Kizito Makoye

Kizito Makoye Shigela is a Tanzanian Journalist working on freelance basis with a number of local and international news agencies. He writes news and human-interest feature stories on a number of topics ranging from the humanitarian impacts of climate change to women's rights. He has over the years developed a passion for science journalism with profound interest in covering stories related to climate change and how it affects the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities in East Africa. He's the winner of 2017 Global Media Reporting Fellowship from the Center for Science and Environment on REDD+ and has attended several local and international training programs for journalists. He loves extensive reading and travelling.

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Desert Locusts Invasion Cause Panic In Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro Region

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — At first glance, Hilder Tarimo, a local farmer in a sleepy Ngai Nairobi village in Tanzania’s Siha district, thought the dark dense blot darkening...

Nearly Half Of Tanzania Female Journalists Offer Sexual Bribery, Survey Finds

Dar es Salaam — Widespread economic doldrums and the rising wave of moral decay have forced an unprecedented number of female journalists into the trap of sexual bribery where...

Tanzania, Burundi Shun COVID-19 Vaccines

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — As nations worldwide are banking on COVID-19 vaccines to quash the deadly Coronavirus, Tanzania and Burundi have rejected the badly needed jabs, a move...