African
Internet Connectivity-Mike Jensen (http://African Internet
Connectivity-Mike Jensen)
In addition to a data table about the state of the Internet in Tanzania, includes
links and information about the major government offices and organizations using
the Internet in Tanzania.
Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (http://www.dit.ac.tz/)
Established in 1957 as the Dar es Salaam Technical Institute (DTI), “...the
main function of the Institute was to train Technical Assistants (TA) and conduct
upgrading Vocational Training Courses for graduates from trade schools in collaboration
with the City & Guilds Institute, of London. In 1962, DTI was changed to
a technical college, known as Dar es Salaam Technical College (DTC)... it conducts
many other special and professional courses at various levels.”
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) “is the oldest organization
dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament,
and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.” Whatever one’s
views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a
country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
Geological Survey of Tanzania (Mineral Resources
Department, Dodoma, Tanzania)(http://tanzania.sgu.se/)
“The Survey or the Mineral Resources Department (MRD) belongs to the Ministry
of Energy and Minerals. The Survey is located in Dodoma, central Tanzania.”
Kabissa (http://www.kabissa.org/index.php)
"Kabissa uses technology to strengthen non profit organizations working
to improve the lives of people in Africa. When it comes to technology, there
are three basic challenges that we have identified where Kabissa can make a contribution:
(1) access to Internet services, (2) access to training opportunities, and (3)
access to channels for networking and getting (and sharing) essential information
on a timely basis. Kabissa has begun to address these challenges by setting up
an Internet server dedicated to the needs of African non profits which they can
gain access to through an unbureaucratic application process." The site
maintains an "African Non Profit Contact Directory which has links to organization
searchable by name, country location, or by theme such as "Education and
Youth Development", or "Micro-finane [sic] and Economic Development."
Michigan State
University. Program on the Lakes of East Africa (PLEA) (http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/pleatop.htm)
"(PLEA) is a research, training, and service program of the African Studies
Center of Michigan State University in collaboration with the fisheries research
institutes of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. PLEA does research on Lakes
Victoria and Malawi on the Anthropology and Sociology of fisheries management
and development, women and gender, environmental policy, the socioeconomic impacts
of species introductions, and relations of production. PLEA trains African and
international scholars in fisheries socioeconomics and provides bibliographic
databases, conferences, and consultancies.”
Mineral Resources Department,
Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania (http://www.africaonline.co.tz/madini/)
Offers a range of information about the natural resources and government policies
and projects for developing them.
National Natural
History Museum (Arusha, Tanzania) (http://www2.natmus.cul.na/SAMP/arusha/newpage.htm)
“The National Natural History Museum is one of the Museums comprising the
National Museums of Tanzania. Others are the Dar es Salaam Museum ..., the Village
Museum ... in Dar es Salaam, and the Arusha Declaration Museum in Kaloleni area.”
National Tree Seed Programme (Tanzania) (http://home.twiga.com/ntsp/)
“Deforestation in Tanzania is estimated at 400,000 ha annually. Forest
rehabilitation requires between 150 and 200 million seedlings of various species
every year. As a response to this requirement, National Tree Seed Programme was
established in 1989. The programme has received technical and financial support
from the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida).”
Ngorongoro, Africa's Cradle of Life (http://www.pbs.org/edens/ngorongoro/)
This site offers part of the text of the PBS program about the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area located about 110 miles north of Arusha.and information about how to buy
the videotape of the program.
Tanzania Communications Commission (TCC) (http://www.tcc.go.tz/)
The mission of the TCC is "To develop a stable regulatory environment that
will facilitate and attract investors in the communications sector, manage efficiently
the common national resources of numbering plan and radio frequency spectrum,
at the same time ensure provision of quality, reliable and sufficient postal
and telecommunications services throughout the United Republic of Tanzania."
Tanzania Industrial Research and Development
Organization (TIRDO) (http://www.sdnp.undp.org/tirdo/)
"TIRDO is a Tanzanian government institution for Industrial research and
development. Established in 1979, TIRDO now has a workforce of 88, about half
of them scientists and engineers."
Tarangire Elephant Project (TEP) (http://www.lpzoo.com/elephant/)
“(TEP) is committed to the conservation of the AFRICAN ELEPHANT through
grassroots field research. TEP conducts its field work in Tarangire National
Park located in northeast Tanzania ...”
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/home-page/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its
mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.
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