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At the 33rd Tanzania International Book Fair, Deputy Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports gives public institutions two weeks to agree concrete anti-piracy measures

by Mark Williams | Oct 19, 2026 | Book Fairs, Piracy, Tanzania | 0 |

Tanzania has ordered a two-week crackdown on book piracy. What does the government’s hard line mean for writers, publishers and rights holders?

Tanzania’s Publishing Industry Faces Swahili Literature Decline as English Titles Dominate Market

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2025 | Africa, Book Fairs, Tanzania | 0 |

Tanzanian publishing leaders warn that English titles outsell Swahili books, urging industry action to revive national literature and reading culture.

Bookbot improves literacy in Indonesia while western publishing sits on the AI fence

by Mark Williams | Jul 7, 2024 | Indonesia, Tanzania | 0 |

The time needed to train the bot for Kiswahili will be down to 3-6 months instead of two years....

Big Bad Wolf debuts in Africa. Tanzania the first step. Kenya next?

by Mark Williams | Sep 14, 2022 | Africa, Big Bad Wolf sale, Tanzania | 0 |

This venture is being supported by the Sharjah Book Authority in keeping with the 2019 agreement...

African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes 7th largest country by online population

by Mark Williams | Apr 3, 2019 | Africa, Algeria, Australia, Cameroon, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, D.R. Congo, Ebooks, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Global Publishing, Italy, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Senegal, South America, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, The global book market, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 0 |

At the IPA Africa Seminar in Lagos in 2018 it was reported that the African book market was worth...

StreetLib completes Pan-African digital footprint. Launches a publisher portal for every nation in Africa. 800m Africans online by 2025

by Mark Williams | Mar 12, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, Algeria, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Ethiopia, Ghana, Global Publishing, Innovative Publishing, Morocco, Publishing News, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, The global book market, Uganda | 0 |

Italy-based digital books distributor and publishing facilitator StreetLib has completed the third...

Tanzania's 2018 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature sets the scene for the Kenya Swahili Literary Festival

by Mark Williams | Feb 12, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Indigenous Languages, Kenya, Publishing Brief, Tanzania, The global book market | 7 |

Weeks before the first ever Swahili Literary Festival kicks off in Kenya in the first days of...

Kenya’s Swahili Literary Festival 2019 set for Mombasa in March, but don’t get your hopes up to be selling Swahili ebooks on Amazon

by Mark Williams | Dec 13, 2018 | Africa, Book Fairs, D.R. Congo, Global Publishing, Kenya, Publishing Brief, Tanzania, The global book market, Uganda | 0 |

A Swahili Literary Festival? Those who follow the African literary scene (or indeed follow TNPS)...

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At the 33rd Tanzania International Book Fair, Deputy Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports gives public institutions two weeks to agree concrete anti-piracy measures

Tanzania’s Publishing Industry Faces Swahili Literature Decline as English Titles Dominate Market

Bookbot improves literacy in Indonesia while western publishing sits on the AI fence

Big Bad Wolf debuts in Africa. Tanzania the first step. Kenya next?

African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes 7th largest country by online population

StreetLib completes Pan-African digital footprint. Launches a publisher portal for every nation in Africa. 800m Africans online by 2025

Tanzania's 2018 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature sets the scene for the Kenya Swahili Literary Festival

Kenya’s Swahili Literary Festival 2019 set for Mombasa in March, but don’t get your hopes up to be selling Swahili ebooks on Amazon

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