From Cardamom to Carbon: Bold New Tanzanian Project Is Regrowing A Rainforest
Farmers in eastern Tanzania are regrowing rainforest trees on part of their land. The farmers receive payments from the sale of carbon credits to supplement their incomes and to compensate them for loss of land and cash crops. So far, close to 270,000 trees have been planted on 200 hectares (494 acres) of farms located on the flanks of the Nguru Mountains.
St Augustine University
Some universities are seen as ivory towers, we do not want to be seen as such. We want to be accessible to communities and be seen as a solutions provider in our environs. We don’t want to just disseminate knowledge, we also want to learn things from the people in our communities. It would be great to learn how they solve problems so that we can study that.
Ambitious Return to Carbon Markets to Conserve Africa’s Forests
Ten million hectares of forest: that’s the total area The Nature Conservancy (TNC) aims to see protected or restored by the Africa Forest Carbon Catalyst, launched this week. Adapting a business model from Silicon Valley’s technology startups, TNC intends to help local enterprises raise $300 million of investment by 2025 for forest conservation and restoration projects in Africa that will avoid some 20 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and improve the lives and livelihoods of up to half a million people.
Around 20 percent of the world’s remaining forests are found in Africa; here, as elsewhere, they are under extreme pressure.
Major Breakthrough for Maktech Can Deliver Smart Cities and Towns Across Tanzania
Tanzanian telecommunications firm Maktech has become the first locally-owned firm in the country to win a telecom tower construction licence.
The licence will allow the firm to build low-cost towers that provide new network facilities in Dar es Salaam, Coastal Dodoma, Mwanza, Arusha and Mbeya regions. Maktech will build up to two hundred towers within the next five years to deliver stable and reliable network coverage across the country.
Increased telecommunications infrastructure rollout in rural Tanzania would bring social and economic benefits to millions of Tanzanians. While the growth of telecommunication services continues to rise in Tanzania, the country of 60.6 million people has an internet penetration rate of just 25% and large parts of the country still lack mobile phone connectivity.
The development is also a significant breakthrough for advocates of local leadership and ownership in a sector naturally dominated by multinational firms.
