Mkataba huo wa MoU utawafanya wadau kufanya shughuli za biashara kwa kuanza na mfumo wa teknolojia ya habari na mawasiliano kwa kupitia njia ya mtandao na kusaidia wale walio na ubunifu katika nyanja mbalimbali za biashara.

 

 

Bw. Carl Davis Jr, Rais wa Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce na Eng. George Mulamula, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa DTBi kupeana mikono baada ya kusaini MOU.

Mkataba huo pia utasaidia wajasiriamali kuweza kukua na kufanya biashara kwa kutumia mifumo habari, teknolojia na mawasiliano katika kukuza ujasiriamali na kuanzisha mfumo wa kubadilishana uzoefu katika kuendeleza biashara na ukuaji wa ujasiriamali.

Kwa upande wake, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa DTBi, Injinia. George Mulamula amesema mkataba MOU utatoa ushirikishiano ambao utaruhusu wajasiriamali wa Tanzania kufaidika na ujuzi, maarifa ya Silicon Valley ya ujasiriamali.

Amesema hii itasaidia nchi ya Tanzania kuruhusu uanzishwaji wa biashara kupitia njia ya mtandao na mifumo ya Habari, teknolojia na mawasiliano katika kukuza ajira na kuchangia pato la taifa.

 

Eng.George Mulamula akielezea ushirikiano kwa vyombo vya habari.

Baada ya kutiliana saini ya MOU, Bw Carl Davis Jr, alikuwa na semina kwa wajasiriamali yenye jina la “The Mindset of the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur: Lessons for the Tanzania Entrepreneur/Innovator”.

Mr Davis Jr amesema anaweza kuwasaidia “wajasiriamali kuelewa jukumu la uzinduzi na ujasiriamali na jinsi Wajasiriamali hapa nchini jinsi wanavyoweza kujiinua katika kufikiri chanya kwenye maeneo ya biashara.

 

Bw. Carl Davis Jr, akitoa majadiliano DTBi kwa wajasiriamali wa Tanzania juu ya jinsi ya kuwa mwekezaji mwenye mafanikio.

Mshiriki akichangia mjadala.

Tanzania tunapaswa kuiga hili: Roboti zatumika Kuongoza magari DRC

Tanzania tunapaswa kuiga hili: Roboti zatumika Kuongoza magari DRC

 

Roboti barabarani DRC

Je Roboti kubwa zenye sauti nzito na mikono mikubwa zinaweza kuwa jibu kwa kupunguza msongamano wa magari barabarani?

Hili ndilo suluhu abalo serikali ya Jamhuri ya kidemokrasia ya Congo imebuni ili kupunguza foleni ya magari mjini Kinshasa.

Mbinu hii ya kupunguza foleni ya magari inafanyiwa majiribio mjini Kinshasa.
Roboti mbili zilizotengezwa na kikundi cha watu zimepata kuungwa mkono na wananchi na maafisa wakuu, wanasema kuwa zinasaidia kupunguza msongamano wa magari barabarani.
Mji wa Kinshasa una wakazi milioni 10 na sifa yake kuu ni uendeshaji ovyo wa magari pamoja na msongamano mkubwa wa magari.
Licha ya kuwepo roboti, kuna pia taa za kawaida ambazo hutumiwa kurahisisha kuelekeza magari barabarani. Magari makuu kuu na madereva wasiojali sana sheria za barabarani.
Polisi wa trafiki pia wamekuwa wakituhumiwa kwa kuchukua hongo kutoka kwa wakiukaji wa sheria za barabarani hasa kutokana na kupokea mishahara midogo.
Mmoja wa wakazi wa Kinshasa anasema kuwa wakati Roboti hizo zinaposimamisha magari, unaona madereva wanatii huku watu wakivuka barabara bila matatizo yoyote.
Wengi wanalaumu polisi wa trafiki kwa kuwahangaisha . Wanataka Roboti waachwe zifanye kazi hiyo ya polisi.
Roboti hizo zina urefu wa mita 2.5 na zilianza kutumika mwezi Juni mwaka jana katika barabara yenye shughuli nyingi sana mtaa wa Lumumba Boulevard.
Roboti hiyo husema kwa sauti kubwa: ''Madereva mnahitaji kutoa nafasi kwa watu kuvuka barabara,'' huku ikiinua mkono mmoja ukionyesha taa nyekundu na kijani kama ishara ya kuenda au kusimama.CHANZO BBC SWAHILI

 

World Bank defers $90m loan to Uganda due new anti gay law.

World Bank defers $90m loan to Uganda due new anti gay law.

 

President Museveni signed the controversial bill on Monday 

The World Bank has postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda after the country new anti gay law has drawn harsh criticism from across the globe. The loan was due to support and boost Uganda’s health services.

World Bank officials stated that they would not be willing to donate the money unless they could guarantee that projects that the money was destined to support would not be adversely affected by the new law.         

The new law was passed on Monday and is set to strengthen already strict legislation concerning homosexuals in Uganda. The law states that any person ‘promoting’ homosexuality is deemed a criminal and acts of ‘aggravated homosexuality’ are punishable by life imprisonment. The bill originally proposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts, but that was later removed amid international criticism.

The Ugandan government’s move has drawn harsh criticism from the EU with countries such as Denmark and Norway redirecting aid away from the government.

The US has also condemned the move with US Secretary of State John Kerry calling the law “atrocious”. South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu has compared the law to the anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany or the racial abuse seen in apartheid South Africa.

 World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim warned that the restriction of sexual rights through legislation ‘can hurt a country’s competitiveness by discouraging multinational companies from investing or locating their activities in those nations’.

The loan was due to be accepted on Thursday to support a loan given in 2010 focusing on family planning, maternal health and newborn care.

A spokesman for the World Bank said: ‘We have postponed the project for further review to ensure that the development objectives would not be adversely affected by the enactment of this new law.’

Uganda has already incurred huge financial loss due to the law but the World Bank’s withdrawal is by far the largest financial penalty the country has had to sustain. US President Obama has warned the law could ‘complicate’ Washington’s relations with Uganda, which receives a reported $400m (£240m) in annual aid from the US.

Despite vocal international criticism, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pushed forward and signed the anti-gay bill earlier this week.

Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo defended Museveni, stating he wanted ‘to demonstrate Uganda’s independence in the face of Western pressure and provocation’.

Homosexuality is illegal in 38 African countries, where most sodomy laws were introduced during colonialism. In Uganda, homosexual acts were punishable by 14 years to life in prison even before the controversial bill was signed into law.

 

Miili 5 yapatikana mgodini A. Kusini

 

Wachimba migodi waliookolewa wiki jana wanakabiliwa na kesi mahakamani

Miili ya wachimba migodi haramu watano, imepatikana karibu na mgodi ambao ulikuwa hautumiki nchini Afrika Kusini.

Miili ya wanaume wanne na mwanamke mmoja ilipatikana karibu na mgodi huo katika eneo la Roodepoort, Magharibi mwa Johannesburg.
Vifo vyao vimetokea wiki moja baada ya shughuli kubwa ya uokozi wa zaidi ya wachimba migodi 20 haramu waliokuwa wamekwama ndani ya mgodi Mashariki mwa Johannesburg.
Walikamatwa baada ya kuokolewa na sasa wanakabiliwa na kosa la uchimbaji haramu wa migodi.
Afrika Kusini hupoteza mamilioni ya dola katika shughuli za uchimbaji haramu wa madini kila mwaka.
Ardhi inayozingira mji wa Johannesburg ina migodi mingi ambayo haitumiki na ambayo huvutia wachimba migodi haramu kutoka katika eneo hilo na nchi jirani za ,Lesotho, Msumbiji na Zimbabwe.
Mvuto wake hasa huwa ni kwamba zinaweza kuwa na madini ya dhahabu.
Wakati nyingi ya migodi hizo hazina faida za kifedha, bado zina mabaki ya dhahabu kiasi cha kuwavutia watu wengi wasio na ajira.
Waokozi wanasema kuwa bado huenda kuna wachimba migodi haramu zaidi ndani ya migodi hiyo.

 

Uganda yahofia kunyimwa misaada

Waziri wa mambo ya nje nchini Uganda, Sam Kutesa amesema ana wasiwasi kuwa Marekani huenda ikasitisha msaada wake kwa taifa hilo baada ya Rais Yoweri Museveni kuidhinisha sheria dhidi ya ushoga nchini humo.

