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  • Skyscraper City

    By Florence Mugarula on 29 June 2015 Planning, Urban design | Dar es Salaam Feature, News

    In the past few years high-rise buildings have mushroomed in Dar es Salaam. But with developers ignoring engineers’ guidelines and the city ill-equipped to handle additional stress on its drainage system, the city’s modern skyline comes with its own set of challenges.

  • Dar’s Hawker Complex is a White Elephant

    By on 15 June 2015 Employment, Informality, Urban politics | Dar es Salaam Feature, News

    To put an end to street hawking, government built a complex for hawkers in Dar es Salaam to trade out of. But few hawkers are using it and most prefer to sell on the streets, illegally. Florence Mugarula reports.

  • Feeder roads to deal with Dar’s traffic dilemma

    By Florence Mugarula on 25 May 2015 Planning, Roads | Dar es Salaam Feature, News

    Commuters in Dar es Salaam are used to spending hours stuck in traffic jams. A new 46.2-kilometer network of feeder roads in the city should change that. Florence Mugarula reports.

  • Dar needs to deal with unplanned settlements

    By Florence Mugarula on 14 May 2015 Housing, Planning, Slums | Dar es Salaam Feature, Story

    Living in Dar es Salaam for some can best be described as the struggle of living in unplanned settlements where road networks and drainage systems leave a lot to be desired. But residents can see some light at the end of the tunnel as the government plans to implement the Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Project … Continued

  • Rains wreak havoc in Dar es Salaam

    By Florence Mugarula on 28 May 2014 Planning, Roads, Transport | Dar es Salaam Feature, News

    It is noon and the heavens break loose. While some cheer for the seething breeze that accompanies the rain, some just curse it. Frederick Lema, a veteran commuter bus driver, grows animated as raindrops start falling. He knows the day is over and as a breadwinner he anticipates more trouble at home. It has been … Continued

  • Commuter trains ease traffic in Dar

    By Florence Mugarula on 22 May 2014 Productivity, Rail, Transport | Dar es Salaam Feature, News

    In Dar es Salaam the government in collaboration with the private sector has been trying hard to come up with solutions to solve the traffic jams that bedevil the city. One strategy has been the implementation of commuter train routes in the city, established in October 2012. The service is cheap and relatively reliable compared … Continued

  • Weekly urban news roundup: May 9, 2014

    By Gemma Solés on 9 May 2014 | Abuja, African Cities, Bangui, Bulawayo, Cameroon, Cape Town, Central African Republic, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Ghana, Kenya, Lagos, Libya, Mombasa, Morocco, Nigeria, Rabat-Salé, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Story

    World Economic Forum lands in Abuja No fewer than 13 heads of state and about 1,000 delegates participate in the World Economic Forum, WEF, on Africa in Abuja. Ms Elsie Kanza, Director, Head of Africa, said that Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa has a great role to play in the region to ensure positive economic … Continued

  • Government moves to make bodabodas safer in Dar

    By Florence Mugarula on 29 April 2014 Governance, Policy, Roads, Violence/ Crime | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Feature, News

    Photo: Traffic police inspect a bodaboda rider’s particulars at Magomeni area in Dar es Salaam. Emmanuel Herman. Motorcycle taxi operators in Dar es Salaam should be rubbing their hands with glee after former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa recently offered them a helping hand. Speaking at a meeting with bodaboda operators at Leaders Club grounds, in … Continued

  • Weekly urban news roundup: April 25, 2014

    By Gemma Solés on 26 April 2014 | Abuja, African Cities, Benghazi, Cairo, Cameroon, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Egypt, Johannesburg, Kenya, Kigali, Lagos, Libya, Maputo, Mozambique, Nairobi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Windhoek News

    Benghazi votes peacefully. Benghazi residents on April 19 voted to choose their municipal council in an atmosphere of hope and optimism about a better future. The chairman of election subcommittee, Abdel Wahab al-Feki, expressed his relief over the smooth flow of elections, which took place without any obstacles. –Magharebia. Small traders fear evictions in Kigali The city of … Continued

