Radio Tumaini

Tumaini media is owned by the Catholic Church in Dar er Salaam. It runs namely Radio Tumaini, Tumaini Television and Tumaini Letu newspaper. Radio Tumaini was the first private radio in Tanzania. It began its operation in February, 1994. It started broadcasting 24 hours in February 1997. The main language used is Kiswahili. Tumaini Television is a non-profit community television station. It launched its official start on television in 2009. Tumaini Letu is a Friday weekly newspaper that is published in Swahili. The Tumaini Media has so far done well in disseminating religious and social information, educating and promoting effective dialogue on peace and reconciliation, and has actively engaged itself in sensitizing the Tanzanian community on the health problems, like the AIDS pandemic among others