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The Yidan Prize Foundation Announces the 2020 Yidan Prize Laureates

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEODu_vqngqYLxbOOC5aIc_E_NB6X7HQd3JT-zy_2nMiPwRn_Cd3fUCbh_sbUWV9brbygDd4euG0UnPy0RILaaC9n5eduuHRe-2wG1arIzW3NKmCP_OSy38vcFTBeDiRfIhpjxMBnGQGUi/s1718/prise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="1561" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEODu_vqngqYLxbOOC5aIc_E_NB6X7HQd3JT-zy_2nMiPwRn_Cd3fUCbh_sbUWV9brbygDd4euG0UnPy0RILaaC9n5eduuHRe-2wG1arIzW3NKmCP_OSy38vcFTBeDiRfIhpjxMBnGQGUi/s320/prise.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Yidan Prize Foundation, a global philanthropic educational foundation inspiring future progress and change in education, today has announced the 2020 laureates of the Yidan Prize. The Yidan Prize is the world's largest international prize in education.  </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It recognizes individuals and teams, who have contributed significantly to education research and education development. Professor Carl Wieman has been awarded the Yidan Prize for Education Research, while Ms Lucy Lake and Ms Angeline Murimirwa from CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education) have been granted the Yidan Prize for Education Development - the first team to be granted a Yidan prize since its inception in 2017. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The laureates will be recognized at the Yidan Prize Awards Presentation Ceremony and the Yidan Prize Annual Summit held virtually on 7 December.</span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Education transformation is more important than ever. The outstanding achievements and commitment of this year's laureates demonstrate that in a post-pandemic world, education continues to be of vital importance to solving future problems and creating positive change in individuals, communities and the environment. Innovative ideas and practices are key to driving progress in education to create a better world," said <strong>Dr Charles CHEN Yidan</strong>, Founder of Yidan Prize Foundation. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"This year has been challenging for many in the education system with COVID-19 causing unprecedented disruption to learning and to schools. It is therefore crucial that we champion people with the courage to bring educational change and reimagine the future of education."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Celebrating Excellence in Education</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Yidan Prize 2020 laureates were chosen by the Yidan Prize Judging Committee in a five-month judging process, from an extensive number of strong candidates. The geographical reach of the nominated projects this year covers 103 countries such as US, China, India, Indonesia, UK, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and many others, indicating the growing significance of the Yidan Prize on the global stage. This year nominated projects cover eight new countries including Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Fiji, Greece, Bolivia, Djibouti, Senegal, Cook Islands, representing a rich tapestry of diverse cultures and geographies. Among the nominated projects this year are digital citizenship skills, access to digital learning, education equity, teacher education and education system improvement. These exciting topics reflect the growing importance of digital learning in the 'new normal' and the Yidan Prize Foundation's determination to drive positive change.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Dr Koichiro Matsuura</strong>, Chairman of Yidan Prize Judging Committee and the former Director-General of UNESCO, commented, "This year, we are pleased to receive nominees and project submissions from different regions and topics, including research in improving education and education systems, education equity and quality, female education and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. Education transcends borders, and we hope the nominees and laureates will continue their inspiring work to solve education challenges of different communities in an increasingly complex society."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">2020 Laureates</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-size: x-large;">Professor Carl Wieman,Professor of Physics and Graduate School of Education and DRC Chair at Stanford University,was awarded the Yidan Prize for Education Research for his contribution in developing new techniques and tools in STEM education.</strong></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The work of Professor Wieman prepares the next generation of students to be more scientifically literate as they tackle the problems of tomorrow.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">He established and directed the Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia, leading to widespread research-based improvement in university teaching, and transforming the way science is taught in major universities. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To complement his foundational research on active learning, he has produced tools that help others in their research and teaching. This includes the PhET (Physics Education Technology) Interactive Simulation, a new pedagogical tool that provides researcher learners with access to 158 simulations across a variety of STEM topics at the undergraduate college level. With the prize funds, Professor Wieman aims to develop the thriving PhET Interactive Simulation for a larger global audience at all age levels. "</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am thrilled and honoured to have the work of my research group recognized in this way.  This prize will accelerate our efforts to improve education for students throughout the world," said Professor Wieman.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></strong></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-size: x-large;">Ms Lucy Lake, Chief Executive Officer, CAMFED, and Ms Angeline Murimirwa, Executive Director - Africa, </strong><strong style="font-size: x-large;"> CAMFED, were awarded the Yidan Prize for Education Development for their contribution to female education.</strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Through its Learner Guide program, CAMFED provides a scalable and replicable approach to inclusive and equitable quality education for girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa to resolve high levels of girls' school exclusion and drop-out, lack of relatable role models, and youth unemployment. The Learner Guide program simultaneously supports marginalized girls through education, while opening up opportunities for young women in the crucial transition from secondary school. With the prize money, the team will scale up CAMFED's Learner Guides program with an initial commitment to train 20,000 Learner Guides, who will support 1 million adolescent girls in school in five sub-Saharan African countries, a major step towards CAMFED's goal to support 5 million girls. "This Prize brings a spotlight to the power of our growing movement led by young women who are the experts on what it takes for the most marginalized girls to succeed. Together, we will launch our ambition to support five million girls in school, and it will be game-changing!" said Ms Lucy Lake.  Ms Angeline Murimirwa echoes the sentiment, "This is a dream come true especially at such a time as this! Together we are going to make more girls and young women's dreams come true. We are going to make this world an even better place."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Yidan Prize Foundation was founded to transform the world by bringing people together to celebrate excellence in education and improve education systems for the future. Nominations for the 2021 Yidan Prize will open on 1 October 2020 and last until 31 March 2021. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Apart from the Yidan Prize, the Foundation has been involved in various education initiatives to make the world a better place, including joining the UNESCO's Global Education Coalition for COVID-19 response. The Foundation recently partnered with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to launch a research project to examine the impact of growth mindsets on educational outcomes and student well-being, and the impact of helping teachers to create a growth mindset culture in their classrooms. A teacher-targeted publication will be launched by early 2021.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: New; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><div style="text-align: justify;">Distributed by <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001wX-AIUS7jZhMrnCfl2f-A_ZGq9Y1YXfzhhKUkmrgXhy8iZjr3ZfnE7d-Vx8zkam2Ug5-ej0xObKDzyPqhwsXLYcbHoDkS-6ggBNkvl-q2DY6Q9NQNQyo1mdguw97mLiLWABhJq42961Rnycb7nuMvnohzsAwNLXq9iFTx0gH4dVS5Qitxi2NDDQskjRdY5fR&c=BXYQxofdi5DdJ0s-LaHPTMz11ZwYypPOItj1zKVi625s3ajGl93FNg==&ch=GJaIdmQR08o93aSXr-PdiCbxZ2r_GPaZ_gsW0YtSTx_aUw4Bk6GQ9A==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a> on behalf of The Yidan Prize Foundation.</div></em></span></span></span>

