COSTECH ENewsletter

October 2014: Issue No. 35
In this issue, you will find:
Message from the Director General: P1
149,000,000/-Tshs Awarded to Ten Innovators:P 2
Internet Security Workshop launched at COSTECH: P3
Nanotechnology enables low cost water filter system: P4
Cyber related fraud costs TZ 10 Billion: P6
Cyber crime-ICT experts grapple with theft, online piracy: P7
Pacts Seeks Dar’s Science, Technological development: P9

Pictorial: P10

Message from the Director General
Dear readers,
Welcome to our October issue of the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) e-newsletter. As it
has been our tradition, we share with you different science, technology and innovation events that have taken place at
the COSTECH, in the country, and abroad.
We had a number of events in this Month of October. COSTECH in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the
South (COMSATS), the Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT) and the COMSATS Institute of
Information Technology (CIIT), organized the Internet Security Workshop from 20th to 25th October 2014.
That International Workshop had a very significant role to play in social economical-development as it brought together
local and foreign experts to discuss several challenges facing Information and Communication Technologies. The
International Workshop was a good platform for local ICT experts to learn different Internet security programs to curb
online piracy.
It is our hope that our Local ICT experts have gained much from that Workshop and they are now ready to face cyber
crime, theft and online piracy challenges
In this Month, We also awarded 149 Million Shillings to Ten Tanzanian Innovators who won the ICT innovation
Competition .That was one of the efforts of the Government of Tanzania and Finland through the TANZICT project to
support innovation system in Tanzania.
COSTECH in collaboration with TANZICT have been organizing this competition every year to stimulate a culture of
entrepreneurship in our country. We believe that entrepreneurship is very important in Tanzania as it creates value by
devising solutions to real-life problems facing the society. COSTECH through its directorate of Innovation,
Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness will also continue supporting innovation systems in our Country.
As you read along, you will discover other important events which involved Science, Technology and Innovation in this
Month.
With these few words, I sincerely hope that this e-newsletter, together with our website, will serve as a valuable source
of information to a number of stakeholders, particularly researchers, scientists, innovators, Academics, institutions and
the public at large who are looking forward to collaborating with us.

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With kind regards,
Dr. Hassan Mshinda
DIRECTOR GENERAL.

By

Theophil

Laurian

Pima

2nd October 2014,
Ten Tanzanian Innovators have been
awarded 149 Million Shillings at the
Innovation Fund Award Ceremony
held at the COSTECH Buni hub. This
is one of the efforts of the
Government of Tanzania and Finland
through the TANZICT project to
support innovation system in
Tanzania.

that their success will help others
along the way.
“I challenge the winners to receive
these awards as a debt to society
and apply themselves fully to
achievement of their business
ideas”. He insisted calling for
Tanzania
innovators
to
join
incubators and participate in future
innovation fund award competition.

TANZICT stands for the Information
Society and ICT Sector Development
Project. It is a bilateral collaboration
project between the Ministry of
Communications,
Science
and
Technology of Tanzania (MCST) and
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of
Finland.

For her part, Ambassador of Finland
in Tanzania H.E. Madame Sinikka
Antila said if Tanzania is to achieve
its vision of becoming a middle
income country by 2025, its
economy has to become more
productive in every sector.
She said there is a need to develop
new ideas and ways of doing
things.“Globalization means market
and collaboration is no longer bound
by geographical borders”. She noted
adding that solutions found in Dar es
Saalam can find a worldwide market
and generate larger revenue that
ever could be possible locally

The project’s overall objective to
strengthen a Tanzanian information
society with enhanced capacities to
contribute to the achievement of
the Government’s socio-economic
development goals.
Speaking on behalf of the Minister
of Communication, Science and
Technology,
the
Permanent
secretary of the Ministry, Dr Patrick
Makungu said the competition
aimed at stimulating a culture of
entrepreneurship in Tanzania.
He said entrepreneurship is very
important in Tanzania as it creates
value by devising solutions to reallife problems facing the society.
“The solutions should be so
compelling that people are willing to
part with money to buy the solution.
Our country’s development requires
creativity from individual citizens
because it is from them that we shall
create economic value – including
quality employment, new demand
and government revenue”. He
emphasized adding that the support
will enable the awardees pursue
their business ideas to fruition and

