RSIF Tanzania Country Report 2021

Abstract

Tanzania’s collaboration with RSIF: Tanzania participated at the 5th PASET Forum and has expressed its intention to contribute to RSIF. The Minister of Education, Science and Technology represents Tanzania in the PASET Governing Council (GC), and the Director for Science, Technology and Innovation, sits in the PASET Executive Board (EB). The potential of Tanzania’s innovative expansion due to investment in RSIF is multiplied when leveraged by the funds through matching support from various donors, including the Government of Korea, international partner institutions and others. By contributing to RSIF, Tanzania will benefit from joint resource mobilization with other countries and capacity building for PhDs and research and innovation far into the future. PASET aims to mobilise over USD 500 million into the RSIF permanent fund, with an estimated 20% to be allocated to research and innovation projects for the benefit of citizens and institutions of participating countries. Many African countries are interested to be part of this.