FIFTH DAY OF THE TRAINING!!

This is last day of Internet Training here at Tanzania Global Learning Agency which conducted by MISA-TAN together with VIKES, I am impressing with what taught during these five days.

This session was so interesting to those who participate in this five days internet training and many of them declare they get more knowledge which can help in their journalism career.

Participants are not tired simply because there are so many discussions during training which make them happy and contribute on what they know about the specific subject taught in class.

For my side am enjoyed a lot within those five days which am here simply because it help me to add some knowledge on internet using and mostly in the facts finding rather than before.

But I observe one thing during this training which is time. For me, I think five days is not enough because our Trainer has many things to teach us not theoretically but also practically.

Many participants admire a lot practical rather than theory this is because they are believe it’s easy to remember than remaining with written documents.

I thoughts next time these two sides which is MISA-TAN and VIKES must think on this because this is very important training to the Tanzanian Journalist who mostly are not good in internet using.

All in all this is one of the training which changes many journalist who are acquire skills through this training and may be they used this knowledge to shape their works.

Trainer everyday insists the importance of using internet and advice editors to see the important of using online journalism which is very marketable in this world.

PANDA SHUKA YA UHUSIANO BAINA YA AFRIKA NA CHINA!!

China na Bara la Afrika zimekuwa na uhusiano wa tangu na tangu kwenye biashara kutokana na itikadfi ambayo imeikuwa ikitumiwa na serikali ya Muasisi wa Taifa hilo Mao Zedong.

China inaongozwa na itikadi za Kijamaa ambazo zimekuwa zikitumiwa kwa miaka mingi na Mataifa ya kutoka Bara la Afrika kitu ambacho kimechagiza uhusiano baina ya pande hizi mbili kushika kasi zaidi.

Uhusiano huu ulianza katika karne ya kumi na nne ambapo chini ilionesha utayari wake wa kuja Afrika na kuhakikisha wanafanya biashara na mataifa yanayopatikana kwenye eneo hili kitu ambacho walifanikiwa mno.

China ilianzisha biashara katika eneo la Pwani ya Bahari ya Hindi kuanzia kwenye Pembe ya Afrika kunako nchi ya Somalia hadi kufika eneo la Kusini kwenye nchi ya Msumbiji.

Uwekezaji wa China Barani Afrika ulipamba moto ilipofika miaka ya 1980 kwani waliweza kuwekeza jumla ya dola bilioni moja kwenye sekta mbalimbali kitu ambacho kionekana si kitisho kwa wakati huo.

China ilizidisha uwekezaji wake kwa kasi mno Barani Afrika kwani kufika kipindi cha miaka ya 1990 walizidisha uwekezsaji wao kwa asilimia 700 kitu kilichoyashtua Mataifa ya Magharibi yakiwemo Marekani na Uingereza.

China ikaendelea kujidhatiti zaidi Barani Afrika kwani ilipofika mwaka 2000 ikaanzisha uhusiano kupitia Jukwaa la Ushirikiano Baina ya China-Afrika FOCAC hatyua iliyowafanya wajikite zaidi kwenye kuwekeza.

Kwa sasa China ndiyo nchi inayoonekana kuwekeza zaidi Barani Afrika kwani ina jumla ya Makampuni 800 yanayoendesha shughuli zake huku kipindi cvha miezi 10 ya mwaka 2012 ukionesha wamewekeza dola bilioni 163.9.

Makampuni kutoka China yaliyokuja kuwekeza Barani Afrika yamehifadhi pesa zaidi kwenye:

·        Sekta ya Nishati

·        Miundombinu

·        Sekta ya Kilimo

·        Sekya ya Afya

·        Sekta ya Fedha (Benki)

·        Elimu

Sekta ya Nishati: China imekuwa ikitegemea theluthi moja ya mafuta inayotumia kwenye nchi hiyo kutoka Barani Afrika. Mafuta hayo yamekuwa yakichimbwa kutoka nchi za Ngieria, Sudan na Angola. Makampuni ya China yamefanya uwekezaji mkubwa katika nchi hizo mbili. China imeweza kuwekeza kwenye mafuta na gesi huku wakiwa wametumia jumla ya dola bilioni 2 hadi sasa.

