The Technology Awards are the most comprehensive celebration of Technology in the year. The 1st Annual Tanzania ICT Awards - Celebrating the pioneers of ICT and encouraging excellence was held at the Arusha International Conference (AICC) on 22nd October 2021 along with the 5th Annual ICT Conference
Dr. Alcardo Alex Barakabitze from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology, College of Natural and Applied Science, Sokoine University of Agriculture was awarded the Best ICT Researcher Award for his research excellence after publishing articles and papers in high impact conferences and journals including IEEE, Computer Networks Elsevier, and Wiley.
Dr. Barakabitze stressed that ICT awards at the institutional and national level are the key in fostering research, innovation, and creativity in the country.
The 2021 ICT awards (Tanzania ICT Awards: Index (www.ictc.go.tz)) were awarded by the ICT Commission that has mandates of coordinating and facilitating the implementation of National ICT initiatives in Tanzania. The Guest of Honor during the closing ceremony of the 5th Annual ICT Conference was the Prime Minister, of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Kassim Majaliwa (MP).
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