Tanzania, Aug. 31 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania must shift its focus from celebrating innovative ideas to ensuring they reach the market, create businesses and jobs, and solve problems facing citizens, speakers at the opening of Innovation Week Tanzania 2026 have said.

The call puts commercialisation and practical impact at the centre of this year's Innovation Week, as government, the private sector, researchers and innovators seek to address what remains a key weakness in the country's innovation ecosystem.

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech ) Director General Dr Amos Nungu said Tanzania had no shortage of innovative ideas or young people with the ability to develop solutions, but needed a stronger system for taking t...