Godfrida Magubo

International Development | Optimistic | Wellness

[AWLNetwork @AWLNetwork]

🚨 Applications are now OPEN!

Are you a young African woman leader driving change in your community or sector? Join the AWLN 8th Intergenerational Retreat #IGR8 in Libreville, Gabon, this December for knowledge sharing, peer learning, and meaningful connections with inspiring women leaders from across Africa and the Diaspora.

📍 Libreville, Gabon
🗓️ Application Deadline: 3 August 2026
🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/IJrZJpuKoS

Join a community of women leaders shaping Africa's future!

#AWLNIGR2026 #AfricanWomenLeaders #YouthLeadership #WomenLead #KnowledgeSharing #Leadership #Gabon

[Ambassador Togolani Mavura @TogolaniMavura]

The universe has a way of conspiring!

It started as an imitation in the Model UN General Assembly as a student with ambition. Twenty-seven years later, it is a reality. It is through the journey as a then-member of the UN Club and later Chair of the Youth of the United Nations Association of Tanzania (YUNA) that I got to associate myself closely with the work of the UN in Tanzania and later the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where, coincidentally, I was first placed in the Department of Multilateral Cooperation (DMC). As a young officer, I frequently traveled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly and other UN meetings. Little did I know that one day I would stand proud and represent my country as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York.

I thank Her Excellency President @SuluhuSamia for entrusting me with this honor, role, and responsibility. I accepted with much humility, and I look forward to doing my best in representing my country with all my skills, will, and abilities.

[For the love of Ot✨ @OtenewaO]

And to my God who did exceedingly, abundantly above all that I could ever think of or ask, thank you! Your daughter is eternally grateful ❤️

[𝓐 @Sincerely_AO]

Thankful to God for 11 months so far, through the highs and lows, the ups and downs, i’m grateful to have gone through this year, so far, with God by my side.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Last week in London, I sat down with @ChimamandaReal to reflect on 107 Days and our current moment. It was a powerful reminder that the stories we share and community we build reach far beyond any border.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I look forward to being in conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Thursday as part of the London Literature Festival.

[Laurel Kivuyo @KivuyoLaurel]

The goal is to be beautiful and distinguishly overeducated!🎓

On this day, 18th of October 2025, I matriculated at Oxford University, stepping into a thousand years of tradition and timeless pursuit of knowledge. By grace through unfiltered faith!!

Lk26✨

[UK in Tanzania @UKinTanzania]

Are you attending the PMI Tanzania Project Management Week & Annual Conference?

Make sure you join our session on Chevening Scholarships 2026/27: Opportunities for Tanzanian Leaders🎓

On 26 Sept at 14:30–14:45, UDSM New Library Hall

Don’t miss out, see you there!

#PMW2025

[mbelwa Kairuki @MbelwaK]

Siku ya jumanne tarehe 5 Agosti 2025 litafunguliwa dirisha la maombi ya ufadhili wa masomo ya shahada ya uzamili nchini Uingereza @CheveningFCDO katika mwaka 2026/2027.

Ninatoa rai kwa vijana wenye nia ya kusoma Masters Programme nchini Uingereza wachangamkie fursa hiyo ya kuomba ufadhili. Jambo la muhimu ni kufanya maandalizi - ikiwa ni pamoja na kusoma maelekezo ya hatua za maandalizi https://t.co/G3ndlqIAQ8.

Vilevile ninashauri wenye nia ya kuomba wapitie vipindi maalum vya Ubalozi vya kuelezea namna ya kujiandaa kuomba ufadhili nchini Uingereza vinavyopatikana katika Akaunti za Youtube za Ubalozi London. Nitaweka link hapa chini.

Muhimu kukumbuka dirisha linafungwa tarehe 7 Oktoba 2025 hivyo ni vema kuanza maandalizi mapema. Ninawatakia kila la kheri wote watakaoamua kuomba scholarship @UKinTanzania @mfa_tanzania @UbaloziUK @Chevening_tz

[𝓐 @Sincerely_AO]

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen - Ephesians 3:20-21

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

My warm congratulations to @ProfJanabi on your election as Regional Director for @WHOAFRO.

You have earned the confidence and trust of the Member States of the region. This is a great privilege, and a very great responsibility.

I assure you of my support and that of my colleagues in Geneva.

