Final feedbacks from the last training day

On Friday, the final day of the training, the participants first searched for facts and figures and backgrounds about the economic relations between China and African countries and then proceeded to write a short story based on their findings. Afterwards, we also visited a long list of news websites and other web resources related to African and international affairs, among them also some very nice blogs run by young Kenyan women commenting on anything from politics to their human relationships – and writing in such a nice fashion...

At the end of the day, the training participants posted their final feedbacks from the training week. Everyone seemed to be pretty happy that their expectations were met.

Asia Khalfan of the radio station Sauti ya Quran says that before the training she always had difficulties in finding from the internet what she was searching for, but now she can easily find what she needs. She is already looking forward to sharing her new skills with her staff at her radio station.

Hamisi Kibari from Habari Leo says that he is now thinking of writing more researched feature stories – “because searching for material is no longer a torture!” He also says that he will use the knowledge and skills acquired from the training to help his colleagues in the newsroom, starting from next Monday.

“I have been using internet in several ways, but not accessing information easily. With this useful training, I received a package for a lifetime,” writes Zuhura Selemani, journalism lecturer at University of Dar es Salaam School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She also suggests that she would advice the head of her school to appoint her to train her colleagues to work with internet sources.

In the opinion of Athumani Shariff, Dar es Salaam School of Journalism, the best thing with the training was that it very practical. “I would like to say it was the right class in the very right time,” he concludes.

For a complete summary of almost everything we did during the week, see the story by Jane Mathias of Nipashe newspaper.

All other feedbacks can be found in the blogs, links are on the right.

For some interesting stories on the business relations between China and Africa, I would like to recommend the articles by Zuhura Selemani and Athumani Shariff. For Swahili readers, see also the story by Hamisi Kibari.

Otherwise, thanks to the whole class for the active debates and good participation. Many thanks to Cecilia Mng’ong’o of MISA-Tanzania for handling again all practical arrangements so well. Thanks to the catering at TaGLA for the delicious meals and snacks, and a great thank also to the IT support – which had a hard week this time due to the network challenges which were beyond our control.