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KISWAHILI NA UJENZI WA DEMOKRASIA

<p class="yiv5657145355msonormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Kwa
upande wa Zanzibar Kiswahili kimegawika<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>katika lahaja tatu muhimu, mbazo ni Kitumbatu, Kimakunduchi na Kipemba.
Uwepo wa lahaja hizo, haimanishi kwamba Kiswahili ndio kimepotea au kupotoka la
khasha, bali ni ukuwaji na uimara wa lugha ya Kiswahili.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Na ndio
maana<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Baraza la habari Tanzania mwaka
2016 liliandaa KANUNI ZA MAADILI KWA WANATAALUMA WA HABARI kwa lengo la
kuwatanabahisha wamiliki na waandishi wa habari umuhimu wao pamoja na kufuata
maadili kama ambavyo imelezwa:- </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Machapisho yasipotoshe kwa makusudi au kuwaarifu isivyo wasomaji,
watazamaji au wasikilizaji kwa kuweka au kuacha kitu kilichokusudiwa. Hakikisha
hakuna vitu visivyo na msingi, vinavyopotosha au kukosa ukweli</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="yiv5657145355msonormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Na
kwa kuwa huu ni mwaka wa uchaguzi katika ngazi mbali mbali mbali,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>kama vile Udiwani, Uwakilishi, Ubunge pamoja
na Urais ipo haja ya kusisitizana na kukumbushana kuhusu<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>matumizi sahihi ya lugha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="yiv5657145355msonormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Kwa
mfano unapowasikiliza viongozi wawili wa vyama vikuu vya upinzani kama vile
CHADEMA au ACT Wazalendo, kwa kweli lugha zao hazioneshi kuwa na nia njema hata
kidogo,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>mbaya zaidi vyombo vya habari
vimekuwa mstari wa mbele kueneza uchochezi na sasa unapoangalia ONLINE TV
ambazo zipo kwenye Utube, sijuwi lengo nini? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="yiv5657145355msonormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Licha
ya sheria na kanuni zilizopo kwenye taalumu ya habari, lakini kuna baadhi ya
vyombo vya habari kwa makusudi vimekuwa vikienda kinyume na utaratibu huo,
ingawaje mara nyingi lawama hupewa Mhariri pekee, wakati mwandishi naye
anahusika kwa njia moja ama nyengine<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>katika
huchangia katika matumizi mabaya ya lugha ya kiswahili.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kutokana na matumizi mabaya ya lugha hivi karibuni
tumeshuhudia vyombo viwili vya habari vikifungiwa na TCRA, ambavyo ni Clouds Tv
pamoja na Wasafi Fm, mbali ya ukiukwaji wa sheria za habari, lakini vituo hivyo
vilikuwa chanzo<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>kikubwa cha kubananga
lugha katika baadhi ya vipindi vyao, hiyo ni mifano michache tu.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">TCRA Kuvifungia vyombo vya habari, kutokakufanya
kazi kwa muda, inawezekana ikawa ni jambo jema kwa mujibu wa mamlaka ya TCRA,
lakini je kwa upande wa wagombe kutumia lucha zenye kuonyesha chuki na
uchochezi tuseme tume ya uchaguzi haina mamlaka ya kuwaonya wagombea hao?.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lakini
pia ifahamike kwamba unapowatukana viongozi wa chama kingeni ndani ya wafuasi
wako baadhi yao ni ndugu zao na ni watu wa muhimu sana kwako, je hamuoni kwamba
