David Kyungu

The creative head behind MMPC is David Kyungu, an award-winning journalist, cartoonist and filmmaker.

 

 

 

Born in Tukuyu, Mbeya region,Tanzania,

David went to school in Morogoro and Tabora.


Abroad

 

David Kyungu studied Graphics/Journalism in Urbino, Italy.

Then earned a Masters degree in Visual/Media Communication in Hamburg, Germany.

He worked as a journalist for BBC London, African Events Magazine, taz-Hamburg, epd-magazine, NDR Radio & Tv, Deutsche Welle, Vox-SZ-Magazin, SAT 1, RTL.

David lived in Germany for 21 years.

 

An African in Germany (in German)

Stamp Designer

With the film crew of "Drachenfutter" in Hamburg, Director: Jan Schütte, ZDF

 

David Kyungu as an actor
David Kyungu as an actor

Cartoonist for several newspapers, with exhibitions in Germany and Tanzania

Journalist Award for Development Policy, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (BMZ), Germany, awarded by German President Richard von Weizäcker in 1989

 

With Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere in Hamburg

 

With Ousmane Sembene (Senegal) in Hamburg


Back in Tanzania

Return to Tanzania in 2002 to found MMPC .

David conducting interviews in rural Tanzania

Advisor to Bill Clinton Foundation in Tanzania during Bill Clinton's visit
Advisor to Bill Clinton Foundation in Tanzania during Bill Clinton's visit

A day with David Kyungu in Dar-es-Salaam.

- In German -

Interview with David for TBC1 production "Nyumbani na diaspora"

- In Swahili -

Filming on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro