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2024 Phase 1 Progress [2024-08-23]

It has been a busy time since my last post.  The 2024 Phase 1 boxes had a smooth trip to Tanzania, and Reneal Team Tanzania has completed installation of all 12 of the new computer labs!  The Team is now in the process of doing the computer lab training for teachers at these schools.  Reneal, with the invaluable assistance of our Country Director David Nyangaka, has now installed over 100 computer labs in Tanzania!  And of course, we couldn’t have done this without the support of our generous donor, Apto Solutions!

Long-delayed update [2024-05-11]

It’s been a busy time here at Reneal Headquarters.  In my last blog post, we were just starting installations for 2023 Phase 2.  I’m happy to report that all ten of those new computer labs are up and running.  We are on the brink of shipping the equipment for 2024 Phase 1, which will add 12 more schools to the Reneal family.  A huge THANK YOU goes to Apto Solutions for making this work possible!

Phase 2 installations [2024-01-20]

A belated Happy New Year from Reneal!  A lot has happened since the last blog post.  With a big assist from Kennedy Masatu from Bureau Veritas, Reneal was able to meet the requirements for Tanzania’s new ecolevy policy and ship the Phase 2 equipment.  Reneal Country Directory David Nyangaka did his usual magic to coordinate for receiving the boxes upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport in the first few days of 2024.  Already four new Reneal computer labs have been installed!  Hats off to Reneal Team Tanzania’s Juma Mshihiri for his quality installation work.

2023 Phase 2 [2023-11-19]

The last couple of weeks have found us deep in the midst of preparing the equipment for Reneal’s 2023 Phase 2.  We are so grateful to Apto Solutions (www.aptosoutions.com) for their incredible support of Reneal’s project benefitting the students in Tanzania!  We will be installing new computer labs in ten additional public secondary schools, thanks to their latest generous donation.  In addition, Apto Solutions donated desktop computers that will be deployed as Teacher-in-a-Box servers in another twenty Tanzania public secondary schools. 

Back home [2023-10-19]

Hard to believe that the 2023 Tanzania trip is already in the rear-view mirror.  The time always goes so fast!  We are so grateful to Reneal Team Tanzania for helping us achieve our goals for the time in Arusha.  Neal got the updates finished at the three schools with MacBook labs and got an exciting new capability deployed at Mlangarini Secondary School.  Country Director David Nyangaka delivered Teacher-in-a-Box servers to schools in Babati District.  Together with our Team we did a lot of laptop repairs.  We met with our partners at Arusha Node Marie, Terrawatu, and A is for Africa, as well as with many local government officials who support Reneal’s work.  Neal taught a seminar at a local IT college on using AI in programming.  Overall it was a busy and productive trip!

2023 Reneal TZ-US Teams Reunited [2023-09-16]

It’s great to be back in Arusha with Reneal Team Tanzania!  We arrived late on September 5th and were met at the airport by Reneal Country Director David Nyangaka.  We finally got to meet James and Juma, the newest members of Reneal Team Tanzania, in person.  One of our main goals for this trip is spending time with the Team to identify major challenges and to share Neal’s detailed knowledge of the system with them.  Another key goal is doing some updates on the thee Reneal MacBook labs, since last year we were focused on updating the regular thin-client systems.  All in all, it’s a big chunk of work but we are optimistic that we can get it done together with the Team.

2023 Phase 1 completed! [2023-08-31]

This news is a bit delayed, but Reneal Team Tanzania has finished installations of all of the new 2023 Phase 1 computer labs!  A million thanks to Apto Solutions (www.aptosolutions.com) for the generous donation of laptops to make these ten new computer labs possible!  Almost 9000 additional public high school students in Tanzania now have computers at their school.  We are grateful to the school and local officials for their cooperation, and for the leadership of Reneal Country Director David Nyangaka to help the schools prepare.

Reneal Team Tanzania in Action [2023-07-14]

In my last blog post, the boxes for 2023 Phase 1 were just embarking on the long trip to Tanzania.  I’m happy to report that nine of the ten new computer labs have been installed already by Reneal Team Tanzania – and this in spite of the June school break!  Thanks to the efforts of Reneal Country David Nyangaka, the schools did their preparations well in advance of the start of installation work.  We are so grateful for the cooperation of school and government officials for these efforts!  And of course, a huge THANK YOU to Apto Solutions (www.aptosolutions.com) for the generous donation of laptops to make this work possible! 

2023 Phase 1 Underway [2023-05-12]

It’s been a huge flurry of activity these last few weeks.  Reneal Team Tanzania completed the last 2022 Phase 2 projects, installed a new computer lab at Irkisale Secondary School in Monduli District and expanding the existing lab at Namanga Secondary School in Longido.  And almost simultaneously, the boxes for 2023 Phase 1 were sent on their way to Tanzania!  Thanks so much to Apto Solutions for continuing to support the students in Tanzania with generous donations of computer equipment.  The latest shipment will be used to install new computer labs in ten additional government secondary schools!

A busy month [2023-04-08]

Another two computer labs are up and running!  Reneal Team Tanzania Robert Nyangaka and Juma Ramadhani traveled to Kondoa District in Dodoma Region for these installations.  We welcome Bicha and Bukulu Secondary Schools to the Reneal family!  In addition, the Team expanded the existing computer lab at Amani Abeid Karume Secondary School.  We are so excited to have more computers for the students now at this very active lab.  Thanks so much to Apto Solutions for making all of this work possible!

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