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Last week, between 13–15 October 2025, the halls of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) in Nairobi were alive with conversation, possibility and reinvention. The theme — “Africa’s Innovation Future: Policy, Partnerships & Progress” — wasn’t just a tagline. It was a call to action. For us at dLab, whose work centers on […]

Location: Tanzania Data Lab (dLab), University of Dar es Salaam – CoICT Campus Dates: September 9–12, 2025 Duration: 4 Days At a time when technology shapes nearly every part of our lives, one question continues to inspire global conversations: How do we close the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)? For the […]

19th–21st January 2025 | Pemba, Tanzania Pemba’s rolling green hills and fertile farmlands are known for their cloves, bananas, and cassava. Yet, as climate patterns shift, these same landscapes are facing new challenges. From unpredictable rainfall to rising sea levels, the island’s farmers are at the frontlines of climate change — and ready to act. […]

The Kilimo na Data project officially launched its Capacity Building Program in Dodoma on July 29, 2025, bringing together a diverse group of 32 participants—farmers, MSMEs, agricultural officers, local government representatives, and weather experts from the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA). The training aimed to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in climate information services and agriculture-based […]

Connect with the Founders of the Finest Future Program on Monday, 1st August 2022. Learn about the Program and get your questions answered Location: UDSM ColT Kijitonyama Campus Time: 06:00 pm Register via Link: https://bit.ly/FinestFutureProgram

Mahadia Tunga, dLab Co-Founder and Director of Data Science The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference brings together female experts from all over the world. It was founded in 2015 at Stanford University when when a Stanford professor, Margot Gerritsen, and her colleague, Karen Matthys, noticed that fewer women than men applied for STEM related […]

Stephen Chacha Tanzania Data Lab (dLab), Executive Director Data Ecosystem Building in Tanzania For the past five years dLab has collaborated with local, regional, and international partners in building and strengthening the data ecosystem in Tanzania based on the gaps identified in the first data ecosystem assessment conducted in 2015. As part of Data Collaborative […]

By Mahadia Tunga  Co-Founder and Director of Data Science As we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child today, with the theme “Digital generation. Our generation”, it is a moment to reflect on how digital inclusion can open new avenues for girls and women to learn and change the world around them. It is […]

Two mappers have won a dLab mapping competition that was organised in collaboration with Open Map Development Tanzania (OMDTZ) on Open Data Day. Alfeo Raymond Ngelime, a Web Developer at the College of ICT, University of Dar Es Salaam (CoICT) has emerged the Best Facilities Mapper while Edmund Steven, a recent graduate of Bsc. Geoinformatics […]

It takes a lot to launch and sustain a startup. And in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, building a robust startup ecosystem in Tanzania by supporting individual companies, is of paramount importance.  Launched in January 2021, The dLab Accelerator worked with Tanzanian startups that are addressing social issues through technology. The eight-week intensive program helped […]

On Open Data Day (March 6), Tanzania Data Lab (dLab) organized a Data Visualization Hackathon to demonstrate the power of data in bringing insights to life and informing on issues related to HIV/AIDS. At the event, 26 hackers working in teams assessed and analyzed data related to HIV/AIDS from PEPFAR countries in Africa. Insights on […]

“It feels like I have become a new person. A new world has been opened to me,” says Swaumu Kiriwe, 33 when talking about Tanzania Data Lab (dLab’s) program “Data4Her”. Swaumu is one of the 45 women who went through the five-day program in Dar es Salaam this March. The training was organized in celebration […]

There is a misconception that “STEM is for boys”. From a young age, girls are encouraged to do arts subjects, or business studies because science is “too hard” for them. Yes, women remain significantly underrepresented across all Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) studies and careers. But in reality, girls can code. For this reason, […]

Tanzania Data Lab (dLab) is inviting MALE university students who love using SOCIAL MEDIA to interact with their followers to join Data Driven Social Media Campaigns which will equip them with content skills on data so as to promote awareness on HIV/AIDS. In order to join dLab’s series of Data-Driven Social Media Campaigns below are […]

Tanzania Data Lab (dLab) in collaboration with Vodacom Tanzania PLC are excited to present the Codelikeagirl program which will be done for four days from 1st – 4th July 2019 at Tanzania Data Lab (dLab) will cover basic knowledge of computer languages and development programmes including HTML, CSS, GitHub and Bootstrap. Participants will also be […]

Rotunda Solutions has commended dLab Tanzania efforts on ensuring Tanzanians are empowered through local data use for proper decision making and social development as a whole. Rotunda Solutions a company based in the United States of America, is an experienced Systems Engineering and Data Analytics consulting firm that harnesses active research and “Systems Thinking” to […]

Dar es Salaam, Monday 4th March, Tanzania Data Lab (dLab) has organized a tailor-made data training program dubbed ‘Data4Her’, which aims to increase the percentage of women who use data in their day to day routine to contribute to global agenda of 50/50 percent participation in all sphere of life. The training has organized in line with the celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The University of Dar es Salaam, College of Information and Communication Technology (UDSM CoICT) and the Tanzania Data Lab (dLab) recently signed …