CDE Nice Mwansasu

04/01/2026

With Communication and Transport Workers Union of Tanzania – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

31/12/2025

As I look forward to 2026, there is a lot to reflect on from what happened briefly since June 2025. Due to many commitments and a heavy workload, I couldn't share everything at once, but I learned and grew through ups and downs. These are the blessings I can count from 2025:

1. My role as an education officer and unionist is to be a bridge and problem solver for workers' issues. I chose this path, even though it's the difficult one—focusing on the informal sector (including platform workers) as a major growing and precarious sector.

2. We successfully launched findings with my friend prof collord, who is very passionate about informal transport workers. We are now planning a campaign about GBV in the informal workforce, based on our research. ://lnkd.in/d4NZFHKj

3. We raised awareness of our findings in three regions: Dar Es Salaam, Mwanza, and Dodoma. We hope to reach other regions in Tanzania as well. Seeing the impact of my efforts was a significant milestone in my life and has positively affected marginalized people in our society who have a lot but are voiceless.

4. We brought together 50 women drivers (including truck, bus, tuk-tuk, and motorcycle drivers known as Boda Boda). We trained and engaged with them, listening to their hopes for their careers. It was an emotional experience hearing from women working in male-dominated sectors who are passionate about changing the narrative and moving the world.

5. I participated in several media interviews (radio, television, and podcasts) about workers' rights, especially focusing on youth and women.

6. I attended international events as a board member of the # in # to represent young workers in the board meetings.

7. I signed an MOU with a group of women drivers (including women with disabilities) to join the union.

8. I was part of the panel at the pre-COP - Global South Exchange, organized by COSATU in #.

9. I had enriching experiences in Malaysia and Mexico, which were new and valuable perspectives.
Dear LORD, I am nothing without You. Whatever success I achieved was only by Your grace, which I attribute to my effort and faith in what I believe. I have much to be grateful for, and I know none of this would be possible without the support and trust of people who believed in me. Your support has made a significant impact on my life, career, and every contribution you made—planting seeds of change among many workers
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania
ITF - International Transport Workers' Federation
Communication and Transport Workers Union of Tanzania
Warren Mc Gregor
Daniela Biocca Alterrative
Lucas William Nyagawa

16/10/2025

Welcome all

Cities on the Move. People at the Centre.

Join us for an online dialogue as we approach with the Just City network 🌍✨

📣 Voices from Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania will unpack the real barriers urban communities face, from rising costs to policy gaps, and share justice-driven, co-created solutions that center people and improve public transport.

🗓️ 21st October 2025
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM EAT
📍 Zoom (register to get the link)

🎙️ Featuring:
• Amanda Ngabirano – Makerere University, Uganda
• Dr. Mbugua wa Mungai – Kenyatta University, Kenya
• Nice Amon Mwansasu – Communication & Transport Workers Union, Tanzania

Let’s reimagine cities that work for everyone.
Register: https://justcity.fes.de/e/transport-dialogue.html

22/06/2025

Safe rates campaign

20/06/2025

Gender justice in transport sector

🚴‍♀️ The bodaboda sector powers Dar es Salaam, but drivers face big challenges: precarious incomes, high-interest loans, and gender-based violence. A new report by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania & Communication and Transport Workers Union of Tanzania reveals that 78% of women drivers earn more but face marginalization. 💪

Key Insights:
🔍 Drivers support 4-5 dependents on average.
🔍 66% of women drivers are unhappy with ride-hailing apps that cut their incomes.
🔍 GBV is a major barrier for women in transport.

📢 Key recommendations: support women drivers, regulate ride-hailing apps, & promote inclusive infrastructure.

Read the full report: https://tanzania.fes.de/e/bodaboda-in-dar-report.html


✍�Mwansasu Nice ,Michaela Collordd

20/06/2025

Safe rates action week

The 2025 Safe Rates Action Week launches today!

ITF and affiliate road transport unions across the world are demanding fair pay and decent working conditions for drivers to tackle fatigue.

Pressure from low pay, poor working conditions, and lack of rest is killing drivers. The root cause of fatigue and road crashes lies with an industry structure in which a few powerful companies profit by squeezing pay and imposing unsafe schedules, while workers and the public pay with their lives.

Workers and their unions are mobilising to call on governments and business to set and enforce fair standards such as 'Safe Rates’, that guarantee fair pay and decent working conditions to keep drivers and the public safe.

Join our Safe Rates Action Week from 19-25 June by posting photos and videos of you taking action and use

Together, we move the world!

11/05/2025

Future Leaders is one of the best programs for youth in the world of work. I was truly blessed to be part of the best course I obtained in the summer last year, with a lot of experience. I got an opportunity to share my experience with fellow young workers across the globe. I will recommend that youths to take this opportunity for this program. The future is bright ITCILO

11/05/2025

Raising awareness about workers' rights and recruitment for informal transport workers to join the Union # platformworkers # Communication and Transport Workers Union of Tanzania, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania, ITF - International Transport Workers' Federation

30/04/2025

Attending my first board meeting was a valuable experience, as I witnessed the opportunities and time allocated to us as young worker representatives in the global transport sector. Our unions is currently facing challenges due to automation, artificial intelligence, and just transition toward a more sustainable future. Being involved as decision-makers and contributors boosts our confidence and empowers us to ensure that the voices of young workers are genuinely represented. I am proud to be part of this remarkable organization, which supports youth participation in decision-making. After the Young Workers Committee meeting, we were able to present our report to the board members , feel proud to serve as first vice president after amendment of the constitution ITF - International Transport Workers' Federation, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania ,Communication and Transport Workers Union of Tanzania

27/03/2025

This week, the ITF Youth Global Committee held its first meeting following its endorsement at the Congress in Marrakech in 2024. The committee focused on discussing the implementation of strategies for 2024 to 2025, which include:
1. Equality,
2. Future of Work,
3. Health and Safety,
4. Equality (noting that this was mentioned twice in the original text), and
5. Sustainable Transport.
Additionally, member of the committee shared their expectations for how they will implement the six global demands and reviewed the Congress's aims and objectives framework. Overall, it was a successful meeting to grow youth membership and structures. We look forward to the next five years with hope and determination. We agree that we must take action to be judged favorably in the future and advocate for a just and responsible future. ITF - International Transport Workers' Federation Communication and Transport Workers Union of Tanzania, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania Zèyn McHammed ,