1. Annastazia Rugaba - Marondo
P.O.Box 78533 Dar es Salaam; Mobile: +255 (0) 687 222 197 or 0762 837 276
annarugaba@gmail.com; neemarug@yahoo.com;
www.linkedin.com/in/annastaziarugaba
Summary
I am a Communication Specialist, with ten years’ experience working for NGOs and the Tanzanian
Government. I am Fluent in English and Swahili. I hold a Master’s Degree in Media Practice for
International Development from the University of Sussex in the UK and a B.A Degree in Mass
Communication from the University of Dar es Salaam-Tanzania.
I recently worked with The President's Delivery Bureau as a Manager Communication Strategy and
Monitoring. I have also worked with HakiElimu as a Manager in the Media Unit, Media
Development and Research as a Lucky! Magazine Managing Editor, Envirocare as Mass
Communication & Field Officer, UNDP as an Intern and UPENDO RADIO FM as a journalist trainee.
I have served leadership positions as Dar es Salaam University Students Organization’s (DARUSO)
Vice-President, Founding president of UDSM – Institute of Journalism and Mass Communications’
Human Rights Press Club and Senior Academic Prefect at Kibiti High School.
I have participated in several international trainings (as a trainee and a trainer) in and outside Africa
on Media Use, Information Access, Child and Human Rights Programming, Gender issues, social
Accountability tools, Managing Financial and Technical Challenges in Projects etc. I have also
trained Journalists on how to conduct investigative journalism in Education issues, youth on rights
and responsibilities, School Committee and village leaders on owning the education process,
VICOBA women groups on how to run successful initiatives in a BRN way; just to mention a few
I have produced documentaries, started campaign blogs, written papers and articles on The Future
of Press Freedom in Tanzania, Brown Envelope in Tanzania, Youth Unemployment in Tanzania, The
role of Tanzanian parents and teachers to Children’s career, the role of the Radio in Communicating
8 UN MDGs in Tanzania, Students Politics and Leadership, etc.
I am hard working and I love working in a team. I am a reliable and flexible communication
specialist who is looking forward to become a reliable guru in Media and Communication industry.
Experiences
I am a multi-skilled person who is flexible to explore and learn new things in any working
environment. I have skills in managing advocacy programs and projects, report writing, leadership
and organization, media and communication, film production, conducting research, managing
weekly columns, social media, training and facilitation, public speaking, managing events, TV and
Radio programs; just to mention a few. I have acquired these and much more in and outside
Tanzania. Below are some details;
• July 2016: Consultancy to write a training follow-up report for Tanzania Gender Networking
Programme
• March – September 2015: Consultancy for the Communication services in support to European
Union Development Year 2015; in consortium with Particip GmbH.
• February - March 2015: Co – organized the Big Results Now Annual Report Release National
event
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2. • October 2014: Runt a workshop on Big Results Now! (BRN) Delivery Methodology to the
Association of Economic Students at the University of Dar es Salaam
• June 2014 – February 2015: Co – Produced a BRN Transformation Journey documentary
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPNd9L9ZNWQ)
• May – September 2014: Co developed a BRN Communication strategy, work plans and several
media use guidelines.
• June – September 2014: Co organized BRN Ministers Retreat, BRN Implementers Retreats, BRN
investor’s Road show and BRN New National Key Results Areas Labs.
• May 2014: Trained VICOBA Secretariat on How they can include Big Result Now (BRN) Delivery
Methodology into their Project
• February 2014: Trained four School Committees and runt community dialogues in selected
schools and villages in Bariadi- Simiyu, on Community Education management.
• October 2009- March 2014: Produced biweekly Tafakari Time TV and Radio Programs for
HakiElimu
• August 2013: Produced a Documentary Project on the Future of Press Freedom in Tanzania,
(Report and Documentary can be found at
http://freepress13.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/free-the-press-now/)
• May 2012: Attended a three day training on Budget Analysis organized by IDASA at Pretoria
South Africa
• October 2011: Attended Campaign for social change Training at MS- TCDC Arusha Tanzania
• March 2010: Organized a training on Media Use in Civil Society Organizations at
HakiElimu – Tanzania
• January 2010: Paid a one month learning visit to Brazil and Argentina to learn from Latin
America's CSOs.
• October 2009: Attended Information Access training organized by IDASA in Accra Ghana
• August 2009: Attended a training on Child Rights Programming organized by IDASA in Malawi
• May 2009: Attended a Training in Social Accountability tools in Johannesburg South Africa
• May 2009: I Trained Journalists in Southern part of Tanzania(Rukwa, Mbeya, Iringa and
Ruvuma) on how to conduct investigative journalism in Education issues
• February 2009: Attended a workshop on How to Communicate The Controller and Audit
General Reports to the Public, workshop organized by National Audit Office Tanzania
• November 2008: Attended training on Leadership VS Management by Norwegian Peoples Aid
in Tanzania
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3. • May 2008: Attended workshop on ‘Problem Solving: Managing Financial and Technical
Challenges in Projects’, organized by Rapid Funding Envelope (RFE)/Deloitte in Dar es Salaam
• October 2007: Trained on Website Designing and Management using Joomla at MS TCDC in
Arusha Tanzania
• September 2007: Trained on Result Oriented Practice for Learning and Accountability at MS -
TCDC in Arusha
• August 2007: Attended Women Direct Africa’s Regional Strategizing Workshop in Mombasa,
Kenya
• August 2007: Attended Regional Strategizing workshop on Human Rights organized by Raol
Wallenberg Institute Africa in Nairobi, Kenya
• June 2006: Participated in a Leadership Inter-Action Programme organized by the British
Council in Tanzania
Some of my Published works:
• https://freepress13.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/reflective-report-of-a-documentary-on-
the-future-of-press-freedom-in-Tanzania/
• https://annastaziarugaba.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/brown-envelope-ethical-blunder-
or-fortune-case-study-of-tanzania-by-annastazia-rugaba-critical-perspective-on-
development-media-and-social-change-ma-in-media-practice-for-international-
development/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJxao6yyPo&spfreload=10
• http://allafrica.com/stories/201503231263.html
Work Experience
Advocacy Consultant at Twaweza (August 2016 – December 2016)
I am contracted to undertake all advocacy programs of Twaweza Tanzania
Manager Communication Strategy and Monitoring, President’s Delivery Bureau (PDB), Dar es
Salaam (April 2014 to April 2016)
I was managing the PDB Media and Communication Strategy and Monitoring activities for the Big
Result Now – (BRN) Initiative; consistent with the National Key Result Areas which are Education,
Health, Agriculture, Water, Energy, Transport and Resource Mobilization and Improving the
Business Environment in an effort to see Tanzania becoming a middle income economy country by
2025 (Tanzania Development Vision- TDV2025)
Manager Media and Advocacy Unit, HakiElimu Dar es Salaam (December 2013 to April 2014)
I was Managing the Media and Advocacy Unit activities as well as the associated budgets and work
plans, consistent with established HakiElimu policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures; foster
intra- and inter-unit linkages and synergies within HakiElimu, undertake joint activities where
appropriate; support other unit Managers to succeed in their responsibilities, participate actively in
Organization wide research and learning, support the leadership of the ED through active
participation in the management team, contribute to the formation and promotion of HakiElimu
policies and standards; foster effective staff relations, motivation and accountability; cultivate
working relationships with partners; advise on key issues and contribute to overall organizational
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4. responsibilities; actively participate in relevant meetings with CSO’s, the Government and other key
partners.
Senior Program Officer, HakiElimu, Dar es Salaam Tanzania (November 2009 to November 2013)
In charge for planning and preparing TV and radio Programs, youth forums, HakiElimu
documentaries, updating social media platforms, participating in education researches, facilitate
and provide support to HakiElimu media work and cultivate functional relationship with key media
outlets and partner Organizations
Temporary Manager Media Unit, HakiElimu (One year contract during Manager's study leave)
(October 2008 to October 2009)
I was Managing the Media Unit activities and associated budgets as well as work plans, consistent
with established HakiElimu policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures; foster intra- and inter-
unit linkages and synergies within HakiElimu, undertake joint activities where appropriate;
participate actively in Organization wide research and learning and actively participate in relevant
meetings with CSO’s, the Government and other key partners.
Lucky! Magazine Managing Editor, Media Development and Research Limited, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania (July 2008 to Dec 2010)
My overall responsibility apart from co-initiate the company and a magazine, I was writing and
editing magazine contents as well as supervising the Lucky! Magazine team. Before leaving Lucky!
Magazine three issues where in the market.
