It couldn't be a more important time for web design in Tanzania. As the world grows smaller by the minute, the power that the internet has to communicate a message - whether in helping to legitimize our businesses in the eyes of foreign investors or tourists, or in engaging with local consumers - is increasingly invaluable.

Having grown up in London and attained a degree in graphic and web design from the University of Portsmouth, I have had exposure to the latest design trends and the training to implement them.

Tanzania needs to take advantage of the opportunities that the internet affords our industries and our government to showcase what we have to offer the world. We can reach beyond our borders to actively shape the way the world sees Tanzania.

Image counts; let's put our best face forward.