The Tanzanian Times is a digital media platform telling authentic, thought-provoking stories rooted in Tanzanian and African culture, identity, and global influence. Built for a collective of innovators, it explores the continent through a modern lens spanning lifestyle, music, business, architecture, and culinary expression—highlighting not just where Africa has been, but where it’s going.
Founders
Ibrahim A Max
Jackie Lawrence
A Brief History
At the beginning, we were just a group of students from Tanzania, stepping into our careers and seeing the world for the first time. Through travel and exposure, we realized something powerful — the image of Africa has been narrowly defined.
When people think of Africa, they picture wildlife, forests, villages… and too often, they attach it to struggle or limitation.
But that’s not our full story. And no one can tell it better than us.
This magazine exists to redefine what “wild” means.
Not the wild that’s been boxed into nature documentaries — but a different kind of wild.
A wild rooted in creativity.
In fashion that speaks without permission.
In art that challenges perspective.
In business, innovation, and culture that moves with its own rhythm.
We are wild in how we think, how we build, how we express.
This is not the Africa the world has been shown.
This is the Africa we live.
Through this magazine, we embrace a new definition — our modern wild life.
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