Author: findtime

Navigating time in Tanzania caught me completely off guard the first time I tried to plan a single day across two regions. I had a 9:00 AM community meeting in Bagamoyo, a 2:00 PM site visit in Dar es Salaam’s central business district, and an evening call with a partner in Arusha. Three locations. One country. Three entirely different relationships with time. The Bagamoyo meeting started 35 minutes late because the community elder who needed to open it was attending to a family matter that could not wait. The Dar es Salaam contact was at her desk five minutes early…