Mass Communication & Field Officer, Envirocare, Dar es Salaam Tanzania (July 2007 to September
2008)
I was managing Envirocare’s website; documentaries, press releases, media advisories and
conferences; writing articles for Environews and the website; raising awareness about new
Envirocare projects; fostering public relations with the national and international community;
facilitating workshops and community trainings; supervising a project for supporting 200 orphans
and vulnerable children in Mufindi District through vocational training (project funded by RFE);
assisting in supervising projects on cultural biodiversity, community ecological governance, organic
coffee production, preventing industrial toxic chemicals in Tanzania, participatory forest
management, and Kilindi Baseline Study on conflict resolution between pastoralists and farmers
Intern in the Public Information Unit, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dar es
Salaam Tanzania (June 2006 to September 2006)
I was tasked with organizing press conferences, preparing press releases, media advisories and
media briefs as well as organizing training on Television Interview Skills for UN Officers
A Journalist Trainee, UPENDO RADIO FM, Dar es Salaam Tanzania (June 2005 to September 2005)
Tasked with news gathering and writing for radio broadcast and newspaper
Education
University of Sussex, Brighton UK
Sept 2012 to Sept 2013
MA in Media Practice for International Development (With Merit)
University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Sept 2004 to Nov 2007
BA in Mass Communication, 3.9 GPA (Upper Second Class with Honors)
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5. Kibiti High School, Coast Region Tanzania
July 2002 to May 2004
Advanced Certificate in Secondary School majoring in History, Swahili, English an General Studies;
Acquired Division 1.9
Nganza Secondary School, Mwanza Tanzania
January 1999 to November 2001
Ordinary Level in Secondary School Majoring in Basic Math’s, Geography, History, Swahili, English,
Biology, Civics, Food and Nutrition and Bible Knowledge; Acquired Division 3.21
Bukongo Secondary School
January 1998 to November 1998
Ordinary Level Form one studies then shifted to Nganza Girls High School.
Murutunguru Primary School
1991 -1997
Basic Primary Education
Personal Information
I am a Tanzanian Lady, born on 4th
March 1984, a devoted wife to Sebastian Marondo, a Mother to
Nancy Marondo (2012) and Ethan Marondo (2015)
Hobbies & Interests
Reading inspirational books and Journals, watching life changing Films, movies and documentaries,
Writing, Social networking, family and Traveling
References
1. Neema A Musomba, Manager – Human Resource and Administration, Presidents Office,
President’s Delivery Bureau, Box 3815 Dar es salaam, Mobile: +255 (0) 713 273 865 or 687
222 361, nmusomba@pdb.go.tz
2. Dr. Ayoub Rioba, Director General, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)
P.O.Box 9191, Dar es Salaam +255713250594 ayubrioba@hotmail.com
3. Prof. Casmir M. Rubagumya, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), St. John’s University of
Tanzania, P.O.Box 47 Dodoma, crubagumya@sjut.ac.tz
4. Ms. Wilma de Jong, Lecturer in Media and Film Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton
United Kingdom W.Dejong@sussex.ac.uk +44 1273 872540
5. Patrick Ngwediagi, Registrar of Plant Breeders' Rights, Ministry of Agriculture Food Security
and Cooperatives of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, 0754322206/0715322206,
ngwedi@yahoo.com, patrick.ngwediagi@kilimo.go.tz
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6. Kibiti High School, Coast Region Tanzania
July 2002 to May 2004
Advanced Certificate in Secondary School majoring in History, Swahili, English an General Studies;
Acquired Division 1.9
Nganza Secondary School, Mwanza Tanzania
January 1999 to November 2001
Ordinary Level in Secondary School Majoring in Basic Math’s, Geography, History, Swahili, English,
Biology, Civics, Food and Nutrition and Bible Knowledge; Acquired Division 3.21
Bukongo Secondary School
January 1998 to November 1998
Ordinary Level Form one studies then shifted to Nganza Girls High School.
Murutunguru Primary School
1991 -1997
Basic Primary Education
Personal Information
I am a Tanzanian Lady, born on 4th
March 1984, a devoted wife to Sebastian Marondo, a Mother to
Nancy Marondo (2012) and Ethan Marondo (2015)
Hobbies & Interests
Reading inspirational books and Journals, watching life changing Films, movies and documentaries,
Writing, Social networking, family and Traveling
References
1. Neema A Musomba, Manager – Human Resource and Administration, Presidents Office,
President’s Delivery Bureau, Box 3815 Dar es salaam, Mobile: +255 (0) 713 273 865 or 687
222 361, nmusomba@pdb.go.tz
2. Dr. Ayoub Rioba, Director General, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)
P.O.Box 9191, Dar es Salaam +255713250594 ayubrioba@hotmail.com
3. Prof. Casmir M. Rubagumya, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), St. John’s University of
Tanzania, P.O.Box 47 Dodoma, crubagumya@sjut.ac.tz
4. Ms. Wilma de Jong, Lecturer in Media and Film Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton
United Kingdom W.Dejong@sussex.ac.uk +44 1273 872540
5. Patrick Ngwediagi, Registrar of Plant Breeders' Rights, Ministry of Agriculture Food Security
and Cooperatives of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, 0754322206/0715322206,
ngwedi@yahoo.com, patrick.ngwediagi@kilimo.go.tz
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