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Vel Gnanendran, Head of #DFIDTanzania

I'm Head of the DFID Tanzania office, based in Dar es Salaam. It's an amazing time to be here. Everything is on the move: economics, environment, society and politics. Looking forward to sharing ideas on these, and many other, issues.

Tanzania: One year in...

I’ve just passed a major milestone: my one year anniversary of arriving in Tanzania. Today also sees the launch of the amazing Project Everyone. If you’re a development person, you’ll know that the UN is about to agree a new set …

The Power of Young People #YouthSummit

Last Saturday, I joined the Tanzanian Youth Summit, one of several such events happening across the world, that will culminate in London in a few days (check out the #YouthSummit site). It was a room full of young Tanzanians who …