Miundombinu: Uwekezaji wa serikali ya China kwenye mkundombinu umekuwa ukifanyika wakati mwingine kama msaada au mkopo. Mara nyingi uwekezaji wao umekuwa ukilenga sehemu ambazo wamekuwa wakifanya biashara za mafuta na gesi. China imekuwa ikijenga barabara na hata reli katika kuhakikisha bidhaa ambazo wanazizalisha Barani Afrika ziweze kusafirishwa kwa urahisi. China pia ilikuwa nchi ya kwanza kujenga reli nyingi Barani Afrika na hata nchini Tanzani.

Sekta ya Kilimo: China imekuwa mwekezaji mzuri kwenye sekta ya kilimo Barani Afrika ambapo kwa sasa wametumia dola bilioni 80.5 katika kipindi cha miezi mitano pekee ya mwaka 2012. Uwekezaji mkubwa wamekuwa wakiufanya katika nchi za Benin, Burkina Faso pamoja na Mali. Uwekezaji na biashara ya kilimo imekuwa ikiongezeka kila mwaka hasa kwenye mataifa ambayo China imewekeza zaidi.

Mtaalam kutoka nchini China akitoa maelezo kwa wakulima wa Mpunga Barani Afrika

Sekta ya Afya: Serikali ya China imekuwa ikitumia diplomasia ya afya katika nchi za Bara la Afrika kwa kutoa msaada tangu miaka ya 1960. Takwimu zinaonesha katika kipindi cha 1960 hadi 2005 zaidi ya Madaktari 15,000 kutoka China walikuja kutoa matibabu Barani Afrika na kuwafikia watu milioni 170 katika nchi 47. China pia imejenga hospital 31 na vituo vya afya 145 nchini Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo DRC kama sehemu ya kusaidia masuala ya afya.

Sekta ya Fedha (Benki): Licha ya China kufanyabiashara ya Mataifa ya Afrika lakini imekuwa ikiwekeza kwa kiwango cha hali ya juu katika sekta ya benki. Wawekezaji kutoka China wamekuwa wakifungua mabenki huku wananchi wao wakiwa wateja wakubwa wa mabenki hayo.

  

Elimu: Elimu ni moja ya sehemu ambayo China imefanya uwekezaji mkubwa sana ambapo wanafunzi wengi kutoka Afrika wamekuwa wakipata ufadhili wa masomo. Vijana wengi wamekuwa wakienda China kusoma japokuwa Taifa hilo limekuwa likitumia fursa hiyi kusambaza utamaduni wao ikiwemo kufuza Kichina.

Makampuni kutoka China yamezidi kujizolea umaarufu mkubwa ndani ya Bara la Afrika na hivyo hata biashara yao kukuwa zaidi tofauti na ilivyokuwa awali ambapo  Marekani ilikuwa kinara wa wawekezaji.

Uwekezaji wa China katika Bara la Afrika umekuwa na tija kwa mataifa ambayo yameweza kunufainika kwenye masuala yafuatayo:

·        Miundombinu

·        Utalii

·        Elimu

·        Afya

·        Biashara

·        Ajira

·        Michezo

Miundombinu: Nchi za Bara la Afrika zimekuwa zikinufaika na uwekezaji wa China hasa kwenye suala la miundombinu. Serikali ya China imekuwa ikilazimika kujenga barabara na reli kwa msaada lakini hata kwa mkopo. China inafanya hivyo kwa sasa imekuwa ikihitaji kupata urahisi wa kufika maeneo mbalimbali yenye rasilimali Barani Afrika.

Utalii: Bara la Afrika limebarikiwa kuwa na hazina kubwa ya sehemu za vivutio vya utalii ambavyo vimekuwa vikitembelewa na raia wa kigeni. Wananchi kutoka China ni miongoni mwa wageni ambao wanakuja kuangalia vivutio hivyo na kuchangia katika pato la mataifa ya Afrika.

