Working for a fairer, more sustainable world. Development Director at British High Commission in Dar es Salaam 🇬🇧🇹🇿. Cancer survivor
Joined December 2018
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Jun 8
🥳Congrats to our Deputy High Commissioner Sally Hedley & the team who kayaked from Dar to Zanzibar in support of Tumaini La Maisha @weare_tlm.
Their journey raised awareness for children with cancer in Tanzania—showing the impact of collective action. Well done all!👏🚣‍♀️
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Jun 5
On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we celebrate women gleaners of Chukwani, Zanzibar, whose livelihoods depend on healthy coasts.🌊
Through the UK-funded COAST programme with @WorldFishCenter, they’re being included in fisheries data—supporting inclusive, evidence-based marine management.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
The UK is helping to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’re working with partners to support health workers, strengthen surveillance and improve access to care.
Global health threats require a global response.
ALT Photo of an aid worker in PPE with the text New UK support for Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the UK government logo.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
May 19
Proud that the UK is one of the first international partners to support the response to the 17th Ebola outbreak in DRC. Having worked on 3 past outbreaks, I know just how critical speed, agility and close coordination are to limiting the spread of infection and number of deaths.
May 16
The news of a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is highly concerning.
We're providing @WHO with ÂŁ1m to help contain the outbreak.
It is crucial for our shared security that there is a swift and effective response, enabled by full humanitarian access.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Women and girls deserve to live free from fear of violence.
We won’t have peace, security or prosperity until they do.
With our partners, the UK is setting up a new International Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
May 20
Today, @UKinTanzania alongside our partners, UK–TZ Green Growth Facility implemented by Palladium, convened exporters & stakeholders in Arusha for the UK–TZ Trade Roadshow on opportunities under #DCTS, which provides tariff-free access to the 🇬🇧 market for over 99% of 🇹🇿 goods.
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May 19
This week flu flattened me on the sofa and reminded me that receiving care can feel harder than giving it.
The dog settled into the role immediately. I’m still learning.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
No one country can deal with today’s challenges alone.
That's why, with @GovernmentZA @CIFFchild @BritishIntInv, we’re uniting governments, investors, innovators and civil society at the Global Partnerships Conference.
Complex global problems call for broad coalitions ⤵️
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Anna Wilson retweeted
May 13
Ahead of next week's UK–TZ Trade Roadshow, @UKinTanzania & the UK–TZ Green Growth Facility delivered by Palladium, are highlighting export opportunities under the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme — with tariff‑free access for 99% of 🇹🇿 goods.
➡️ Swipe to learn more!
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Apr 15
📢 We’re looking for a writer to join our team at Our World in Data!
→ ourworldindata.org/hiring-wr…
What we’re looking for is quite unique: someone who writes excellent narrative articles on large global problems, finds memorable framings to make hard ideas easier to understand, while being genuinely obsessed with technical details.
They need to know which questions are important and what readers need to understand the answers.
If this sounds like you (or someone you know!), you can find more details from our Deputy Editor, @_HannahRitchie, at the link here.
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Apr 25
Nearly a year since the last #WalkwithWill challenge
Great memories of raising cancer awareness, hearing powerful stories &proving what can be achieved one step at a time
Brilliant to see @RwCancerRelief going from strength to strength & @RosineBazongere leading by example đź‘Ź
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24 hours locked in!!!🔥🥳
With total distance of 101.68kms, @2wsphotography has just completed the 24 hours #WalkwithWill challenge for cancer awareness.
Congratulations to Will and @RosineBazongere for completing this milestone. 👏🏾
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Thinking of Rwanda today on Kwibuka, and remembering all those lost in the Genocide against the Tutsi.
My time there will stay with me always. So much pain, but also such strength, dignity and humanity.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Today, the UK stands with Rwanda in solemn remembrance of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
We honour their memory and pay tribute to the strength and resilience of survivors.
Remember - Unite - Renew
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Got opinions on climate change, trade or inequality? Put them in a letter to the FCDO Chief Economist.
The Next Gen Economics Competition is open to UK students aged 14–18.
No economics background needed. Top entries win a fully-funded day at the FCDO and @LSEnews and recognition across the Government Economic Service.
ALT Next Generation Economics Competition 2026: Does new tech drive progress or leave people behind? Closing date 28/06/26. Win up to ÂŁ350.
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Apr 1
Caring for our planet one electric bajaji at a time! 🛺
Join our Deputy High Commissioner Sally as she learns about the benefits of electric transport in Tanzania 🇹🇿
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Mar 24
Coal power has effectively died in the United Kingdom—
(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie, with data work by @parriagadap.)
The United Kingdom was the birthplace of coal. It has now, effectively, died there.
As shown in the chart, in the late 1980s, around two-thirds of the UK’s electricity came from coal. By the time I was born in the 1990s, this had dropped to just over half.
The use of coal has plummeted in my lifetime. It now makes up around 0.1% of the UK’s electricity.
Coal was first replaced by gas, but is now being pushed out by wind, solar, and biomass.
ALT Line chart of the share of electricity production from coal in the UK from 1985 to 2025 where coal fell from almost 70% in the late 1980s to about 0.1% in 2025. The curve shows a steep decline through the 1990s, modest fluctuations around 25 to 35 percent in the 2000s, and a sharp drop after 2012 to near zero by the early 2020s.
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Mar 18
Small island, big ideas.
At Chumbe Island Coral Park you see what works: protect nature, invest in people, build sustainable livelihoods.
Good to see UK support feeding into this through the Blue Planet Fund and the Global Fund for Coral Reefs.
📸@2wsphotography
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Anna Wilson retweeted
Our partners @IrlEmbTanzania 🇮🇪 & @UKinTanzania 🇬🇧 co-hosted a UN donor briefing on Tanzania's #refugee response.
Led by @SusanNamondo, UNHCR, UNFPA, UNICEF & WFP presented joint asks for 2026 — plus UNHCR's VolRep Appeal for Burundian refugees.
Real dialogue. Real needs. 🤝
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Mar 13
One lesson from this week in Tanzania: lasting progress depends on strong systems.
Lovely to gather for a staff iftar with the diverse team behind our work -partnering with Tanzanian institutions to strengthen data, services and protect children.
A few examples from the week ⬇️
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Mar 13
Protecting children requires systems that work.
At Magufuli Bus Station we saw how @RailwayChildren works with authorities and frontline workers to strengthen processes that support children at risk of violence or exploitation.
Clear roles. Trusted partnerships. Earlier support
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Mar 13
Young people thrive when teachers are supported to inspire them.
Great hearing about Liverpool FC Foundation’s work in Tanzanian schools -building confidence, motivation and positive learning environments.
Different sectors. Same lesson: strong systems create opportunity.
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