International Girls’ in ICT Day is an initiative backed by ITU Member States in ITU Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 (Guadalajara, 2010) to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in April every year.This year KINU has teamed up with TANZICT, TCRA and

This workshop is designed to teach designers and coders, with a moderate level of literacy in content management systems (eg, WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc) and social media, how to manage web design clients. The session will cover practical strategies for simplifying billing, contracts, and timelines. Convert what you’re already doing into more efficient workflows. Please bring your own wireless enabled laptop computer.Fathima Cader has over

Join us at KINU on Tuesday, 23rd April, at 6:00pm for a presentation on the RLabs story, told by by Craig Ross one of the first graduates of the program. Craig will also share his personal journey from the streets of the Cape Flats to spreading the gospel of community empowerment through technology.Craig Ross has been a part of RLabs since its inception in 2007. He is a graduate of the the world's first Social Media for Social Change training course.

<Code>Ninja Part 2 is going down this Saturday, April 20th from 2pm- 6pm! <Code> Ninja is a reoccurring series of programming competitions that will be held at KINU.Developers will gather at KINU on Saturdays for several hours to attempt programming competitions that will be judged by an automated judging system. The challenges will range in difficulty and programming language.Will you be the one to defeat Boniface "The Godfather" Chacha

Join us from 06-10 May, 2013 for a five day Web 2.0 and Social Media workshop!Technological innovation is taking place at a breath-taking pace. Simple, open source internet-based applications and services designed to enhance on-line collaboration are now available to the wider public at little or no cost at all. These new online technologies known as Web 2.0 and Social Media applications enable people to collaborate to create, share and publish information.The

UPDATE: After the team from PIVOT East 2013 conducting weekly outreach workshops for applicants in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania, they have extended the deadline for applications to the 22nd of April! TZ developers if you need any assistance with the application process stop by KINU!The m:lab Team will be at KINU to discuss this years Pivot East competition  from 6pm-8.30pm on Wednesday April 10th 2013.m:lab East Africa will be holding the

MoMo is back at KINU!Join us on Monday, April 8th,  for Mobile Monday Dar. This month we are going to look at the potential impact of ICT on the Tanzanian education sector.Speakers will include:Emanuel Feruzi: Lecture at IFM & EASTCFaith Shimba: E-Learning specialist at COSTECH.Joel S Mtebe: Lecture at UDSM & PhD Candidate at TUTThere will also be a demonstration by  Loyola  High School Students of their education platform.MoMo (www.mobilemonday.co.tz)

With ever increasing frequency innovative ideas and organizations are launched on university and colleges campuses. These companies include the likes of Facebook, Google and Linux.The driving force behind the Student Start-up Round Table events is the belief that Final Year university projects can be spun out into your first business venture. We are looking for the next generation of developers to build products that can improve the lives of those

Following up on the Venture Capital & Market Sizing workshop,  KINU will host a workshop on "Finance for the African Startup", on Wednesday 27 March at 6:00pm.  Presented by Mbwana Alliy , Managing Partner Savannah Fund, this workshop will explore securing venture capital and funding in the Tanzanian and Pan-African context. This session will focus on:- What is the "Customer Life Time Value Driven Financial Model" and how to use it.- How to

Azim Jamal is a leading inspirational speaker, management consultant & executive coach. He was born in Tanzania and educated in Kenya, the U.K. and Canada. He made his life-changing career switch from "accounting for business" to "accounting for life" during a soul-stirring experience while volunteering in the developing world. Overcome by the plight of homeless refugees in war-torn areas of the world, he vowed to make a difference in people's