  • End in sight for Dar es Salaam’s traffic woes

    By Florence Mugarula on 22 April 2014 Infrastructure, Roads, Transport | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania News

    Expectations are running high among Dar es Salaam residents as the first phase of the city’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project inches closer to completion. For Dar es Salaam commuters, who spend over two hours on a one-way trip into or out of the central business area, the project, implemented by government agency DART, promises … Continued

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  • Express bus service for Addis

    By C40 Cities on 23 June 2016 Transport | Dar es Salaam Infrastructure

    Addis Ababa’s new Sheger Express bus system is changing the face of public transport in a city where close to 60% of the population walks to their destinations.

  • Cities in need of dreams: the urban challenge in Tanzania

    By Brendon Bosworth on 2 December 2015 Informality, Planning, Urban Development | Dar es Salaam Built Environment

    Dar es Salaam is on the path to hit mega-city status by 2050. Philotheusy Mbogoro, national coordinator for the Tanzania Cities Network, speaks to urbanafrica.net from the Africities Summit about Tanzania’s urban development challenges.

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    Africa’s emerging mega-cities

    By Mark Jackson on 18 November 2015 Planning, Sustainability, Urban Development | Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Luanda Built Environment

    Mark Jackson tracks the growth of Africa’s three emerging mega-cities over the past 25 years and consider their future form.

  • Mapping movement in Dar es Salaam

    By Maitagorri Schade on 18 February 2015 Planning, Transport /Roads/ Rail | Dar es Salaam Infrastructure

    A team of researchers used open access data to map traffic congestion in Dar es Salaam. Urbanafrica.Net spoke to Lasse Mølle from the University of Copenhagen about the research and what the findings mean for the city.

  • Citywide sanitation projects in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania report on successes of first year

    By SDI on 2 June 2014 Slums, Water and sanitation | Blantyre, Chinhoyi, Dar es Salaam, Kitwe Infrastructure

    (Cross-posted from SHARE Research website) SHARE partners Shack/Slum Dwellers (SDI), together with their affiliates and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), have just published four policy briefs documenting the first year of the SHARE-funded City-Wide Sanitation Project. The purpose of this research project is to develop inclusive, sustainable sanitation strategies. In practice this … Continued

  • Confessions of a researcher

    By Aisling O'Loghlen on 30 April 2014 Poverty, Refugees | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Human Rights

    Aisling O’Loghen is doing research on urban refugees in Tanzania for her PhD. In this honest, thoughtful post, she questions her role and value as a researcher dealing with the dire realities of her interview subjects.

  • Landlords and tenants relationship in improving sanitation in Dar es Salaam

    By Ariana K. MacPherson on 22 October 2013 Housing, Water and sanitation | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    One of the key challenges for improving sanitation in slums is the issue of land, structure, and ownership. During a study conducted by Tanzania Urban Poor Federation and Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) in 2012, community members from Keko Machungwa settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, highlighted the relationship between tenants and landlords as paramount to … Continued

  • New approaches to urban refugee livelihoods

    By Dale Buscher on 9 October 2013 Human Rights, Refugees | Tanzania, Uganda Human Rights

    As the growth in urban refugee numbers far out-strips a parallel growth in humanitarian financial assistance and as the average length of displacement is now 17 years, feeding and providing direct services to these populations is no longer a viable option. Their ability to provide for themselves not only enhances their protection by reducing, for example their need to trade … Continued

  • Three Fellowship Opportunities for African Doctoral Candidates

    By on 18 September 2017 Urban Development, Violence/ Crime | Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Fellowship

    The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote the next generation of social science researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics. All applications must be submitted using the online application portal. The application … Continued

  • Advanced training in land management

    By Admin on 5 December 2016 Land | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Call for participation

    SIDA invites applications for the Advanced International Training Programme (ITP) on Applied Land Governance.

  • IFRA Nairobi: Call for Applications for Fieldwork Grants (2017)

    By Admin on 24 October 2016 Elections, Informality, Social exclusion | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda call for applications

    IFRA-Nairobi is offering fieldwork grants to masters and doctoral students to conduct their research in 2017.

  • Postdoc Position: Urban Energy Systems in East Africa

    By Admin on 28 March 2015 Infrastructure, Power | African Cities, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi postgraduate

    The research group on Spatial and Infrastructure Planning at the Darmstadt University of Technology investigates the interplay between cities/regions and technical infrastructures as well as their innovation patterns and governance. We are currently inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Position starting in June 2015, initially for two years (with a possible extension of the term). The collaborative research project “Translating the networked city: adaptation and creativity in urban infrastructures in Africa” is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under its interdisciplinary priority program “Adaptation and Creativity in Africa – Significations and Technologies in the Production of Order and Disorder” (www.spp1448.de).

  • Sembene Ousmane film prize competition

    By Yanna Romano on 23 February 2015 Film, Photography | Tanzania call for applications, film festival

    The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) is re-launching the Sembene Ousmane Film Prize competition this year. It rewards excellence in short film production, encouraging creativity within and sustainability of the industry.

  • Toward the networked city? Translating technological ideals and planning models in water and sanitation systems in Dar es Salaam

    By Admin on 24 February 2017 Water and sanitation | Dar es Salaam Journal Articles

    Paper addresses the contradiction between the ideal of the ‘networked city’ and the reality of unequal access to water and sanitation services in Dar es Salaam.

  • Public participation and satisfaction in urban regeneration projects in Tanzania: The case of Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam

    By Admin on 7 September 2016 Urban Development, Urban Political Ecology, Urban politics | African Cities, Tanzania Journal Articles

    Paper explores the relationship between community participation and community satisfaction in urban regeneration projects.

  • Implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation interventions at the local government levels in Tanzania: where do we start?

    By Admin on 2 December 2015 Climate change, Governance, Infrastructure, Sustainability | Tanzania Journal Articles

    Climate change adaptation and mitigation interventions have traditionally been planned at the national and policy levels, but their implementation is done predominantly at the local government authority level. The general mandate of local governments is to work for their communities. At these levels, in both rural and urban contexts, local government technical cadres are required … Continued

  • The constraints on climate change adaptation in a city with a large development deficit: the case of Dar Es Salaam

    By Admin on 16 October 2015 Climate change, Urban Development, Waste management, Water | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Journal Articles

    This paper discusses the measures being taken to address the deficit of infrastructure and basic services in Dar es Salaam and how these measures can be accompanied by improved disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

  • Reworking the Relation between Sanitation and the City in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    By Admin on 5 October 2015 Governance, Social services, Water, Water and sanitation | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Journal Articles

    This paper analyses the status of the sanitation and drainage systems of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and highlights the relation among the evolution of the city’s growth, sanitation system, and type of settlement.

  • Sustainable Development of Storm-Water Systems in African Cities: Considering Climate Change

    By Admin on 17 September 2015 Slums, Water, Water and sanitation | Dar es Salaam Conference Paper, Journal Articles

    This paper analyses the problem of the sustainable design and development of urban storm-water systems in response to the climate change and anthropic modification.

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    A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?

    By Admin on 3 September 2015 Evictions, Human Rights, Informality | Dakar, Dar es Salaam Journal Articles

    This paper compares the major clearances of street traders that took place in Dar es Salaam in 2006–2007 and Dakar in 2007.

  • Claiming the Streets: Property Rights and Legal Empowerment in the Urban Informal Economy

    By Admin on 21 August 2015 Informality, Rights to the city, Urban Development | Dakar, Dar es Salaam Journal Articles

    This paper looks at the concept of law and urban development. The focus is on street trade and the informal economy.

  • Vulnerability of the built environment to flooding in African cities

    By Admin on 23 July 2015 Built Environment, Economy, Sustainability | African Cities, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Book chapter

    This chapter forms part of the book ” Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa”, published in Springer International’s “Future City” series, and provides an overview of the activities and findings related to the vulnerability to flooding of the urban built environment.

  • Waste pickers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    By Admin on 2 June 2015 Informality, Waste | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania website

    This article explores the operations of an informal army of self-employed, micro-entrepreneurial waste pickers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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