October 8, 2024
Taste the West End
Rough, beautiful, and full of surprises The fishing village of Kizimkazi at the southwest end of Zanzibar used to be a mere stopping point to go on controversial dolphin tours. Still, the sleeping beauty is waking up – not least thanks to a very, very important lady. Unusual restaurants, hotel expansions, a cliff coastline and
October 7, 2024
Obituary: end of an era
THE FUMBA TIMES wishes to pay tribute to a great photographer and chronicler of news in Zanzibar, Ramesh R.T. Oza. The renowned photographer passed away at the beginning of September 2024 at the age of 69. With his “Capital Art Studio” on Kenyatta Road in Stone Town he captured the entire history of Zanzibar – in black and
October 7, 2024
A day at the Wonder Campus
India’s best university IITM opened its first African branch in Zanzibar Like a UFO from another planet, a branch of one of the best universities in the world landed in rural Zanzibar on the Fumba peninsula – and started teaching straight away. How is it possible? To find out, we spent a day at the
September 23, 2024
Color your life!
First mural art festival in Fumba Town White is beautiful – at least in Zanzibar’s modern seaside town Fumba. Now, an inaugural mural art festival will add some artistic touches of colour to the town’s design. London has it, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro look brighter with it and soon it will add some
September 23, 2024
“My african dreams”
British actor Idris Elba about his plans The man who played Nelson Mandela has big African ambitions: a film studio here in Zanzibar, a smart green island in Sierra Leone, How far have his plans come? If things go well, popular film star Idris Elba will have quite some jet-setting between West and East Africa
September 23, 2024
Ready for renting out?
How to let your property work for you – More holiday homes in Zanzibar New choices for tourists and homeowners.A world-class rental scheme for holiday homes is coming to the island. First out comes the calculator, then the sunshine. That goes for tourists as well as for investors. Whether you are holidaying in Zanzibar, investing
August 26, 2024
I can't see animals suffer – swiss biologist helping Zanzibar with her paka clinic
Some tourists fall crazily in love with the cats of Stone Town and pay hundreds of dollars to take a kitten home. On the other hand, Zanzibar is struggling to keep the numbers of wild cats at bay. The “Paka Clinic” in Mombasa takes care of both. Our entry seems staged. When the metal door
August 19, 2024
The making of… a newspaper from start to finish
THE FUMBA TIMES is celebrating its 5th anniversary. We started in 2019. On the occasion of that anniversary, we’d like to take you backstage, and demonstrate the many steps needed in newspaper production – from story ideas to printing, and finally to distribution. Any good story starts with a smart idea. And any good newspaper
August 13, 2024
“Every community needs a champion”
Interview with Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin 2.5 million followers on Insta: Vitalik Buterin, 30, founder of the second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum, came to Zanzibar and made time for a frank interview with THE FUMBA TIMES Excuse our stupid question: How does cryptocurrency work? Cryptocurrency is a blockchain, an app that computer networks all around the
August 7, 2024
Emerson remembered – cultural pioneer of stone town
Become a member of the Emerson Foundation to keep “Babu’s” legacy alive. The longer I’m here the less I understand it”, these words were among the last of a man who knew Zanzibar and his beloved Stone Town probably better than anybody else. Emerson Skeens passed away ten years ago at the age of 65
July 29, 2024
Faster, Nairobi! City, country, creativity – all in one place
A visit to our neighbour: Kenya’s capital Nairobi has moved to another level with a giant expressway cutting through the heart of the city. The city of five million may look more American now, but it has kept its soul. A light-blue Ford Taunus V6 coupé, 1971, is parked in the gentle shade of an
July 22, 2024
Mangrove experience
The mangrove beach clean-up is close to Fumba Town. The Fumba community set out for a beach clean-up and recently planted over 1,500 mangrove seedlings to combat coastal erosion. More than thirty sacks of plastic waste were collected on a seafront stretch of about three kilometers. “It was quite an experience”, said Andrew Amani of
