Welcome to CDEA
Promoting Creativity and Innovation is our Passion!
Chairman
Godfrey Madaraka Nyerere has more than 20-years’ experience promoting cultural tourism from the village of Butiama, in north-eastern Tanzania and within the Northern Tourism Circuit of the country. Butiama is the birthplace and burial location of Tanzania’s founding president, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Madaraka is the founder of Butiama Cultural Tourism Enterprise (BCTE), a community-based organization focused on promoting the historical legacy of Mwalimu Nyerere, and the cultural heritage of the Zanaki ethnic group.
Executive Director
Ayeta Anne Wangusa is a writer, creative social entrepreneur with interest in the creative economy, cultural policy and sustainable cities. She is a member of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility for 2005 Convention and a researcher in creative economy, media and communication policy and practice. She is the Executive Director of Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA).
Treasurer
Ms. Rose Haji Mwalimu has over 23 years of experience in media practice. She is a seasoned media practitioner starting from sub- editor to National Director of a leading regional Media Institution of Southern Africa (MISA)., and later a community radio specialist in Tanzania. She is the Founder Chair/Member – International Women in Radio and Television (IWART), of Tanzania Chapter.
Member
Ms. Editrudith Lukanga is the Executive Director of EMEDO, an NGO advocating for natural resources management. She has a dedicated commitment to hard work and achievement that contributes to broad based sustainable human and economic development of the people she serves She is also the is a Co-president for the World Forum of Fish harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF).
Member
Ayeta Anne Wangusa is a writer, creative social entrepreneur with interest in the creative economy, cultural policy and sustainable cities. She is a member of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility for 2005 Convention and a researcher in creative economy, media and communication policy and practice. She is the Executive Director of Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA).