Tanzania, Aug. 24 -- Tanga. Tanzania's ambition to become a knowledge-driven, high-income economy by 2050 will depend not only on how much it invests in science, technology and innovation (STI), but on whether it can build a system that turns research and ideas into technologies, businesses, jobs and solutions to national problems.

That was the message emerging from the National Education, Research, Skills and Innovation Forum, held as a side event during the National Education, Skills and Innovation Week at Usagara Secondary School in Tanga on August 22, 2026.

The forum brought together researchers, innovators, educators and private-sector players to examine what Tanzania must do differently if STI is to become a practical driver of th...