matusi na zadharau zitawafanya baadhi ya wapia kura wenu kuwachukiwa na
kuwakosesha kura na kuwapa mnao watukana? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unaweza
ukawa mwalimu mzuri sana lakini wanafunzi wako wakafeli sana kutokana na kutoka
kutumia lugha nzuri au fasaha yenye kuwavutia na kukusikiliza pindi
unaposomesha, hivyo basi ni lazima wagaomembe wawe na unapambanuzi wa mambo na
kuweza kuwafahamu wapiga kuwa wao ni watu wa aina gani, hili litasaidia
kufikishwa ujumbe lakini utumia wa maneno pia uangalie ni wapi pa kuyatumia na
muda gani na kwa sabubu gani?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="yiv5657145355msonormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Aidha,
lugha ya kiswahili ni tajiri na yenye maneno mengi matamu na<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>mazuri, ambayo yakitumiwa vizuri humvutia
msikilizaji. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kazi na jukumu kubwa la mwandishi
wahabari ni kuhakikisha kwamba jamii inaishi kwa amani na sio jukumu lake
katika kutukuza uovu, uhalifu au tabia zote mbaya katika jamii na <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hasa katika kipindi hiki cha uchaguzi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Hivyo basi, uwepo na uhuru wa
kila mtu kumili Online Tv nalo ni tatizo katika matumizi ya lugha, kwani ni dhahiri
tv za kwenye mitandani hazina wahariri kila mtu hufanya atakalo na ndio maana
asilimia kubwa za lugha za matusi kwa viongozi zipo kwenye tv hizo za mitandao,
ni jambo la kusikitisha sana, kuona taaluma hii ya habari ambao ni nguzo muhimu
katika mihili ya serikali ikiwa imekubwa na utata, utashi na uchochozi wa
makusudi katika jamii.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Ni vyema waandishi wasiandike au kuonyesha
au kutoa maelezo zaidi ya uhalifu kwa namna yoyote ile, ambayo itaweza
kushawishi au kuchochea watu kuiga au kufanya majaribio ya matukio hayo. Kama
ambavyo baadhi ya video zinawerushwa kwenye makundi ya whatssap au kwenye Online
zinakwenda kinyume na maadali.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Inawezekana kabisa Online TV
zikawa hazina wahariri au wapo ila hawana ujuzi wa kuhariri habari zao, kama
wapo basi ni vyema wafahamu kuwa jukumu lao la kuhariri habari ni zito na la
thamani sana kwao na taifa kwa ujumla.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Hata hivyo, Wahariri hawana budi
kujua na kuelewa mambo yaliyomo au kuonyeshwa katika habari, ili kutambua athari
zake kwa wasomaji, watazamaji pamoja na wasikilizaji, ingawaje jukumu hili pia
linapaswa kufanya na mwandishi mwenyewe kabla habari haijafika kwa mhariri.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Ni wajibu wa vyombo vya habari
kwa kupitia kalamu za waandishi wao, kufanya tathimini na uteuzi wa maneno katika
kuwasilisha ujumbe wake, matumizi mazuri ya kiswahili,  yanapaswa yafanyike pia kwa viongozi wa  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">vyama vingine vya kisiasa, kwa ajili ya  kustawisha umoja na mshikamano ulipo nchini,
si dhani kama yupo kiongozi ambaye anaweza kuyaongoza makaburi, walemavu na
watu waliokata tamaa kutokana na madhila ambayo yanaweza yakasababisha na lugha
zao au vyombo vya habari.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Ni vyema tukafahamu kwamba, Habari au Tangazo lenye
taarifa au ujumbe wenye kashfa, dharau, uchochezi au ushawishi wenye nia mbaya
ni vyema isichapishwe, kwa maslahi ya ummah na jamii kwa ujumla.</span></p>

