THE NEED OF CAPACITY BUILDING TO MINIMIZE SKILLS SHORTAGE IN THE FIELD OF CYBERSECURITY

As the Connect to connect summit started on 28th of July 2015, one of the key things addressed was the cybersecurity. From an opening speech by the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology noted the issue of cyber threats being one of the serious problems of any country if right measures to minimize the risk are implemented.

Added to that, I took part in a Workshop (Panel discussion) discussing the trends of cybersecurity where we agreed that cyber threats have become a top concern...

The fourth workshop in a global series of workshop on Cybercrime and Cybersecurity which was announced "HERE", hosted by the US Government was held in Gaborone recently. The retreat, dubbed the Sub-Saharan African Cybercrime and Cybersecurity workshop attracted mostly security and law agents from almost all the SADC countries who all resolved to have their governments devote more resources to fighting cybercrimes.

Eric Tamrkin, from The Institute for Security Studies said “Given the...

Building Capacity for Research and Training in Tanzania
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Dar es Salaam — Quintino Mgani is professor of chemistry at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He also coordinates the SABINA (Southern African Biochemistry and Informatics for Natural Products) network of the Regional Initiative in Science and ...

>A new report ranks Tanzania first in capacity development in Africa.According to the 2014 Africa Capacity Report (ACR), released by the Zimbabwe-based African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Tanzania is the best performer in policy environment, capacity for implementation and capacity to generate development results.

Zanzibar women need capacity building for general elections
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WOMEN in Zanzibar are lobbying for capacity building, a move they have described crucial in enabling them participate actively in the forthcoming general elections. The call for help was echoed by community women groups when they gathered to share ...

>Let’s face it, research in Tanzania is side-lined regardless of the remarkable boost on its spending. The 1986 Tanzania’s science and technology policy specified to spend 3.5 per cent of the GDP on the advancement of science and technology in the country. But it was later noted that the spending was not achievable. In 1995, the policy was revised and it was recommended that the research budget should be at least one per cent of the GDP.

Dr. Ali, My digital forensics investigation lecture during my bachelor degree argued the UK government to invest on skills and police resources to tackle cybercrime. He started with the statistics by saying; the cost of cybercrime to the UK economy is around £27 billion per year, around 2% of national GDP. Some experts suggest this is too small, excluding as it does important vectors of cybercrime such as malware.

Computer security firm Norton estimates that more than 12.5m people in the UK...

EU Naval Force Warship BNS Leopold I Conducts Maritime Capacity Building ...
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On 19 and 20 November, during her recent port visit to Dar Es Salam, EU Naval Force warship BNS Leopold I hosted members of the Tanzanian Navy in support of EUCAP Nestor's initiative to conduct Local Maritime Capability Building (LMCB). On the first ...

  Eastern and Southern African Universities Research Programme (ESAURP) has today launched a project geared on formalizing of Micro, Small and Medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) covering ten (10) regions of mainland Tanzania; Arusha, Kilimanajaro, Mbeya, Iringa, Kagera, Mtwara, Kigoma, Singida, Morogoro, Dodoma.  

The project, sponsored by Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT) will target a total of 1,500 (150 from each region) businesses/ entrepreneurs.
Speaking to reporters, ESAURP Executive...