How drones are being used in Zanzibar's fight against malaria: Makame Makame from the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme holds one of the drones used to map malaria vectors. Andy HardyOn a typically hot and humid July day in Stonetown, the capital of Zanzibar, a gaggle of children, teenagers and the odd parents watched our small drone take flight. My colleagues Makame … [Read more...] about How drones are being used in Zanzibar’s fight against malaria | The Conversation
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One year on: lessons from Zanzibar’s universal old-age pension | The Conversation
One year on: lessons from Zanzibar's universal old-age pension: Pensions have made a big difference in the lives of Zanzibar's elderly men and women. HelpAge/CourtesyKombo Mohamed, then aged 72, was the first person in Zanzibar to receive the new old-age pension introduced in April 2016. “My whole family has benefited,” he says, “I can pay my daughter’s school fees and … [Read more...] about One year on: lessons from Zanzibar’s universal old-age pension | The Conversation
Of culture, donors and the collapse of Zanzibar’s top music festival | The Conversation
Aline Frazao Angola at Sauti za Busara. Robin BatistaZanzibar’s Sauti za Busara (a Swahili term meaning “sounds of wisdom”) is an annual festival with a mellifluous difference. It is one of Africa’s largest and most popular music festivals, yet it is unabashedly noncommercial. Most other African festivals feature stars performing American-influenced commercial music. But Sauti … [Read more...] about Of culture, donors and the collapse of Zanzibar’s top music festival | The Conversation