<p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Kwa kuwa uchaguzi mkuu ni kielelezo tosha cha utawala
bora, hivyo basi matumizi ya lugha jambo la msingi sana katika ustawi wa taifa
huru</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">  </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">kwa ajili ya kudumisha Amani,
mshikamano na maendeleo.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Ni wajibu wa
vyombo vya habari nchini</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">  </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">pamoja na
taasisi husika kuchukuwa hatua madhubuti katika suala zima la usimamizi na
matumizi bora ya lugha ya Kiswahili, sio jambo la busara hata kidogo kwa
kiongozi kutumia neno lenye kukirikhisha na hasa kwenye jukwaa kwa mfano ni
aibu na fedha kiongozi kumwita kiongozi mwezio “mshenzi” hii sio lugha nzuri
katika kuhubiri utawala bora na demokrasia nchini.</span></p>

KISWAHILI NA UJENZI WA DEMOKRASIA

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Data Emerges as Crucial Component of Post-COVID-19

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The ‘<a href="http://www.AfricaOilandPower.com">Leveraging</a> the Power of Technology for Oilfield Optimization’ webinar was organized by Microsoft in partnership with Africa Oil & Power </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> and the African Energy Chamber; Lower production costs are paramount to a revamped global oil sector with technology to spearhead cost reductions; The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated technology adoption as an integral component of oil and gas projects.</span></span></p><p class="yiv5615688253MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;"></p><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">During a webinar organized by Microsoft and Africa Oil & Power under the theme ‘Leveraging the Power of Technology for Oilfield Optimization’ on Tuesday, panelists examined how digital applications are capable of uniting real-time data with advanced analytics to improve decision-making and boost efficiency and sustainability. As oil and gas companies continue to face threats to efficiency, sustainability and profitability, digitalization and optimization of oilfield assets have emerged as principal cost-cutting mechanisms in the wake of the COVID-19 era.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Vaseem Khan, Global VP Digital, Analytics and Innovation and Chief Innovation Officer, McDermott, Africa has the opportunity to leapfrog traditional oil and gas operations thanks to technology.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">“Technology is an enabler for sub-Saharan Africa to become more competitive and become one of the most prominent producing area globally,” he said.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Multi Cloud Specialist at Microsoft, Dizando Norton, presented to the large virtual audience Microsoft’s initiatives to boost technology adoption in the oil and gas industry while lowering carbon emissions footprint in line with Paris Climate Agreement. “By 2030, Microsoft will be carbon negative, reducing emissions by more than half. By 2050, Microsoft will remove all the carbon the company has produced since its founding in 1975,” he noted.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Microsoft is collaborating with Chevron and Schlumberger to deploy optimized technology-based processes looking to accelerate data analyzing, thus triggering new exploration opportunities and speed up time to first oil.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Norton, there are a number of transformative projects currently taking place in the eastern and southern Africa energy space. “These projects are supported namely by Microsoft’s enabling cloud services allowing customers to increase efficiency while reducing operational costs.”</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Looking at the perceived high cost of entry to technology, Dr Babajide Agunbiade, Business Development Director at National Oilwell Varco believes the long-term vision is a crucial aspect of technology deployment. “Customers need to move away from the short-term financial aspect and look at the entire lifecycle of the project which can have up to a 30-year lifespan.”</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Vaseem Khan further stated that “technology is becoming cheaper and more accessible. The cost of deploying technology is now a minor expenditure in the project. Technology is the most efficient when looked at as an integral part of the project. Implementing a holistic vision will allow decision-makers to implement technology in a stable and rational way, with immense rewards down the way.”</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Osama Hanna, WW Energy Industry Core Team / Industry Digital Strategist at Microsoft gave the example of a project he led with an industry stakeholder regarding well corrosion. Following a government regulation regarding well maintenance, Microsoft implemented a real-time monitoring solution to proactively detect corrosion, ultimately reducing corrosion by up to 46%, thus avoiding a potential “plug & abandon” down the road.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the panel touched upon the role of technology in a post-COVID environment. According to Vaseem Khan, “COVID-19 has acted as a technology accelerator. Technology adoption has dramatically increased during the pandemic. It has allowed many projects to continue or resume faster and has shown many operators than remote work is an efficient way to maintain operations while lowering costs. The new normal is to use technology in order to deliver projects efficiently, in a cheaper manner. Technology is not an option for the future, it’s necessary at the present.”</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Agunbiade stressed the importance of lowering costs thanks to technology in a context of long-term lower demand for oil: “COVID-19 has brought peak oil closer. Demand for oil is set to decrease continuously from here. This situation stresses the importance of lower costs in all aspects of the petroleum business: material selection, improved research and development, remote work. All these crucial topics can and must be supported by technology.”</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">On a final note, Osama Hanna highlighted efficiency as the central topic for the post-COVID era. “Looking forward, efficiency will be a key challenge for all operators in the petroleum space. The price of a barrel is decided by the market, but companies can have an impact of their operational expenditure by optimizing efficiency across the value chain, whether we speak about human resources, equipment, technology and so on.”</div></span></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 11.25pt;"><p class="yiv5615688253MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Oil & Power Conference.</span></span></i></p></div>