May 2013 of which the six successful
candidates received awards. He said
COSTECH
looks
forward
to
supporting
different
ICT
entrepreneurs through allocated
Innovation space.
The ten winners of the competition
are
Yakub
Leslie,Benedict
Tesha,Fayaz Valli,Thomson Lutta,
and Josephat Mandara. Others are
Abdul Bashiri,Patrick Moshi,Musafiri
Mbilinyi,Godfrey Magilla and Grace
Makanya.They come from DTBi
Incubator, KINU Incubator, and the
Buni
Hub.
The Winners came out as overall
winners to the latest Calls for
Application.
TANZICT makes several of these calls
for application each year. Grant
applicants were required to propose
entrepreneurial ICT solutions to reallife problems faced by society.
Winning entries were judged on how
best they meet criteria for business
sustainability and value creation.

She said starting in January
2015,Finland will also launch its new
BEAM program to mentor Finnish
companies to partner up with
companies
from
developing
countries to solve needs in those
countries. The program will be
implemented by Finland’s best
innovation experts from the TEKES
innovation agency. She hopes to get
as many Tanzanian companies
involved as possible.
She also promised to start a new
program which will be a successor to
the TANZICT project for supporting
Tanzanian domestic innovators.

Meanwhile
COSTECH
Director
General Dr Hassan Mshinda said the
award ceremony is the second since
the commencement of TANZICT
project preceded by the first held in

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Fig 1:Prof Patrick Makungu(right)
presents a dummy Cheque to Mr Yakub
Leslie. Looking on Is Ambassador of
Finland H.E. Madame Sinikka Antila and
Dr Mshinda

By Sharifa Kalokola
On
20th October
2014,
The
Tanzanian Commission for Science
and Technology (COSTECH) in
collaboration with The Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
(ISESCO),
the
Commission on Science and
Technology
for
Sustainable
Development
in
the
South
(COMSATS), the Inter Islamic
Network on Information Technology
(INIT) and the COMSATS Institute of
Information
Technology
(CIIT),
launched the internet security
workshop.
The five days international workshop
themed
“Internet
Security:
Enhancing Information Exchange
Safeguards” intends to provide a
forum
to
the
young
scientists/researchers, practitioners,
academicians,
system
administrators,
systems
programmers and students from
the developing countries to learn
about the latest advancements in
the field of internet security.
The workshop has brought together
participants from Uganda, Nigeria,
Senegal, Kenya, Pakistan and
Tanzania.

During the event, Professor Patrick
Makungu, Permanent secretary
Ministry of Communication Science
and Technology said that as the
information technology sector is
growing, the threats to cyber
security are increasing.“This is an
important workshop since it focus

on training of the trainers’ he added
“Lack of technical know-how, lack of
laws and legislations specific to
cyber
crime,
coupled
with
inefficiency digital literacy among
the public at large has made efforts
to curb online piracy suffer setbacks.
Meanwhile, Mr. Muhammad Afiqur-Rehman the senior program
officer of INIT said that data and
applications on networks have to be
secured to the optimum level.
“The use of computer has become a
major element in government and
business activities, tampering with
these networks can have serious
consequences for agencies firms and
individuals,”he said.
Tajamul Hussain, COMSATS program
advisor said that the workshop will
allow IT professionals to collectively
address
relevant
issues
and
challenges related to information
and internet security. He added that
COMSATS is committed to develop
and strengthen linkages among the
countries of the south for exchange
of resources, technology and
knowledge.

professional to be equipped skills
on cyber security in Tanzania to
ensure cyber security.
This is the fourth internet
security workshop the first three
events of this series were held in
Syria (2011), Jordan (2012) and
Tunisia (2013) respectively.
Tanzania is reported to have so
far lost nearly 10 billion shilling
(equivalent to USD $ 6 million)
through cyber related fraud
crimes, involving mostly card
skimming and ATM thefts.
But we are not resting. As of
now, there are more than 300
cyber
crime
cases
being
investigated, some of which are
about to be benched in courts of
law, according to the records
from the Ministry of Home
Affairs.

Dr Aicha Bammoun from ISESCO said
that the training is expected to
enhance sensitize on the problems
of cyber crime, encourage the

preparation and adoption of
harmonised framework of cyber
security and legal and regulatory
environment as to reduce threats
in cyber security.
On his part, Dr Hassan Mshinda,
COSTECH director general said
that there is a great need of IT

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Fig2: A group photo of Workshop
participants

Interview with RAE Africa Prize
finalist Dr Askwar Hilonga

water
remains
challenge.

Report from – Alison Nicholl
20/10/2014

How did you come up with the
concept?

The Study about Media
Coverage and promotion of
Science,
Technology
and
Innovation in Tanzania has
revealed that Mass Media in
the country do not prioritize
Science,
Technology
and
innovation stories in their
newsroom. According to that
study which was conducted in
Dar es Salaam recently,
Tanzania Mass Media give
priorities to political and social
news.
Dr Askwar Hilonga from the
Nelson
Mandela
African
Institute
of
Science
&
Technology is one of 12
entrepreneurs shortlisted for
the
Royal
Academy
of
Engineering’s Africa Prize for
Engineering Innovation.
The 12 finalists will receive 6
months of training and
mentoring
support
from
business development and
engineering experts, with an
overall
winner
receiving
£25,000 along with two
runners-up who will be
awarded £10,000 each.
Dr Hilonga has developed a new
water filter system, integrating
nanotechnology with sandbased water filtration to
provide clean, safe drinking
water. The process is affordable
and sustainable and highly
relevant in rural settings across
Africa where access to clean

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huge

"I was born in rural Tanzania
(Gongali Village) and raised by a
poor family. We were regularly
suffering from water borne
diseases because we could not
afford the luxury of expensive
bottled water.
When I graduated with my Ph.D
from South Korea (specializing
in nanotechnology), I asked
myself an ethical question,
“What does my Ph.D mean to
my community in Tanzania
which is still suffering from
water borne diseases?”

"The drivers behind my concept
are a mixture of social need,
commercial feasibility, and
technical capacity – motivated
by my Institution's motto,
'Academia for Society and
Industry'."
What is the underpinning
technology?"The underpinning
technology is the ability to
manipulate nanomaterials to
remove specific contaminants
in water in order to make it
suitable for drinking. For
example,
to
synthesize
nanomaterials to remove a
specific heavy metal (such as
copper, arsenic, etc.), or to
modify it just for the removal of
bacteria.
I currently have 30 publications
on how to synthesize
different
kinds
of
nanomaterials by controlling
various reaction conditions
(for example, the reaction
temperature, pH, reaction
rate, order of adding
precursors,
type
of
precursors,
drying
temperature,
heat
treatment, etc.)

Fig 3: Image courtesy of RAE - Dr
Hilonga holding the system, among
children at the Aslni Primary School
in Tanzania

So, now I am focused on
developing nanomaterial’s that
are
suitable
for
water
purification, and I am seeing
commercial feasibility of this
adventure."
What were the drivers behind
the concept?

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All of these are done at a
nano scale to improve the
properties/performance of the
final product while reducing the
cost to make it affordable to
under-served communities."
What applications do you
envisage for the technology?
"The primary application is the
purification of drinking water in
an affordable way so that poor
rural communities are able to
purchase water, or the filter
itself.
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My end-products are nanofilters
which have to be
Changed after filtering a specific
amount of water, depending on
the quality of the original water"
What is the next stage of
development for the technology?
"I am currently undergoing
training and mentoring as part of
being shortlisted for the Royal
Academy of Engineering’s Africa
Prize for Innovation.

chain research, and to discuss
relevant issues concerning the
research
frontier,
policy
interventions, and other burning
issues related to the research
agenda.
The former Ifakara Health
Institute Boss said Danish
International
Development
Agency (DANIDA) has been
supporting Research for 3
decades in Tanzania and he was
very optimistic that inputs from
that seminar would add value to
Tanzania Researchers.

At the end of the six month
period I expect the product
and business model to have
developed further, and I will
later be looking to adopt
nanofilters into other devices
of water purification. For
example, to be integrated into
water vendors’ systems and
commercial water filters.
In the future, I aim to develop
an entire independent system,
from filter case to water bottles."

