Highlights ◽ Joint research dissemination workshop by AERC and STIPRO on “Delivering Digital Financial Services for the Poor.” ◽ Objective: Disseminating research findings on taxation and digital financial inclusion. ◽ Date of the event: 27th July 2023. ◽ Venue: Seashells Millennium Hotel, Makumbusho, Dar es Salaam.     The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and […]

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (STIPRO) has been appointed as a Member of the Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) of the University of Dar es Salaam, where the current organization’s Executive Director, Dr. Bitrina Diyamett, is one of the members of the Committee. The core function of the IAC is to act as a […]

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (STIPRO) are pleased to announce a scholarship to pursue a 3-year full time PhD programme to a Tanzanian candidate with background in, development studies, human geography, social science and related areas. Female candidates are […]

Engineering practices play a crucial role in addressing development challenges; they bring ideas into reality and particularly contribute to the transformation of the industrial sector that triggers economic growth. There are good reasons to renew interest in, and attention to, engineering education in developing countries. For this reason we are organizing a workshop around this, […]

A new STIPRO Policy Brief is out. Here is a summary of what the Brief is all about: Tanzania has been declared to have moved from low to lower middle income country as from 2020. While this is a laudable achievement, given the low contribution of the manufacturing sector to the GDP and lack of […]

ENRICH in Africa (EiA) – An online platform for supporting the EU-African Innovation Community officially kicked-off its activities in an online meeting in January. EiA, funded through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by Steinbeis 2i in Germany, brings together many key stakeholders from the innovation landscape of Europe and Africa to address […]

This film is a part of a series that captures key lessons learned by African Think Tanks that participated in the Think Tank Initiative over the last 10 years. This video features interviews with staff members from Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (STIPRO). The story captures the challenges and opportunities that think tanks […]

STIPRO in collaboration with UDSM and COSTECH held a one day meeting on 17th April 2019 with Tanzanian scholars  discussed the  upcoming fourth AfricaLics conference on 22-24th October 2019.  The objective of this  meeting was to increase the number of accepted papers from Tanzania in the AfricaLics conference in 2019. The Venue was at University […]