Elimu: Vijana kutoka Afrika wamekuwa wakipata elimu kutoka nchini China bila ya wao kulazimika kulipia fedha. Hii ni moja ya sehemu ambayo serikali za Afrika zinaokoa fedha za kuwasomesha wananchi wake wanaopatiwa ufadhili kutoka China. Kwenye elimu pia kuna mpango wa kubadilishana wanafunzi unaowasaidia wanafunzi kutoka Barani Afrika.

Afya: Bara la Afrika limekuwa likipata nafuu kubwa mno kutoka China kwenye sekta ya afya. Serikali ya China imekuwa mstari wa mbele kujenga Hospital na Zahanati katika Bara la Afrika pamoja na kutoa madaktari wake Bingwa. Magonjwa kama malaria na kifua kikuu yamekuwa yakipatiwa kipaumbele kimatibabu kutoka China.

Biashara: Biashara ambayo imekuwa ikifanyika baina ya Afrika na China imekuwa ikitoa nafasi kwa bidhaa kutoka Bara hili kuuzwa katika soko la China. Hiki ni kitu kikubwa ambacho kimesaidia baadhi ya nchi kupata soko la bidhaa zao ughaibuni. Afrika pia imekuwa ikinufaika na bidhaa za bei nafuu zinazotengenezwa kutoka China. Viwanda vya China vimekuwa vikiuza bidhaa kulingana na kipatyo cha mnunuzi.

Ajira: Serikali ya China imekuwa ikitoa ajira kwa wananchi wengi wa Mataifa ya Afrika. Kutolewa kwa ajira hizo kumerahisisha mkakati wa serikali husika kukabiliana na tatizo la ajira linaloonekana kuwa sugu. Jumla ya Waafrika 20,000 wanafanyakazi nchini China na hizi zikiwa ajira rasmi.

Michezo: Sekta ya michezo Barani Afrika imekuwa ikinufaika na uhusianio uliopo baina ya Bara hili na nchi ya China. Serikali ya China imeweza kujenga viwanja vingi vya kisasa Barani Afrika kwa kushirikiana na serikali husika. Msumbiji, Tanzania, Uganda na hata Sudan ni miongoni mwa waliofaidika kwa kupata viwanuja hivyo vya kisasa. Viwanja hivyo vimekuwa chachu ya maendeleo ya michezo katika nchi husika.

Ujenzi wa Uwanja wa Mpira wa Miguu ukiendelea chini ya uongozi wa Wakandarasi kutoka China

China imeendelea kukabiliwa na upinzani kutoka kwa washindani wake wa kibiashara wakiwemo Marekani na Uingereza ambao wanakosoa mno siasa za taifa hilo na itikadi zao, uchumi wao na namna wanavyojikita barani Afrika pamoja na msaada wa kijeshi wanaoutoa kwa nchi husika.

Mitazamo hiyo imekuwa haiishii kwa mataiga hayo tu mawili lakini pia wananchi wa Afrika wamekuwa wakiutazama uhusiano baina ya Bara lao na China kwa mitazamo tofauti ikiwemo ifuatayo:

·        Kuua Soko

·        Kuua Viwanda

·        Kushuka kwa Bei

Kuua Soko: Wafanyabiasha wengi wamekiwa wakilalamika uhusiano baina ya China na Afrika umechangia pakubwa kuua soko la ndani la kutokana na bidhaa nyingi kuingizwa kutoka nje. Wafanyabiashara hao wanaoana soko kubwa ambalo walikuwa wanalitegemea limechukuliwa na bidhaa kutoka China ambayo mara nyingi imekuwa ikiuza bidhaa zake kwa bei rahisi.

Kuua Viwanda: China imekuwa ikinyooshewa kidole cha lawama kama moja ya sababu kubwa ya kufa kwa viwanda vya Afrika. Viwanda vimekuwa vinakufa kutokana na kufanya uzalishaji ambao unakusa soko la bidhaa wanazolizalisha kutokana na kuelemewa na bidhaa za kutoka nuje hasa China.

