http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Jakaya_KikweteFind stories, videos, and photos about Jakaya Kikwete from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:42:17 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/07/22/seacom.on/tztop.optics.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Jakaya_Kikwete14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Jakaya Kikwete from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/22/seacom.on/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/22/seacom.on/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn undersea cable plugging east Africa into high speed Internet access went live Thursday, providing an alternative to expensive satellite connections.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/av.kikwete/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/av.kikwete/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe's one of a new generation of African leaders, championing a free market, stronger ties to the West and the ultimate unification of Africa. Kikwete was elected president of Tanzania with 80 percent of the vote in 2005, and maintains strong support at home and abroad. However he faces some tough challenges combating poverty and growing Tanzania's economy. But ultimately he says his mission is focused and simple: "Essentially it is service to the people of Tanzania; this is my interest."Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:59:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/11/11/hasheem.the.dream/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/11/11/hasheem.the.dream/index.htmlThabit Manka is up on the back step of his house in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for good reason: If he posed on level ground with his eldest son, their height difference would be accentuated to the point of absurdity. Even like this, in the last photo they would ever take together, the top of Thabit's kufi only meets the giant boy's shoulders. It's April 2004, and the son, 17-year-old Hashim Thabit Manka, as his name was written then, is seven feet of limbs drowning in baggy jeans and a retro Philadelphia 76ers shirt, staring straight into the camera with only the faintest hint of a smile. The father's billowy kanzu and the gray edges of his facial hair give him a regal air at the age of 56; he is grinning, with his gaze fixed slightly off to the left.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/17/bush.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/17/bush.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush gave Tanzania's president, who played basketball as a youth, a pair of Shaquille O'Neal's shoes Sunday, along with millions of dollars to help combat disease and poverty in the east African country.Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/31/burundi.refugees.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/31/burundi.refugees.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter more than a decade in refugee camps, Jean Kayobera was ready to come home.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:10:00 EDT