DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 6 -- THE CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with two higher learning institutions—the College of Business Education (CBE) and the Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) to establish a strategic national framework —aimed at strengthening academic-industry collaboration between the education sector and industry/business to produce graduates with skills, knowledge, and competencies that meet labor market demands and the competitiveness of todays world of work.

The agreements seek to integrate practical experience from the industrial and business sectors into academic programmes at the two institutions, enhance the capacity of students and faculty, and establish sust...