maxence melo

Maxence M. Melo
Maxence Melo is a Tanzanian Online Human Rights Defender and Executive Director of Jamii Forums, an NGO that promotes and advocates for Civil and Digital Rights, Social Justice, Accountability and Good Governance. He is enthusiastic, creative and passionate about the promotion and protection of Online Freedom of Expression and Privacy.

His JamiiForums journey

He is also a digital innovator and an “Information Architect” who found JamiiForums.com, the most visited website in Tanzania. JamiiForums.com exists to inform rather than to censor, to unite rather than divide, to debate rather than ignore, and that will protect those who are courageous enough to expose the truth that the powerful would rather hide. Maxence believes that Whistleblowers play critical roles in any system.

As a certified Digital Security expert, he helps Human Rights Defenders in Tanzania to remain safe while using digital platforms. Professionally as a Civil Engineer, he worked for 8 years as a Building Economist with a Class I Construction Company in Tanzania. He supervised mega projects in Tanzania between 2002 and 2010.

Maxence has played an enormous role in making the Jamii Forums platform revolutionize online information, the state of Freedom of expression, promotion of transparency and accountability in Tanzania. He is also a member of the Forum for African Investigative Reporters.

He is an alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) by the U.S. Department of State (2017) and Stanford Seed, a program that parters with entrepreneurs in emerging markets to build thriving enterprises that transform lives.

At an international level, Maxence has been recognized by the African Union as one of the top 3 Leading African Innovators for Change in 2018 but also by H.E President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria for strengthening the viability of Whistle-blowing Policy tools in Africa.

Awards

He is a recipient of various Human Rights Defenders awards including the 2019 International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Online Freedom of Speech Champion in Tanzania 2018 by Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) and the Daudi Mwangosi Award (2019) by the Union of Tanzania Press Clubs - an award for Promotion of Media Freedom in Tanzania.

He is married with three children.
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  1. Maxence Melo: Changamoto za Vyombo vya Habari na kukosa Matangazo

    Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa JamiiForums Maxence Melo amesema vyombo vingi vya habari hukubali matangazo kwa kuwa yana hela nyingi Kwa JamiiForums amesema wana sera ambayo inawafanya wakatae matangazo ya Pombe na Matangazo ya Betting japo yana hela. Aidha Chombo cha habari kutegemea matangazo ni...

  2. Asante Maxence Melo kwa kumuomba Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan Katiba Mpya LIVE

    Kwa heshima naomba nkuvulie kofia niliyovaa wakati huu naandika huu uzi. Wakati historia inaandikwa juu ya upatikanaji wa katiba mpya ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Maxence Melo tutamtambua kama prominent figure wa kwanza kabisa kutoka hadharani na kumuomba Mheshimiwa Rais Mama yetu...
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  3. Maxence Melo: JamiiForums imefanikiwa kujenga Fikra Mbadala kwa watanzania wengi

    Leo mkurugenzi wa JamiiForums amefanya mahojiano kwenye kipindi cha Clouds 360. Pamoja na mambo mengine ameongelea suala la hofu ya kuingia matatani na kusema ameshaingia mara kadhaa na haijawahi kuwa hofu kwake pia ameongelea awamu ya sita ilivyoanza kwa kuwasikiliza. ======== SWALI: Kama...

  4. Hongera sana Maxence Melo

    Kwa heshima na taadhima, nakupongeza na kukushukuru sana Maxence Melo kwa kubuni jamvi hili zuri na kulisimamia vema tangu ulipolianzisha miaka mingi iliyopita. Nakuvulia kofia, Mkuu. Mimi binafsi nimepata faida nyingi sana humu. Kupitia jamvi hili nimeelimika kisiasa, kiafya, kibiashara na...