Fig 4: A cross section of
participants of the Thematic
Seminar
He said that Seminar which was
jointly organized by Tanzania
Commission for Science and
Technology
(COSTECH)
and
Danish International

By Theophil Pima
28TH October 2014, A one-day
thematic seminar on value chain
research has been conducted at
COSTECH Headquarters.
Giving the opening remarks
during that Seminar, COSTECH
Director General Dr Hassan
Mshinda said Thematic seminar
is very important as it brings
together researchers, politicians,
civil
servants,
development
practitioners and other relevant
stakeholders
to
discuss
important components of value

Development Agency (DANIDA) is
very useful as it would improve
Tanzania research Eco system.
For his part, Presenter from
University of Sussex John
Humphrey, said Value chain
interventions are increasingly
popular amongst donors aiming
to promote market-oriented
growth and poverty reduction
among poor countries.
He said domestic markets are
often much larger than export
market and observed that

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something has to be done for
policy makers.
He observed the opportunities
for small farmers in the domestic
and urged policy makers to
support small farmers produce
He said recent research on
expansion of supermarkets in
developing countries has raised
important questions.
He is convinced that the
penetration
of supermarkets
into fresh food retailing in
developing countries has been
exaggerated
adding
that
Supermarkets are expanding
total food sales but their
penetration in fresh food
retailing is much less and it is
there where their impact on
sourcing will be greatest.
“All this leads to the argument
that there are many other
segments of the domestic market
that require the attention of
policy makers “He said adding
that in Africa there are big
problems with respect to
marketing inefficiencies and
power inequalities that reduce
farmers’ incomes.
He however insists that the
domestic market has been a little
neglected because of the
apparent attractiveness of export
markets and the push to
integrate countries into the
global economy.
He said the profits are not that
big as an entry spread across a
much greater number of
farmers.

By Orton Kiishweko
TANZANIA has reportedly lost six
million US dollars (over 10bn/-) so
far through cyber-related fraud
crimes, that involve mostly card
skimming and Automated Teller
Machine (ATM) thefts.

researchers
from
developing
countries to learn about the latest
advancements in the field of
Internet security and promote the
use of state-of-the-art technologies,
among others.

series of cyber crime, electronic
theft and online piracy, including
infringing intellectual property
rights with more than 800 million
data records getting hacked into or
stolen.

Speaking at the fourth International
Commission on Science and
Technology
for
Sustainable
Development
in
the
South
(COMSATS) conference in Dar es
Salaam, the Permanent Secretary
(PS)
in
the
Ministry
of
Communications,
Science
and
Technology, Prof Patrick Makungu,
said the government was working
tirelessly to check the crime.

They discussed issues on network
security, modern attacks, evasion
techniques and defences, malicious
code analysis and detection,
information
security
risk
assessment and management.

He cited the 2014 cyber security
index from IBM Security Services,
which shows that 23.1 per cent of
cyber security incidents are
targeted at finance and insurance
industry.
"It has been predicted that,
traditional crimes we see today will
move to cybercrime and the need
for us to get prepared for them is
highly needed.

"As of now, there are over 300
cyber
crime
cases
being
investigated, some of which are
about to be benched in courts of
law," he said.
This year's conference theme is
"Internet
Security:
Enhancing
Information Exchange Safeguards."
He thanked the Commission for
Science and Technology for
Sustainable Development in the
South (COMSATS), the Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (ISESCO), the Inter
Islamic Network on Information
Technology (INIT), the COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology
(CIIT) and the Tanzania Commission
for Science and Technology
(COSTECH),
for
seeing
the
importance of organising the
conference.
The conference aims to provide a
forum for the young scientists/

Mr Makungu said Tanzania has
embraced
Information
and
Communication Technologies (ICT)
as a key enabler for social and
economic development in the
country, adding that it has become
pervasive in all hosts of the daily
activities. He referred to the use of
ICT in finances, healthcare,
education, defence, mobility, and
energy as examples.
The PS noted, however, that much
as ICTs present developmental
opportunities, they also present
various challenges that call for the
attention of all stakeholders.
Mr Makungu further noted that the
challenges range from simple loss
of data to the compromise of
essential information and resources
in the government and business
organisations.
According to a report from the
Centre
for
Strategic
and
International
Studies
(CSIS),
worldwide, more than 445 billion
US dollars gets lost annually with
the damage for businesses nearly
double than for individuals, through

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This is due to the rapidly increasing
of the use of technology," the PS
also noted. Currently, according to
the TCRA, 2012 report, Tanzania
has about 26,978,436 mobile phone
subscribers.
This situation, he added, explains
continuing access to ICTs, but also
extends the cybercrime challenge in
the country. Mr Makungu observed
that Tanzania, being the leading
country as far as electronic money
transfer through mobile phone (e.g.
M-Pesa, Tigo Pesa, Airtel money,
Eazy Money) is concerned, is "also
very vulnerable to cyber-crime and
fraud as mobile money transfer and
others provide opportunities for
cybercrime."
Source Daily News, 21 Oct 2014

By Theophil Laurian Pima
ADVANCEMENTS in modern technology have helped
countries develop and expand their communication
networks, enabling faster and easier networking and
information exchange.

