May 14, 2025
Air Traffic Triples in Four Years
More than two million passengers frequented the international airports in Zanzibar and Pemba in 2024. Nothing illustrates the tourism boom in Zanzibar better than the traffic numbers at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (AAKIA) and the much smaller Karume Airport in Pemba. Between 2020 and 2024 the number of passengers more than tripled from 660,000
May 5, 2025
New Dada New Orleans
New Orleans has become a sister-city of Zanzibar – mayors, chefs and universities are excited. An American lady chef in Stone Town, Ashley Maybe of The Box in the old post office, was instrumental in getting the sisterhood between New Orleans (360,000 inhabitants) and Zanzibar City (216, 000 inhabitants) off the ground. Culinary, university and
April 28, 2025
In a Different Time Zone
New private luxury island Bawe opens for business By Andrea Tapper The first of 19 private islands recently given away by the government, luxurious Bawe, has opened to guests. From Italian country style cooking to your own water villa on stilts – nothing is amiss in paradise. As long as you are prepared to part
April 28, 2025
Nothing Wasted!
Expert advice for taka-taka separation and recycling Fumba Town undisputedly has the highest standard in waste management in the whole of Zanzibar. But still, things could be improved if we learned how to separate our garbage better. Green expert Franko Goehse has some practical advice. Are you a clever or a lousy recycler? How well
April 14, 2025
Meet me on Sunset Drive
The streets of Fumba: named after flowers, Tanzanian classics and Swahili spices With more and more roads paved, a stunning highway-like entrance and about 1,400 homes sold, Fumba Town is ready to get street names. Signboards in green and white are in the making. It was the community that chose the names. On a Sunday
April 8, 2025
Football Fever
2027 Africa Cup of Nations in East Africa Africa’s biggest football tournament is coming to East Africa in 2027. Rumours have it that Zanzibar might yet become one of the hosts. For the first time the biennial soccer competition, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be held in three different countries in 2027 –
April 8, 2025
The Glass Miracle
Chako upcycling creates 50 jobs There are bottles everywhere. Of course. This is Chako’s raw material! Chako (Swahili for yours) is the oldest glass collection company in Zanzibar creating handcrafted art products from waste. When we visit the factory near Bububu, more than 50 women and men are busy cutting used bottles into new shapes;
March 24, 2025
The Big Make-over
Who and what is behind the ongoing facelift of Stone Town of Zanzibar’s historic heart? By Andrea Tapper The historic quarter of Zanzibar is undergoing a massive overhaul and facelift. Exclusively for THE FUMBA TIMES, state conservator Ali Said Bakar and private investor Samuel Saba revealed their plans for the evocative make-over during a discovery
March 21, 2025
New Chance For Stone Town
EXCLUSIVE – Two men on a joint mission to beautify Zanzibar’s historic heart By Andrea Tapper Never before has there been a concerted action like this: The whole of Stone Town and several of its historical icons are being dusted-off, renovated, modernised, repaired and repainted. Two men have vowed to tackle the mammoth task. From
March 20, 2025
Enjoying Zanzibar during Ramadan
What visitors should know about the Holy Month By Winnie Mollel Contrary to what some people may think, Zanzibar is not off limits to tourists during Ramadan. In fact, the most holy month of the Muslim calendar can be an especially enlightening time. Ramadan (also written Ramadhan) is the fasting month in Islam, a time
February 25, 2025
My Beautiful Launderette
The figures hit us straight away. When we heard that Pure Laundry, a new enterprise in Fumba Uptown, could wash, dry and neatly fold 7.2 tonnes of laundry per day, we knew that THE FUMBA TIMES had to visit the place. 7.2 tonnes – that’s about 1,000 normal household washing machine loads. Per day! Behind
February 3, 2025
Street Art Explosion
Watch street art live in the making from 3-17 February, 2025 in Fumba Town, workshops for kids included. Black gorillas on the wall of the mall, a giraffe in a restaurant. Eight public spaces and two private houses are being converted into colourful objects during a very first ‘Street Art Festival’ in Fumba Town in
