‘Diary of an African Hub Manager’: Book Examining Tanzania’s Innovation Ecosystem Launched
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- 18 Apr 2023
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It assesses the role of several stakeholders in promoting innovation in Tanzania.
Tanzania’s innovation ecosystem received a boost here late last week following the launch of a new book that examines the East African country’s innovation landscape, providing answers to hitherto unanswered questions.
Titled Diary of an African Hub Manager: Lessons In Growing Our Innovation Systems, the book was launched on Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), during a function attended by some of the ecosystem’s key players.
Authored by Jumanne Mtambalike, one of Tanzania’s notable innovators and technology enthusiasts, the book addresses – among other questions – why Tanzania is lagging behind regarding innovation and investment issues.
“Why every day are Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa?” Mtambalike asked during the launching ceremony. “Where are we [Tanzania] failing?”
An innovation ecosystem comprises interdependent and interconnected stakeholders, including end-consumers, innovators, investors, regulators, and educational institutions.
According to the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in 2019, Tanzania demonstrated high mobile phone penetration (82.2 per cent), a growing number of active mobile money accounts (24 million), and the value of digital financial transactions equated to 50 per cent of total GDP.
But the organisation and other stakeholders think the country needs to do more to build a resilient national innovation ecosystem.
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