Tanzania, April 14 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's drive to prepare young people for the fast-changing global economy has entered a new phase after the government extended the Samia Scholarship programme to the Master's degree level, targeting some of the country's brightest undergraduates in science and technology fields.

The latest move will see an initial batch of 10 students supported to pursue advanced studies in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and allied disciplines at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Zanzibar Campus, marking a major step in the country's efforts to build high-level expertise for the digital age.

Speaking exclusively to The Citizen on April 13, 2026, Minister for Education, Science an...