Data Emerges as Crucial Component of Post-COVID-19

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Huawei Ink Partnership Agreement to Promote Tech-Driven Financial Inclusion

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC6GbDSqML2OynBs-vUyBM5_ymiQH9vSiKLRciFGEdZjySuHqUlzlazT4A1NmSk4_1GsWpZJRj23NC6mITKdXtrfJqD4e7HtJ-vDqPBtsKiRNOjgirolOWOSyYSWC7QFwtR-Gt3hSNMMf/s686/bank.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC6GbDSqML2OynBs-vUyBM5_ymiQH9vSiKLRciFGEdZjySuHqUlzlazT4A1NmSk4_1GsWpZJRj23NC6mITKdXtrfJqD4e7HtJ-vDqPBtsKiRNOjgirolOWOSyYSWC7QFwtR-Gt3hSNMMf/s320/bank.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has signed a collaboration agreement with tech-firm Huawei-Kenya that seeks to deepen financial inclusion in the banking sector through further deployment of technology and building fintech capacity.<p></p><p class="yiv7568524848MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In the partnership, KBA will work closely with Huawei-Kenya to spearhead industrywide capacity building initiatives aimed at promoting knowledge on financial technology innovation, digital transformation, and other ICT-related programmes in the banking industry.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Under the partnership, KBA and Huawei will also aim to promote financial inclusion activities in line with the KBA Strategic Plan for the period 2020 to 2023. Launched last year, the Plan seeks to promote access to affordable financial services through tech-aided operational efficiency.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking during the signing of the agreement, KBA Chief Executive Officer Dr. Habil Olaka said the cooperation would go a long way in promoting the delivery of efficient banking services in Kenya through knowledge-sharing programmes that will be organized by the two institutions.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">“This partnership will further focus on research and knowledge-sharing activities, which will supplement the research initiatives that continue to be spearheaded by the Association’s Centre for Research Financial on Markets and Policy®. In this regard, the collaboration will certainly augment KBA’s and member banks’ knowledge base in engagements with diverse stakeholders from a fact-based perspective,’’ Dr. Olaka added.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The partnership comes on the heels of the the 2020 edition of the Huawei-KBA Online FSI Summit slated for 30<sup>th</sup> September this Year. The forum is among the initiatives Huawei and KBA are jointly  implementing to promote the delivery of efficient banking services through technology under the cooperation agreement.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Huawei-Kenya Chief Executive Officer Mr. Will Meng welcomed the partnership, saying technology will remain a core driver towards enhancing convenient access to financial services in light of disruptive occurrences such as the ongoing Coronavirus Disease pandemic.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">‘’The theme of the upcoming summit is ‘’Building Banking Core Competence through Digital Transformation to Accelerate Inclusive Finance’’. It is one of the initiatives we are rolling out in Kenya in partnership with the Association to ensure we optimally leverage on technology to achieve affordable and accessible financial services in the regional economy,’’ said Mr. Lee.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The summit comes at a time when the global economy is coping with the impact of the Coronavirus Disease. Dr. Olaka noted that the banking industry has continued to tap into the potential of technology to uphold business continuity and supporting customers, a culmination of efficient deployment of technology by the banking sector during this period.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">“Beyond the COVID-19 disruption, we see technology as an invaluable enabler of financial inclusion. I have no doubt that the summit along with the KBA-Huawei collaboration will play a significant role in our collective efforts to entrench technology in our operations and sustain our contribution to the national development agenda,’’ Dr. Olaka said.</div></span></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 11.25pt;"><p class="yiv7568524848MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Huawei.</span></span></i></p></div>