 

Bwana Kutesa amesema kuwa watu sharti wawe na maadili na kukubali msaada.
Balozi wa Marekani nchini Uganda Scott DeLisi, awali aliitaka serikali ya Uganda, kubatilisha sheria hiyo.
Alisema alihitaji kufafanuliwa zaidi sheria hiyo, kabla ya Marekani kujua ikiwa itaendelea na mipango yake ya misaada kwa nchi hiyo hasa miradi ya kupambana dhidi ya HIV na Ukimwi..
Sheria hiyo mpya, inatoa adhabu kali kwa watu wanaoshiriki mapenzi ya jinsia moja na kupiga marufuku kile inachosema kusambaza vitendo vya ushoga.

Asasi za DRC zataka el Bashir ashikwe.

Mashirika ya kutetea haki za kibinadamu katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Congo, DRC, yamesema kuwa Serikali ya nchi hiyo itachukuliwa kuwa dhaifu iwapo hamkamati Rais wa Sudan, Omar el Bashir.

 

Rais wa Sudan Omar el bashir

Mashirika yapatayo 90 yalitoa wito Serikali ya DRC imkamate el Bashir ambaye alikuwa mjini Kinshasa kushiriki katika vikao vya muungano wa COMESA.
Mmoja wa waandalizi wa maandamano ya kushinikiza Serikali imkamate kiongozi huyo wa Khartoum, Bwana Andre Kito Masimango, amesema:
"kuna barua ambayo inasema kuwa mahali po pote ambapo El Bashiri anapatikana anapaswa kukamatwa na kupelekwa kwenye mahakama ya kimataifa."
Mkerektwa huyo wa haki za kibinadamu anasema kuwa Rais El Bashir anapaswa kukamatwa kwa heshina ya waathirika wa dhuluma inayodaiwa kufanywa nchini Sudan na hata DRC yenyewe.
Watu kadhaa ambao wametoa maoni kwenye mtandao wa BBC wamesema kuwa lilikuwa kosa kwa Serikali ya DRC kumkaribisha Rais El Bashar kwa mkutano wa COMESA huku ikijua kuwa anatafutwa.
Hata hivyo kuna wale wanaosema kuwa msimamo wa Umoja wa Afrika (AU) ambao unasema kiongozi anayetawala hapaswi kukamatwa unapaswa kuzingatiwa ili El Bashir asikamatwe ugenini DRC.

 

Marekani yaonya Urusi kutoivamia Ukraine

 Marekani imeionya serikali ya Moscow isithubutu kutumia nguvu za kijeshi dhidi ya Ukraine.

Hatua hii inawadia siku moja tu baada ya Urusi kuamuru kufanyika kwa mazoezi ya kijeshi yanayoshirikisha askari wapiganaji laki moja na nusu kwenye mpaka wake na Ukraine .

Taarifa zinazohusiana

Kujitokeza kwa wanajeshi wa Urusi kwenye mpaka na Ukraine kumeimarisha uhasama ulioko kati ya Urusi na mataifa ya Magharibi.
Waziri wa Mashauri ya Kigeni wa Marekani, John Kerry amesema kuwa Urusi inapaswa kukubali ushauri ya kwamba mataifa ya kigeni yasiingile mambo ya ndani ya Ukraine.
Alisema kuwa kujiingiza kijeshi katika hali ilivyo nchini Ukraine kwa hivi sasa ni kosa kubwa.
Mawaziri wa ulinzi kutoka mataifa ya muungano wa NATO wametoa taarifa ambapo wamesema kuwa wanachama wake wataendelea kuunga mkono uhuru na hadhi ya taifa la Ukraine.
Serikali ya Marekani imesema kuwa imetenga mbinu mbalimbali inazotazamia kutumia kuimarisha Ukraine kiuchumi, huku kukiendelea kuwa na hofu kuwa huenda taifa hilo likashindwa kuendelea kulipa madeni yake.
Kwa wakati huu msaada wa kijeshi pekee kwa Ukraine hautoshi kwani taifa linalotaka kusaidia lazima kwanza liimarishe hali ya kukubaliwa kwake katika taifa hili ambalo limegawanyika kwa imani yake kati ya Urusi na mataifa ya Magharibi.
Wabunge kadhaa wa Marekani wameonya kuwa Jumuiya ya Ulaya na Marekani wasipotoa msaada wa pesa taslimu Urusi huenda ikafanya hivyo.