The Internet technology seems to pick up in Tanzania. Not long ago only few Tanzanian newspapers could be accessed online. But today, most of them have their own websites and others have utilized blog platform to publish online.
Today’s training session took us to various famous websites that “have changed the world”. These websites include Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Then we explored Tanzanian media that are online.
Almost all mainstream newspapers in Tanzania are online today. These include Mwananchi, The Citizen, The Guardian, Nipashe, This Day and others, Raia Mwema, Majira, Business Times, The Express, Rai, Mtanzania and Tanzania Daima. This is a real revolution.
There were only three newspapers published online about four years ago – Arusha Times, IPP Media and The Express. But today you find even non-mainstream ones are online.
The increased number of online newspapers is commendable. This trend, however, does not correspond to the number of internet users in the country. According to the Internet World Stats website that we also visited today, until June 2010 Tanzania had 1.6% of internet penetration rate in Africa. The International Telecommunication Union data shows that in 2009 Tanzania had internet penetration rate of 1.3%.
Despite the Internet World Stats’ growth rate of 487.8% from 2000, the low internet penetration rate per population can suggest that the increased number of online newspapers might not get the expected maximum readership in Tanzania.
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