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Geo-ICT pilot courses running in Tanzania
The Tanzanian partner universities have reviewed and developed several curricula and courses as part of the Geo-ICT project. We aim to collect feedback from the students of each partner university regarding at least one course during 2019, to be able to measure the...
Geo-ICT Entrepreneurship and Innovation workshop week in Dar es Salaam
Author: Emma Nkonoki / Geo-ICT team An inspiring workshop week related to entrepreneurship and innovation was held as a collaborative effort of the Geo-ICT team in March 2019 in Dar es Salaam. The aim of the workshop week was to foster a close working connection and...
Trainings held so far
In the Geo-ICT project, the staff of partnering universities has been trained in the following topics: Introduction to geoinformatics (November 2017) Pedagogy for teaching staff (March 2018) Remote sensing with open source tools (March 2018) Entrepreneurship,...
Tanzania’s preparedness for climate challenges is supported by cooperation between the Geo-ICT partners
Photo credits: Ramani Huria, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ramanihuria/ The World Bank has granted funding for the five Geo-ICT partners, University of Turku, Ardhi University, Sokoine University of Agriculture, State University of Zanzibar, and University of Dar es...
Tanzanian young experts’ visit to Finland
During September - November 2018, we had the pleasure to host a group of seven young project experts at the University of Turku (UTU) in Finland, Departments of Geography and Geology, and Future Technologies. The experts came from the project's four Tanzanian partner...
Geo-ICT activities 2017
As the wrap-up of last year's project activities is topical right now, it is time to look back and see what we have achieved during the first year of our Geo-ICT project. Since the beginning of the project, we have organized several workshops and trainings for the...
GIS day Tanzania
Several geospatial organizations, businesses and education institutions gathered to celebrate the GIS day Tanzania and present their activities to the public at Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam on November 15th. The Geo-ICT project team participated in GIS day...
Geospatial Technology in Tanzania
Geospatial technology is used in many ways in Tanzania, and it enables people to make smart decisions in the society. https://youtu.be/ffX9DKAdNv4 The GIS day Tanzania day is coming up Wednesday 15th November - meet our project team there and learn more!
Tanzania GIS Day on November 15th
Geo-ICT project will be visible at the Tanzania GIS Day event in November at the University of Dar es Salaam! On November 15th, GIS Day events are organized all around the globe. GIS Day Tanzania is held at the University of Dar es Salaam, Department of Geography, in...
New HEI-ICI project has started
We have received funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (HEI-ICI programme) for a project "Geospatial and ICT capacities in Tanzanian Higher Education Institutions (Geo-ICT)". The project is about improving the quality of higher education and...
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We were happy to discuss with Dr. George Mulamula today @UniTurku how @GeoICT4e & @Tanzania_RA can partnership with digital technology innovations and data economy initiatives of the #Government and ensure better future employment of skilled university graduates in #Tanzania https://t.co/QIqGvenOY0 Read More
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RT @TungaMahadia: What are the innovation competences? @GeoICT4e @coict_udsm @dLabTz @Tanzania_RA https://t.co/fpAyyNfety Read More
Vesa, rector of @TurkuAMK while welcoming the university expert from Tanzania who are in Finland for Data Science Training #UDSM #ARU @SokoineU @StateSuza @MoCU2019 @NoviaUAS @TurkuAMK @UniTurku #Heiici @EDUFI_HigherEd @Tanzania_RA https://t.co/pUkFdM6YMS Read More
RT @WBTanzania: Trees bring enormous benefits to city neighborhoods. Learn how #DarEsSalaam is mapping its trees through artificial intelli… Read More
RT @utugsn: @utugsn met #universityexpert from @Tanzania_RA and @GeoICT4e for Lunch. The experts comes from five different #Universities in… Read More
RT @jomitoivo: Third training day finalized. Today we went through #HorizonEurope proposal structure with all its guidelines, navigated in… Read More
RT @Diwani7Dr: We do not offer jobs to our graduates, instead we expose them to be employable, creating their own job and for others. Thank… Read More
Today the delegation from Finnish Embassy in Pretoria, Ms Iina, Ms Alexandra and Mr Joonas visited @Tanzania_RA & @GeoICT4e university, Ardhi University. The visit aims to emphasise the importance of collaboration between Finland and the global South @FinnishEmbTZ @EDUFI_HigherEd https://t.co/obeEKEFkSo Read More
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