Keynote
H.E. Alexander Stubb
President of the Republic of Finland
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Edition 11 · 12 – 16 May 2025
IWTz2025Innovation for a Resilient and Inclusive Future
4,760registrations
622participating organisations
41sessions held
57.5% / 42.5%men and women
- Edition
- 11th edition
- Dates
- 12 – 16 May 2025
- Where
- JNICC, Dar es Salaam
- Organised by
- Jointly hosted by UNDP, Vodacom and COSTECH, featuring the Future Ready Summit
The week in brief
The eleventh edition ran for five days at JNICC under the theme Innovation for a Resilient and Inclusive Future, jointly hosted by UNDP, Vodacom and COSTECH and featuring the Future Ready Summit.
Sessions covered AI policy and learning, e-mobility, the forestry value chain, capital raising for startups, regulation for early-stage businesses, business and human rights in digitalisation, and a ministerial roundtable on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Agenda
What was on in 2025
Monday 12 May
- Bridging Policy and Practice: AI Innovation for Tanzania's Future
Tuesday 13 May
- #YouthIgnite Student Founders Fellowship: Building Innovation Ecosystems in Higher Learning Institutions
- Mind the Gap: Redefining ESO Value Across Startup Growth Stages, FUNGUO Innovation Programme
Wednesday 14 May
- Capital Raising Masterclass for Startups
- Unlocking eMobility in Tanzania: Innovation, Policy and Partnership for a Resilient and Inclusive Transport Future
Thursday 15 May
- Catalyzing Innovation in the Forestry Value Chain
- Ministerial Roundtable Dialogue on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Building a Future-Ready Tanzania
Friday 16 May
- Catalyzing Tanzania's Startup Economy: Shaping the Regulatory Environment for Early-stage Businesses
- Leveraging AI for Learning and Career Growth
- Human Rights Compliance in Business Operation: Case of Digitalization
Voices
Speakers at IWTz2025
Keynote
John Rutere
Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Tanzania
Keynote
Rosalynn Mworia
Managing Director, Mwananchi Communications Limited
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