ramborambo retweeted
I work for a logistics company, we expanded to Tanzania early this year. Some TZ riders would deliver stuff upto 2pm and say "wamechoka watarudi kesho". Mind you they are paid per delivery. In Kenya, riders deliver even upto 8pm depending on the client's availability.
ramborambo retweeted
TZ is rich in natural resources and agricultural output.
It could easily have been the biggest economy in EA by far had Nyerere's Ujamaa not happened.
Their inferiority complex and spite for Kenya didn't help either.
ramborambo retweeted
“e.g.” originated from Latin.
In fact, many abbreviations we use in English today are actually Latin.
1 • e.g. (exempli gratia)
Translation: “for the sake of example”
2 • i.e. (id est)
“that is” or “that is to say”
3 • etc. (et cetera)
“and the rest” or “and so on”
4 • et al. (et alii)
“and others” (This one is common in academic writing.)
5 • viz. (videlicet)
“namely” or “that is to say”
6 • cf. (confer)
“compare”
7 • N.B. (nota bene)
“note well” (pay attention)
8 • P.S. (post scriptum)
“written after” (postscript)
10 • a.m. (ante meridiem)
“before midday”
11 • p.m. (post meridiem)
“after midday”
12 • c. / ca. (circa)
“around” or “approximately”
13 • vs. (versus)
“against”
14 • AD (Anno Domini)
“In the year of the lord”
15. M.O. (modus operandi)
“method of operating”
16. C.V. (curriculum vitae)
“course of life” (résumé)
17. No. (numero)
“by number”
18. lb. (libra)
“pound” (weight)
And so on...
ramborambo retweeted
That's the whole story. The World Bank says a Tanzanian child gets 7.2 years of school by 18, but only 4.5 once you count what they actually learn. Their human capital score is 0.39, against Kenya's 0.55.
The land and the lakes are already there. How do you build a regional superpower on 4.5 years of real schooling?
ramborambo retweeted
Seeing videos of young unemployed doctors here in Kenya is something I never envisioned in my entire life.
A trained doctor is the most important thing any society can have. Failing to deploying them somewhere will have severe consequences in the future.
