DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 22 -- TECHNOLOGY startups have been urged to focus their innovations on key economic sectors to boost productivity, create jobs and support Tanzanias ambition of building a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2050.

The Director General of the Information and Communication Technologies Commission (ICTC), Dr Nkundwe Mwasaga, said startups had a critical role in developing the digital economy, calling on young entrepreneurs to use their technological skills to develop solutions to economic and social challenges.

Speaking yesterday in an exclusive interview with the Daily News during Tanzania Startup Week 2026 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Dr Mwasaga said innovation among emerging bus...