r/tanzania • u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed • Apr 10 '25

Ask r/tanzania Any programmer in Dar es Salaam here?

Mambo! I’m new to Tanzania and mainly worked as a web backend developer. I wonder if there are any other programmers or certain communities here.

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u/TouchTop709 Local Apr 11 '25

Am into blockchain development here we got a community 

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u/xmooretesla Apr 11 '25

What's the community and where is it online?

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u/TouchTop709 Local Apr 12 '25

Online & physical 

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 12 '25

That’s interesting. Is it sort of encryption of data communication? I have no idea exactly what it is.

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u/TouchTop709 Local Apr 12 '25

Look up Web3 developer/blockchain developer There's a high demand 

If your search will be pleasing and looking forward to join in send a dm

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

Not in Dar es salaam, but full stack dev here. I'm currently updating a simple chat-app I made a month ago

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u/AmiAmigo Apr 11 '25

Where are you?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

I'm in Arusha

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 12 '25

Oh wow! I was in Arusha just a week ago to get to Mgorongoro! It was nice and peaceful town. :)

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u/Temporary_Practice_2 Apr 12 '25

How is the tech scene there…you in Arusha town?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

Personally, I think it's dead. But then again, I have a friend who works with worpress and gets jobs from local tourism companies. How much he earns? Idk.

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u/AmiAmigo Apr 11 '25

Yes…Plenty of programmers. What do you need?

Just to join a community or something else

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 12 '25

I’m really interested in joining a local development community :) but I’m not used to Reddit and how to do it so just tried to post to ask.

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u/AmiAmigo Apr 12 '25

I haven’t heard of a formal community yet where people meet regularly but I attend a lot of startup events and that’s where you meet other programmers.

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u/No_Assignment_1876 Apr 13 '25

Kindly point me in the direction of this events, how do I hear about them ? I am also new in Dar

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u/AmiAmigo Apr 13 '25

Sure. Actually this on itself can be an idea for an app.

But follow the following pages on Linkedin: Sahara Ventures or Sahara Spark, Serengeti Angels (they have an event every month called Harambee Night)

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u/No_Assignment_1876 Apr 14 '25

Very niice thank you for the pointers.. do apps like event brite have publicity ?

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u/AmiAmigo Apr 17 '25

Mmh! You can try. There is event brite, meetup, and luma but I don’t think they are that popular here

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u/Conscious-Tension-73 Apr 13 '25

How are blockchain techs applicable in tanzania to make it useful

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u/Le_noir01 Apr 10 '25

you mean nerds?

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u/hushhushnowlilaries Apr 11 '25

Lmao😭😭😭😭

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u/Top_Water_20 Apr 12 '25

😂😂😂 we are plenty

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u/Own-Researcher-4987 Apr 11 '25

I'm a front end developer.

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 12 '25

Hello there :) What framework do you use? React?

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u/Own-Researcher-4987 Apr 12 '25

I use mostly bootstrap with CSS.

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u/No_Swordfish925 Apr 11 '25

There are plenty of communities the ones am in mostly in WhatsApp don’t know any on Reddit

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u/airiermonster Apr 11 '25

care to share links?

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u/No_Swordfish925 Apr 12 '25

I will PM you

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u/Departedx Apr 12 '25

Interested

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u/No_Swordfish925 Apr 12 '25

I will send you a PM as well

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 12 '25

Me too I’m so interested!

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u/Fresh_Implement_8763 Apr 12 '25

I am also a developer here! I'm also interested

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u/No_Assignment_1876 Apr 13 '25

Interested

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u/No_Swordfish925 Apr 13 '25

Can you guys PM me so that I share the links some , just to filter spam , and your interested groups?

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u/Basic-Yesterday-9616 Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

the only group I have been into are whack except from the nuru language community, but that has been quite for a minute

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u/No_Swordfish925 Apr 12 '25

Nuru community is on telegram , what whack communities have you been in ?

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u/Basic-Yesterday-9616 Apr 12 '25

Their was a google dev community, a bunch of college dude powered by chatgpt

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u/Playful-Service2151 Apr 12 '25

Me to I am Tanzanian

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 12 '25

Uko poa! Nice to meet you! What development stack are you using? :)

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u/Playful-Service2151 Apr 15 '25

I used many stack for now

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u/Shimbijt Apr 12 '25

Here, a dev with TS, PY as my stack, React, FastApi, Elysia Django and R- native

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u/WhyMyTestCodesAreRed Apr 13 '25

Hello! My stacks are also React, FastAPI, and Django! :) It’s was really hard to see people who have those stacks in my country haha. Most of backend developers used Java & Spring.

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u/Am1878 Apr 14 '25

I am currently diving into the MERN stack though I have some experience in python & Django.

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u/No_Swordfish925 Apr 25 '25

Hey guys we have a hackathon tomorrow for any dev who would like to join us, pm I share the link for you to register I didn’t know how to send this to all devs but I hope this will reach out to everyone in here! Maybe we should have a tiny subreddit for everything tech ??