Records from the Ministry of Home Affairs shows that
there are more than 300 cyber crime cases being
investigated, some of which are about to be benched
in courts of law.

Currently, there are nearly 2 billion internet users and
over 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide.
Every day, 294 billion emails and 5 billion phone
messages are exchanged.
Most people around the world now depend on
consistent access and accuracy of these
communication channels. The growing popularity and
convenience of digital networks, however, comes at a
cost.

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Pereira Silima
sees cyber criminals as technology-savvy individuals
who are always miles ahead in digital competency
compared to the people who try to track or pursue
them.

As businesses and societies in general increasingly rely
on computers and internet- based networking, cyber
crime, electronic theft and online piracy have
increased around the world.
A report from the Centre for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), shows more than US $445
billion gets lost annually with the damage for
businesses nearly double than for individuals, through
series of cyber crime, electronic theft, and online
piracy.
The 2014 cyber security index from IBM Security
Services shows that 23.1 per cent of cyber security
incidents are targeted at finance and insurance
industry.
Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
report of 2012 shows that the country has about
26,978,436 mobile phone subscribers. This situation
extends the cyber crime challenge.
Tanzania, being the leading country as far as
electronic money transfer through mobile phone is
concerned, is a very vulnerable to cyber-crime and
fraud. Mobile money transfer and others provide
opportunities for the crime.
Reports show that Internet Security and Cyber Crimes
have cost this country nearly 10 billion shilling
(equivalent to USD $ 6 million) through cyber related
fraud crimes, involving mostly card skimming and
ATM thefts.

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"In most cases they can transcend territorial borders,
hacking computers and stealing data thousands of
miles away while remaining anonymous, “he
explained saying that the government also tries to be
miles ahead in technological advancement to fight
against cyber crime, theft and online piracy.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Communication, Science and Technology Prof Patrick
Makungu says the government is ready to face
challenges brought by cyber crime, electronic theft
and online piracy.
He gave the remarks during the inauguration
ceremony of the Fourth Internet Security Workshop
conducted recently at the Tanzania Commission for
Science and Technology (COSTECH) in Dar es Salaam.
Prof Makungu declares that the government has
developed various measures to face those challenges,
one of them being development of cyber law
(Electronic and Postal Communications Act (EPOCA),
No. 3 2010).
The permanent Secretary says the Cyber Crime Unit in the
Police Force is one of the Government strategies to combat
the crime, theft and online piracy.
"There is also establishment of computer emergency
response team (CERT) which comprises a wide range of
experts from government ministries, departments, and
agencies; academia, banks, telecom service providers,
police, military, and media," Prof Makungu said.
He called on local ICT experts to make sure they also learn
different Internet security programmes to curb online
piracy. Commission for Science and Technology

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(COSTECH) Director General Dr Hassan Mshinda, says
cyber crime, theft and online piracy poses a great
challenge to the country and urges ICT experts to
spend their time exploring about this problem.
"Cyber crime, theft and online Piracy are a big
problem in Tanzania now days. I believe we can
reduce these problems through science, technology
and innovation as they are best solutions to those
challenges," he notes adding that his commission
(COSTECH) is a stakeholder in addressing
technological problems.
Meanwhile, President of the Inter Islamic Network on
Information Technology (INIT) Dr Junaid Zaidi advises
local ICT experts to secure the data and applications
on networks to the optimum level in order to counter
the everchanging and technically advancing
sophistications of cyber attacks.
Dr Aicha Bammoun from ISESCO states that Internet
Security training is very important in any country as it
enhances sensitization on the problems of cyber
crime and cyber security.
"Training in Internet Security can encourage the
preparation and adoption of a harmonized framework
of cyber security and legal and
Regulatory environment so as to reduce threats in
cyber security in Tanzania," she noted.

