MWANZA, June 6 -- THE 38bn/- Eastern Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration project (EASTRIP) officially took off around 2020 at the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) Mwanza Campus, with a strategic goal of transforming the institution into a centre of excellence in leather and allied technologies.

The project, which is expected to be fully completed by the end of this year, is part of a broader regional initiative funded through the World Bank and implemented in Tanzania alongside Kenya and Ethiopia. Its primary aim is to strengthen technical and vocational education and training (TVET), while also establishing specialized centres of excellence in priority industrial sectors.

In Tanzania, EASTRIP is being i...