Login

u/Data_Hunter_2286

Tanzania still imports water after 64+ years of independence
▲ 37 r/tanzania

Tanzania still imports water after 64+ years of independence

The bottle contains 500 ml of liquid. It is almost entirely water. The label says it is "0.9% w/v" Sodium Chloride (salt). This means that 99.1% of the bottle is water. In this 500 ml bottle, there are about 4.5 grams of salt.

The rest roughly 495ml is sterile water. This has been imported from India via either sea or air freight. Imagine, containers of 99% water crossing oceans to arrive in Tanzania from India because our country cannot make enough of these.

After 64 years of independence, we are importing water into the country! We are not under any US or UN sanctions. I weep for this country.

u/Data_Hunter_2286 — 1 day ago
▲ 6 r/tanzania

Young computer scientists designing websites? Damn!

I came across a disturbing post here by a young computer science graduate (or future graduate). He basically said he’s lost hope in the job market, employment market, and generally the future of his career.

Link is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tanzania/comments/1t94ym7/i\_feel\_like\_nimepotea\_kwenye\_hii\_tech\_career\_ya/

I’m just curious what on earth do they teach in computer science degrees (and the prospective career paths) here in Tanzania because one thing that he mentioned was that he was shocked at the very low costs of web design fees on Instagram and on the general Internet by different web designers here in Tanzania.

Designing a website is literally at the lowest point in terms of technical expertise (with all due respect to capable web designers here in Tanzania and out there I mean no disrespect to you or your work).

I can think of an infinite number of problems, challenges issues that require the minds of young energetic, Tanzanian computer scientists that are not being solved and drag down productivity and efficiency, and therefore creating significant opportunities for these computer scientists to thrive and make so much out of their lives and out of their degrees and out of their future careers.

What on earth goes on in those computer science classes? Is there a such massive disconnect between the profs teaching vs the industry and businesses out there? What should we business people do?

reddit.com
u/Data_Hunter_2286 — 5 days ago