Fumba Town backstage: from streets to schools to solar energy. The city of the future, urbanisation on a global scale - these topics are hotly debated all over the world. Katrin Dietzold, co-founder and new town manager of Fumba Town in Zanzibar, explains priorities and challenges - on the ground. THE FUMBA TIMES: A mosque […]
Is it hard to stay without water? Can you actually work? Are tourists welcome? Hafsa Mbamba, prominent Zanzibari career woman and mum, gives us an insight into her life during the holy month, taking place around 22 March to 20 April this year. Please tell us about your Ramadan routine - between office and family? […]
EXCLUSIVE: New Director of Museums and Antiquities speaks out during walk-about in Stone Town More than 1000 years of vibrant history. World Heritage status. Stone Town is a unique treasure, a priceless tourism jewel. Maryam Mansab, the new young director of all museums in Zanzibar, is set to save the “living museum”. Her office, for […]
Football builds up team spirit even at the workplace, says communication manager Baraka S. Mosha and invites you to Fumba matches every Wednesday As evening slowly settled over another sun-drenched Wednesday, a giant orange orbit cast a shimmering glaze over the aquamarine waters of our tropical island. With football fever fluttering in the breeze and […]
Begin 2023 in a fresh and healthy space… and let go! Do you have a toxic relationship with your own life? Now is the best time for a clean-up, says Zanzibar-born wellness coach Fatma Zaidi, and shares her ideas. Fatma Zaidi, wellness consultant, born in Zanzibar, living in Toronto Some call it spring-cleaning, some the […]
Zanzibar holiday sparks huge green business in Europe During a three-week-visit to Zanzibar a German couple discovers his mission and starts turning old fishnets into „bracenets“. By now Madeleine von Hohenthal and Benjamin Wenke have sold more than 100,000 of the green accessories online. Together with international partner organisations they have recovered more than 700 […]
Burj Zanzibar - the planned sustainable apartment tower for Africa will compel the continent into the top green league worldwide. The sale of around 250 apartments has commenced. Construction could begin at the end 2023/2024. The project was officially launched in October in Muscat, Oman. High-tech timber construction For now, the prefab timber parts for […]
Burj Zanzibar: world’s tallest timber apartment tower to be built in Fumba A world record for Zanzibar! The Indian Ocean island is planning the highest green building in the world - and nowhere less than in Fumba Town. Curtain up for the iconic enterprise By Andrea Tapper Breathtaking 360-sea views all around. A playful architecture […]
Blizzy moments with Oscar-worthy actresses on the island and abroad Oscar winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o dives with Zanzibar’s makachus and stars in Black Panther 2. Island singer Siti Amina collects awards for the homegrown movie success Tug of War. “You invited me and I came. It’s as simple as that”, said Lupita Nyong'o when […]
More than 80 years of airport experience, Zanzibar ex-parliamentarian Parmukh Singh Hoodan, 66, a vivid defender of heritage in Zanzibar, recalls: "In the 40s.....
Beach & country chic, made in Tanzania, is what Andrea Tapper envisaged for her house in Fumba. The editor of THE FUMBA TIMES opened her doors for us. By staff writer In the late afternoon, the sun paints golden circles on the carpet in the living room. “Just after five pm is the magic hour”, […]
What makes a winner? Climbing up Kilimanjaro can give you important clues, writes business celebrity Miranda Naiman, founder & managing partner of Empower. The Tanzanian consulting firm provides talent & insight for clients across Africa It’s 2:17am on a December day and my tightly booted-feet trudge gradually forward in zig-zag formation in eerie darkness. An artic […]
