Dar es Salaam. The Tanzanian authorities, by means of the Universal Communications Service Access Fund (UCSAF), continues to make outstanding progress in empowering girls to take part totally in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research beneath the Girls in ICT venture.
Through this initiative, the federal government has efficiently constructed the technological capability and inventive potential of feminine secondary college college students, positioning them to contribute to the nation’s digital transformation and selling gender equality in science and expertise sectors.
In the 2024/25 monetary 12 months, the venture reached 246 feminine college students from public secondary faculties throughout Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
Conducted by means of six regional coaching camps held in April 2025, the programme supplied contributors with hands-on expertise in STEM disciplines, focusing significantly on sensible functions utilizing Arduino methods and microcontrollers to develop options to social and financial challenges.
The coaching has impressed a rising sense of confidence and motivation amongst girls to pursue careers in technology-related fields.
By equipping younger ladies with digital abilities, the federal government has demonstrated its agency dedication to nurturing a brand new era of digital innovators able to driving Tanzania’s technological development and contributing meaningfully to an inclusive digital financial system.
The Girls in ICT initiative exemplifies the federal government’s broader imaginative and prescient of making equal alternatives for all residents—guaranteeing that nobody, particularly girls and younger ladies, is left behind within the fast-evolving digital panorama.