  5. Maxence Melo apewe PhD ya heshima

    Ni bahati mbaya sana kwa vyuo vya nchi zetu hizi kuangalia zaidi wanasiasa na matajiri wakubwa na kuwagawia heshma hii kuliko kuangalia watu wenyemchango mkubwa mahususi katika jamii pana. Kwa wenzetu mfano Harvard & na Oxford hutazama zaidi watu wenye mchango mkubwa katika tasnia flan, au...

  6. Watumishi waliohamishwa Utumishi kuanzia Agosti 2019 hadi Julai tarehe 15, 2020

    Idara ya Tamisemi embu mjitathimi kwanza, kuna majina yali leak mwezi wa September ya Uhamisho kwani watu hawajatolewa au kupewa Uhamisho kwa muda mrefu sana na mbaya zaidi inaonekana wengi mnataka rushwa na kujuana wakati barua za watumishi zimepitishwa kufuata utaratibu. Inakuaje mnashindwa...

  7. Hivi Robert Kyagulanyi a.k.a Boby Wine na JF Founder Mtani wangu Maxence Melo ni Mtu na Kaka yake au? Wanafanana ile mbaya!

    Kuna uwezekano mkubwa Kijana na Mwanasiasa Machachari nchini Uganda Robert Kyagulanyi ( alias ) Boby Wine akawa ana Ndugu yake wa Damu kabisa huku Tanzania aitwae Maxence Melo ila bado hajafahamishwa tu. Ukiwaangalia hawa Wawili wala hutopata shida kuhisi kuwa huenda wakawa ni Ndugu kabisa kwani...

  8. Hukumu dhidi yangu: Asante Watanzania, asante Ndugu na Marafiki

    Naam, miaka 4 ya nenda - rudi kortini imehitimishwa leo baada ya hukumu ya mwisho kusomwa mahakamani. Nachukua fursa hii kumshukuru Mungu kwa ulinzi wake katika safari hii; nawashukuru ndugu na familia kwa kuwa nami bega kwa bega katika kesi hizi na kunitia moyo; nawashukuru uongozi na...

  9. Maxence Melo: Nashukuru kuwa mtu huru kutembea nje ya Dar bila kuomba ruhusa

    Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa JamiiForums amesema anashukuru sana kwa kuwa sasa ni mtu huru kutembea nje ya Dar-es-Salaam bila kizuizi chochote cha kisheria. Awali alikuwa na zuio, ambalo lilikuwa linamtaka apate ruhusa maalumu ya kutoka nje ya Dar kutokana na kesi zilizokuwa zinaikabili JamiiForums...

  10. KISUTU, DAR: Maxence Melo akutwa bila hatia shtaka la Kikoa. Apewa 'Conditional Discharge' kwenye shtaka la kutotoa ushirikiano kwa Jeshi la Polisi

    Hukumu ya kesi namba 458 ya 2016 ya Jamhuri dhidi ya JamiiForums inatarajiwa kusomwa leo Novemba 17, 2020 katika Mahakama ya Kisutu Katika shauri hili lenye mashtaka mawili, watuhumiwa wanashtakiwa kuendesha mtandao ambao haujasajiliwa kwa kikoa cha DO-TZ Katika shtaka la pili, Polisi ilimtaka...

  11. Maxence Melo, amewaomba Watanzania kuepuka kununua simu zilizotumika 'Used' kutoka katika mataifa mbalimbali

    Mkuu Maxence Melo, Mshauri wa Masuala ya Mtandao yupo Mubashara akifafanua masuala mbalimbali yanayohusu utapeli wa kimtandao. Msikilize upate kufahamu mambo mengi kuhusu jambo hili, ikiwamo na matumizi sahihi ya mtandao kwa ujumla. Mkurugenzi wa JamiiForums na Mtaalam wa Mawasiliano ya...

  12. Happy Birthday to our Tanzanian hero Maxence Melo

    Leo tarehe 9 May ni siku kubwa ya kuzaliwa mtu anayewezesha uwepo wetu humu. Maxence Melo Tunapata nafasi ya kufanya yote kwa kuwa amesimama na kutupatia uhuru wa kutoa yetu ya moyoni. Tunakuombea Mwenyezi Mungu aendelee kukupigania na uzidi kutupigania sisi na Uhuru wetu wa kujieleza...

