Annastazia Nyakahoza Gura is the co-founder of Hapo Zamani za Kale and holds a BA in Mass Communication from University of Dar es Salaam. Her passion is empowering women and youths in her community.  She realizes this with commitment to serve and give back to her community through numerous engagements with organizations like Nafasi Art Space, Youths of United Nations -Tanzania and TAI Tanzania to build her community. She has worked and volunteered across industries including media, PR, advertising, arts and culture, tourism and hospitality with prestigious institutions like Precision Air and Tanzania Standard Newspaper.

A strong advocate for women supporting women, in 2015 Annastazia teamed up with female creatives Elle Emmanuel and Kahvarah in a photo-shoot that was featured in Ogojii Magazine, an international bi-quarterly print magazine focusing on African innovation and design. She has also authored an article titled ‘GBV: An Enemy in Disguise’ which was nominated by GenderLinks and presented at Tanzania SADC Gender Protocol Summit and Awards alongside 20 other participants. Her presentation focused on the various forms of gender-based violence in Tanzania following the shortcomings and bias found while reporting such cases in the media. The article called to attention on women as among the perpetrators who are expected to be front liners in the fight against GBV.

Annastazia has represented Tanzania in the space of the arts and culture internationally including the Top Model Worldwide Competition in the UK as well as the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week and Ice Model Management, both in South Africa. She now does modelling as a part-time hobby – as they say once a model always a model!