January Makamba

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

With Jane Goodall sister (Judy) and son (Grub). I joined the family and close friends of Jane for a private sendoff in Bournemouth, UK, her hometown. Beautiful and emotional moment. Her body was cremated and some of her ashes will go to Gombe, Kigoma, where her legend started.

[Financial Times Live @ftlive]

Tanzania’s Former Foreign Minister, @JMakamba, joins us to discuss Africa’s LNG ambitions during today’s session at #FTAfrica Summit.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

The three moments with Raila Odinga - January Makamba https://t.co/c6e18HHyvF

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Jane’s gone but pleased that she passed on peacefully and her legacy is universally celebrated. She stubbornly challenged research dogma and as a result changed science. Her power of persuasion in advocacy came from her humility and authenticity: she lived her values. May she RIP

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

I am heartbroken and at a loss for words at the news of the passing of my dearest friend. I will share more in the coming days.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

I am heartbroken and at a loss for words at the news of the passing of my dearest friend. I will share more in the coming days.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Saw my friend Jane Goodall the other day. On agenda: rejuvenating Roots & Shoots into a more interconnected & robust global movement; collaboration for Interspecies Money, a radical new idea for economic incentive for survival of nature that I am part of. Always nice to see her.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

I’ll be speaking this year as well. Looking forward to reconnect Peter. Congrats to the #FTAfrica team at @FT @ftlive for a fantastic program and impressive lineup of speakers.

[Dr. J. Peter Pham 🇺🇲 @DrJPPham]

The 2025 edition of one of my favorite #Africa-focused gatherings, the #FTAfrica Summit, kicks off three weeks from today in London, #UK🇬🇧. I will be speaking again at this year’s event, which has as its theme “Africa in a changing world.” For more info: https://t.co/0Z9RI85LFS

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Tuko Uwanja wa Shule ya Sekondari Usagara, Tanga Mjini, tayari kumsikiliza Rais wetu na Mgombea Urais wa CCM, Mhe Dkt. @SuluhuSamia akiinadi Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya CCM na kuomba ridhaa kwa Watanzania kuiongoza nchi yetu kwa miaka mitano ijayo.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

We will have to settle a contradiction: if you want a modernised agriculture, you can’t then rely on it for mass job creation. If you want to keep it labour-intensive, expect low productivity, food insecurity and no exports. In rich countries, about 2% of workforce is in farming.

[#Kilimanjaro @kili_mas]

Would agriculture (a traditional approach) bridging this gap be considered a bit unconventional as opposed to the techno/AI era? Should tech be taking over by now?

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Will have to find an opportunity and a forum suited for a detailed discussion on this. For starters, let me quote a Chinese government’s policy document titled “Made in China 2025”: “Without a strong manufacturing industry, there will be no country and no nation.”

[Tim Kipchumba @TimKipchumba]

Very keen to hear your good thoughts - micro and Macro. @JMakamba @kopalo

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

If one issue should keep Africa’s politicians awake at night, it is youth joblessness. Only large-scale, bold, out-of-the-box action can stop the perfect storm of expanding youth bulge, informality, skills gaps, and the vaunted paper growth. Nothing is more important than this.

[Ken Opalo @kopalo]

Not enough people in policymaking roles appreciate the level of urgency needed to address the Continent’s jobs problem.

Too many people remain stuck in their ways, doing the same things over and over again.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

When your people took boats to colonise us, they were the original “illegal immigrants”, looting our villages under the guise of “civilising missions”. At least we’re honest: we come to your shores to earn with our sweat, not for sausages at your village BBQ.

[Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi]

I live in a village with a church, a pub, a village hall and a community that has street parties, fetes, village bbqs etc.

The equivalent of 5x our village’s population arrived here today alone.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Ad multos annos, Holy Father - may the Lord’s grace be your strength and joy.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Dear friends, today I turn seventy years old. I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents; and I thank all those who have remembered me in their prayers.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

@kapeto98 Indeed 👍🏾

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Increasingly, people go to AI chatbots for advice on major life decisions, even advice on committing suicide. Not sure if these bots are sufficiently “trained” to handle such emotionally complex matters. Most of them are too agreeable and dangerously validate emotional distress.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Pole nyingi sana kwa wafiwa. Mwenyezi Mungu azihifadhi roho za marehemu pahala pema peponi 🙏🏾

[Jambo TV @Jambotv_]

Na Fredrizzo Samson

Watu saba(7) wamefariki baada ya gari walilokuwa wakisafiria kugonga lori lililokuwa limeharibika na kusimama barabarani katika Kijiji cha Kongo kata ya Bukwe wilayani Rorya, mkoani Mara.

Ajali hiyo imetokea alfajiri ya leo Septemba 11, ambapo watu hao saba walikuwa kwenye gari dogo aina ya Probox yenye namba za usajili T.625 DYV ambayo iliyogonga lori lililokuwa limeharibikia barabarani.

Inaelezwa kuwa watu hao jana Septemba 10, walitokea Kijiji cha Utegi kwenda Tarime Mjini kufurahia 'Simba Day 'na Usiku walianza safari yao kutoka Tarime mjini kurudi Utegi walipofika katikati ya Kijiji cha Kongo kata ya Bukwe wilayani Rorya ndipo walipolivaa lori hilo.

Jambo TV imezungumza na Mganga Mfawidhi wa Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Tarime, Yonah Charles amethibitisha vifo vya watu hao akieleza kuwa alfajiri yaleo wamepokea miili ya watu saba watatu wakiwa wanawake na wanne wanaume wakiwa wamefariki kutokana na ajali.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Nimeingia Mponde, Bumbuli muda huu. Muda mchache ujao nitazungumza na wananchi wa Bumbuli, nikiwa hapa.

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

@ezekiel_kamwaga @zittokabwe @venusnyota @kabsjourno @ahmedrajab Hongera sana Ezekiel. God bless 🙏🏾

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

Findings of the report that will also not be read.  https://t.co/tmtH1AQdeE

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

@05_kemmie @KhethiweAS @BabaAlexa

[January Makamba @JMakamba]

I have held views on BRT for a while now. Dar BRT is a bold investment but for what it was supposed to solve, it is a bit over-engineered.

The project was also conceptualised with Eurocentric assumptions (in that we will dump cars, an aspirational object and a marker of status for Africans, for the supposed “convenience” of public transport). Mass transit systems are key to the economies of major metropolitans, especially those growing as sprawlingly as Dar. There are certain requirements to effective BRT (cheap and secure day parking spots along routes, equitable access through feeder connections to stops/stations, water drainage in routes, strict policing of route interference, flexible and convenient ticketing, etc). We will one day get there but we have to think of a system that will survive the next 50 years.

If it was up to me, I would turn Dar BRT into a tram system, which is safer, cleaner and with more carrying capacity. If you pitch it persuasively, trams manufacturers like Hitachi can produce customised trams in line with existing BRT stations/platforms and route designs. BTW, next year, Hitachi will start deploying battery-powered trams which recharge whenever you hit the brakes!