  13. Mahojiano ya Maxence Melo, Clouds+

    Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa JamiiForums, Maxence Melo akihojiwa Clouds+ katika kipindi cha sebuleni ====== Katika mahojiano haya amejibu nadharia zilizopo. Moja ya nadharia iliotolewa ufafanuzi ni kudhani kuwa Jamiiforums ipo 'against' serikali, nadharia hii, haina usahihi kwa kuwa hata kesi...

  14. Natafuta kazi nimesomea fani ya umeme

    Habari! Natafuta Ajira nimesomea uhandisi wa Umeme 'MUST', nimemaliza mwaka 2019. kazi yoyote ya Umeme nipo tyr kufanya hata Kama ni wiring n.k,,, Kwasasa napatikana Morogoro 'Msamvu', Nahitaji msaada wenu nipate japo connection niapate kazi ya kusogeza maisha. Simu 0654409392

  15. Hukumu ya kesi namba 456 ya 2016 inayowakabili Wakurugenzi wa Jamii Media iliyokuwa itolewe leo, imeahirishwa kwa mara ya 5

    Kesi namba 456 (Jamhuri v Maxence Melo na mwenzake Mike William) ambapo Kampuni ya Oilcom iliandikwa katika mtandao wa JamiiForums ikidaiwa kukwepa kodi na kuchakachua mafuta bandarini Dar imeahirishwa tena leo Aprili 02, 2020 hadi Aprili 08, 2020. Hukumu hii awali ilipangwa kutolewa Novemba...
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    Unajisikiajie Maxence Melo anapo like "post" yako

    Kuna watu huwa wanalike kila post, hasa pale anapoanzisha uzi halafu watu wakachangia. Utakuta analike tu kwa aliyemjibu vizuri au hata aliyemjibu vibaya yeye anatoa like tu. Lakini tangu nimeingia humu sikumbuki ni mara ngapi nimeona like za Maxence Melo kwenye nyuzi. Leo nimeona amelike uzi...

  17. Kama hii ni kweli, basi tumefika pabaya sana

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  18. Kesi na. 456 (Jamhuri v JamiiForums): Hukumu yaahirishwa kwa mara ya nne

    Kesi namba 456 (Jamhuri v Maxence Melo na mwenzake Micke William) ambapo Kampuni ya Oilcom iliandikwa katika mtandao wa JamiiForums ikidaiwa kukwepa kodi na kuchakachua mafuta bandarini Dar imeahirishwa tena leo Februari 19, 2020 hadi Aprili 02, 2020. Hukumu hii awali ilipangwa kusikilizwa...

  19. Tuiunge Mkono JamiiForums Katika Tanzania Digital Awards

    Habari za jioni wakuu. Katika pitapita zangu mitandaoni nimekutana na hii Tanzania Digital Awards na katika kupekua pekua nikaona kuna category ambayo hata mtandao wetu pendwa wa JF na Maxence Melo wapo kwenye kinyang'anyiro. Hivyo basi nikaona haina budi kuweka uzi hapa kuwajulisha (ambao...

  20. Kisutu, Dar: Hukumu ya Kesi namba 456 ya Jamhuri dhidi ya JamiiForums kutolewa Januari 22, 2020

    ===== UPDATE: Hakimu Simba ameshindwa kusoma hukumu Desemba 06, 2019 na hivyo hukumu hiyo itasomwa January 22, 2020 ==== Wakuu, Kesho, Desemba 06, 2019 kutakuwa na hukumu ya mojawapo ya kesi zilizofunguliwa na Jamhuri dhidi ya Mkurugenzi wa Jamii Media Co. Ltd na mwanahisa, Mike William...
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