Kushuka kwa Bei: Wananchi wengi kutoka Afrika kwa kipindi kirefu wamekuwa wanunuzi wakubwa wa bidhaa kutoka China na hii kwa sababu bei yake imekuwa ya chini ukilinganisha na nyingine. Wananchi wamekuwa wakifurahishwa na uingizwaji wa bidhaa hizo za bei rahisi kwa madai wanazimudu kulingana na wakati wao bila ya kujali umadhubuti wake.

Uhusiano baina ya China na Bara la Afrika umekuwa na faida na hasara zake hasa kwa mataifa ya Afrika lakini umeendelea kutokana na uwepo wa uhusiano mzuri wa kidiplomasia baina ya pande hizo mbili.

Swali la kujiuliza kwa sasa ni je Afrika imekuwa ikipata manufaa ya kutosha kutoka kwa China ukilinganisha nay ale ambayo walikuwa wanayapata kutoka kwa Mataifa ya Magharibi ikiwemo Marekani na Uingereza???

FOURTH DAY OF THE TRAINING!!

Thursday is fourth day of our internet training here at Tanzania Global Learning Agency conducted together with MISA-TAN and VIKES and continued with facts finding simply because The Trainer need us to have more knowledge on how to such facts which is very impressed exercise.

Day goes well despite we had experienced internet connection problem in the evening but participants enjoy the day because they know how to search facts easily through search engines in the internet.

Participants studied more about the important of search engines as such Google Scholar and Google Map and we practiced how to search facts through these engines. Participants know how to search various areas by using Google Map and how easy to know places by using it.

During facts finding session we search for number of medal which African countries won in Summer Olympics in London including list of medals per country won by athletes who participated in Olympics Games in 2012.

Also we are supposed to read and bring our opinion on Dambisa Moyo’s book known as Dead Aid, this is one of the good book from Zambian-born economist who tried as much as she can to show badness of Western aid.

She show how some Africans who ready to betrayed their fellow through this aid and ready to lead others in war to benefits Western countries who support conflicts and ready to sell weapons.

To my side it was good session simply because I got new techniques on how to get fast facts through search engines.     

WESTERN AID SOURCE OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN!!

Dead Aid is the Book written by Dambisa Moyo who is Zambian-born economist and tries to explain how those aids cause of all of Africa’s problems because of a lot of difficulties terms from Western Countries. Author of the Book Dead Aid makes a number of claims about aid which provided to the Africa’s countries from Western and didn’t help any development strategies although cause poor to become poorer.   

Dead Aid explain how those aids not works to help the development in Africa rather than cause many conflicts around African countries simply because those people are the one who support conflicts and during that time they take advantage to still minerals. Dambisa comes with strong arguments to support what she believes Western aid programmes in Africa is the source of the problems rather than helping changes in different sectors which are HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Education.

Dambisa Moyo is Zambian-born economist who written Book knwon as Dead Aid

According this African economist western aid programmes always come in order to exploit richness from Africa simply because they invest low but they get more at sometimes force erupts of war in order for them to sell weapons to groups which fights each other. Dambisa written in her books according to research conducted most of sub-Saharan countries flounder in corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency despite those countries received billions of dollars in development assistance since 1970’s. So she can see those aids not help those countries and cause underdevelopment.

Author tries to advice those sub-Saharan Leaders to make sure they can put more efforts on trade. Improve governance in order to develop their resources rather than to dump it on the hands of western countries that come as foreign investors.  Also Dambisa point finger to those leaders who abuses aid and used it for their own benefits while other citizens suffer a lot.

Dambisa without any fear said aid in Africa’s countries helped make the poor poorer and growth slower and this a results of killed exportation from Africa and dependency of everything from Western countries. According to the facts which she used its true that aid didn’t help by anyway those countries which still dependant despite received more aid.

 Author in her book tries as much as she can to show how this aid cause exploitation and conflicts around Africa which is the source of civil war in many countries and those western used this as advantage to sell weapons and take many resource when those groups fight each other.