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From: Frank A. Coluccio	10/27/2010 1:06:25 AM
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Tanzania’s tech sector is rising, but better reporting is needed by wmworia \| afrinnovator.com \| October 26, 2010 This is the first installment in a series of guest articles to be done by Mbwana Alliy, a Tanzanian tech entrepreneur on the state of the Tanzanian tech scene. In this first installment Mbwana takes an overview of several startups currently making waves in Tanzania. “Have you heard of the Mpemba effect?”- a director at the Commission for Science and Technology for Tanzania asked me during talks with the world bank in setting up the Dar es Salaam Technology incubator. Chances that you, like me, do not have an idea- it is in fact a physical phenomenon discovered by Tanzania High school student in 1963 during cooking lessons with ice-cream around the mystery of why hot water freezes faster than cold water. The Tanzanian tech scene is little known globally or even regionally, just like the Mpemba effect. Whenever you hear about East Africa technology sector, Kenya and Uganda comes to mind- with the success of M-Pesa, Ushahidi and the presence of multiple hubs as well as offices of tech giants such as Google Offices in Nairobi and Kampala. Sometimes one wonders whether Tanzania is even part of the East Africa tech scene. Part of problem is definitely due in part to our marketing, PR and tech reporting- that needs to get better and Tanzania needs to learn to talk about its technology scene- this is what many Kenyans and Uganda comment when the occasional Tanzanian company turns up at technology conference in Nairobi. Cont.: afrinnovator.com ------

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