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It is reported that implementing cyber security
measures requires skilled manpower. Tanzania still
faces a shortage of skilled people to counter such
cyber-attacks.
An effective cyber attack does not require an army; it
takes just one individual. It is therefore advised to
train more people to face cyber crime, electronic theft
and online piracy challenge.
The 4th COMSATS ISESCO- INIT Workshop on
"Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange
Safeguards" was conducted at headquarters of the
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
(COSTECH) Kijitonyama Dar es Salaam from October
19-23, 2014.
It brought together 60 participants from Pakistan,
Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman,
Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Jordan, Nigeria, Uganda,
Kenya and Tanzania to add knowledge on internet
security.
The five-day Workshop was organized jointly by
COSTECH in collaboration with the Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(ISESCO); the Commission on Science and Technology
for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS);
the Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology
(INIT) and the COMSATS Institute of Information
Technology (CIIT).

By Hilda Mhagama
The Ministry of Communication,
Science and Technology has
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the
Indian government, on the
establishment of an Information
Communication Technology (ICT)
resource centre at Nelson
Mandela African Institute of
Science and Technology (NMAIST).

Nelson Mandela Institute in
Arusha is in a network of AISTs
and is tasked to train and
develop the next generation of
scientists,
engineers
and
technologists who will impact on
countries
and
regional
development.

The joint venture, set to cost
2.2bn/-, was signed by the
Minister for Communication,
Science and Technology, Prof
Makame Mbarawa and the
Indian High Commissioner to
Tanzania, Mr Debnath Shaw.
Prof Mbarawa said that the
donation will go a long way
towards
assisting
the
development of science and
technology in Tanzania and the
East African region, to enable
efficient and effective harnessing
of resources of nature including
human capital.
"The essence of the NM-AIST
concept is development of local
science,
technology
and
innovation capacity to harness
resources of nature, including
human
capital,
for
the
sustainable
socio-economic
development of Tanzanians and
the rest of SSA," he elaborated.
The minister explained that the
ICT resource centre will ensure
world-class performance of its
functions of teaching and
learning, research and innovation
and public service that is
responsive to the needs and
problems of the society.

Fig 5: Tanzania Minister for
Communication, Science and
Technology
Prof
Makame
Mbarawa
NM-AIST will be the biggest
tertiary learning centre in East
and Central Africa projected to
accommodate close to 20,000
students as well as housing
various independent research
institutions, hi-tech factories,
laboratories, Technology Park
and ICT resource centres.
Earlier, Mr Shaw said that the
project is a result of IndiaTanzania Centre of Excellency in
ICT (ITCoEICT) which was
founded in 2009 as a result of
friendly relations between the
two countries and their desires
for
further
strengthening
bilateral cooperation in the area
of Information Technology.

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"This MoU is a sign of
formalisation of our proposal in
which we will support various ICT
programmes in the country," he
said.
The High Commissioner further
said that in 2013, more than 400
Tanzanian students benefited
from Indian Technical and
Economic Cooperation (ITEC)
programmes, this shows how
committed we are in supporting
this area.
NM-AIST Vice-Chancellor, Prof
Burton Mwamila, said that the
centre will help them in realising
the dream of becoming a world
class institution of higher
learning, dedicated to promote
excellence
in
science,
engineering and technology.
"Through the centre, we will also
be able to conduct the cross
continental classroom from India
to Tanzania," he said. Tanzania
and India have traditionally
enjoyed close, friendly and
cooperative relations.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, the
political relationship was driven
largely by shared ideological
commitments
to
anticolonialism,
anti-racism,
socialism in various forms as well
as genuine desire for SouthSouth Cooperation.

Source: Daily News Oct 8, 2014

Fig. 6: Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Communication, Science and Technology Prof Patrick
Makungu(center) delivers a speech during the Innovation
Fund Award Ceremony. He is flanked by Ambassador of
Finland in Tanzania H.E. Madame Sinikka Antila(left) and
COSTECH Director General Dr Hassan Mshinda(right)

Fig. 7: COSTECH Acting Director General Dr Dugushilu
Mafunda (right) presents a Certificate to a participant of
the Internet Security Workshop on 23th October
2014.Looking on is COMSAT Executive Director Dr I.E
Qureshi

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Fig. 8: Prof John Humphrey from Institute of Development
Studies, University of Sussex presents about Value Chain
approaches.

Fig. 9: A cross section of Participants of the Internet
Security Workshop organized BY COSTECH recently

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