[Marianne Young FCDO @MYoungFCDO]

A double reason to celebrate in #Dodoma this week: the first anniversaries of both our 🇬🇧🇹🇿 Mutual Prosperity Partnership and the opening of our 🇬🇧High Commission sub office in the capital 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼🥂

[Christian Bwaya @bwaya]

Uwezo wa kumfanya binadamu mwenzako akajisikia kuheshimika, kuonekana, kusikika na kueleweka unaweza kukufungulia milango usiyoitegemea.

[UN Tanzania 🇺🇳 @UnitedNationsTZ]

Applications are now open for Tanzania International Model United Nations (TIMUN) 2025!

Don’t miss the opportunity of being part of the change , the progress and the bigger picture of this transformative global experience

Apply now!
https://t.co/W8unP5WrdA

@YUNA_Tanzania #TIMUN2025 #yunatz #Dodoma

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 98

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

An individual in my DMs asked me to comment on the current US tariff policy and its impact on Africa. I’m no expert, but as an interested observer, I’d say the impact is negligible (unless you’re BMW SA or Mercedes SA). The US imported about $3 trillion worth of goods and services last year. How much of that came from Africa? About $40 billion — roughly equivalent to one month’s worth of US imports from Mexico.

AGOA, the flagship trade arrangement between Africa and the US, can be declared dead. Even at its peak, it was never a significant lever of US-Africa trade, contributing only about 15% of the total.

Sure, the US is a colossal market — accounting for 34% of global household consumption and 14% of global imports. Its centrality in global trade means its policies do impact the world. So, while we shouldn’t be alarmists, we must also not ignore what’s happening.

So, those are my views.

But since we’re talking about Africa and trade, here are a few more thoughts:

The current global economic architecture is designed — and still operates — under the good old Ricardian premise (its detractors aside): that free trade benefits everyone. With the rise of mercantilist thinking, born from populist-driven discontent with globalism (with global trade as its pillar), the current order is being severely challenged.

As Africans, we’ve organized our economies — and pinned our hopes — on export-led development. The massive political capital spent to bring about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a testament to this. Until we reach a utopian world where every country is fully self-sufficient, the exchange of goods and services across borders remains a practical and rational imperative. It helps when this exchange is governed by ironclad, convention-based rules that guarantee predictability and mutual benefit.

For Africans, accessing markets beyond these shores is obviously desirable. But before we worry about external barriers, trade-led prosperity can still be built within the continent. At the moment, intra-African trade accounts for about 15% of Africa’s total trade. In Europe, it’s 60%; in Asia, 50%. If we reach Asia’s level — which is not a pipe dream by 2040 — our GDP could double, per capita income could rise by around 30%, 80 million jobs could be created, and millions more Africans could transition out of poverty. Most importantly, we’d build real resilience and independence from whatever happens elsewhere.

So, in sum: remove the barriers that make it hard for Africans to trade with one another. The gains in know-how, productivity, and competitiveness will naturally follow — and we won’t have to beg anyone for market access.

[Andrew Julian Mahiga @andrewmahiga]

Someone will see your potential and think what it means for you. Someone else will see your potential and think what it means for them. Both type of people will be around you.

Pray for discernment.

[Amb. Noel Kaganda @NEKAGANDA]

Absolutely proud of @ProfJanabi’s electrifying performance during the WHO-AFRO Regional Director candidate’s forum held earlier today. His articulation of regional and global health issues and priorities was simply outstanding. We have a robust candidate. Ready to serve Africa.

[Vivian J Joseph @vivian_j_joseph]

#SADCYouthParliament

📍Johannesburg, South Africa.

[Samia Suluhu @SuluhuSamia]

Congratulations to Her Excellency President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on being sworn in as the 5th President of the Republic of Namibia. In Tanzania, we fondly address you as Mama SWAPO, a name given to you by our Founding Father, the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. You have made history and set the bar high for Africa’s and Namibia’s girl child.

Your resounding victory is a moment of pride to the continent but more so, to the people of Tanzania, your home during the most part of your prime years. In Tanzania, we are happy to see the daughter we nurtured and raised with love and compassion, has now risen to the highest office of the Republic of Namibia.

Madam President, your neighbours in Magomeni, Dar es Salaam, are joining all Tanzanians and Namibians in celebrating and wishing you all the best.