Sneak peak of what's to come
DATA FOR HUMAN CENTERED DIGITAL FUTURE
Wednesday, 29th November
Registration
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Opening Remark
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Opening Remarks: Mr. Sotheness Sambua - Board Chairperson of dLab
Opening Ceremony
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Speaker: Eng. Kundo A mathew - Deputy Minister, Ministry of ICT
Speaker: Robert Raines - Deputy Chief of Mission,US Embassy Dar es Salaam
Moderator: Mahadia Tunga - Executive Director, dLab
Data and Digital: Increasing use of data and digital technologies in Tanzania
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Panelist: Dr.Mahadia Tunga - Executive Director, dLab
Panelist: Morice Cyprian Sarara - Senior Legal Officer, General Personal Data Protection Commission
Panelist: Eric Masinda - Chief Executive Director, Financial Sector Deepening Trust
Panelist: Amani Grewal - SBC4D
Moderator: Jumanne Mtambalike - Co-Founder and CEO, Sahara Venture
Breakfast
Data and Governace: The rules of the game: how the regulatory environment enables or hinders data-driven digital futures
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Showcase: Twaweza
Panelist: Mariam Kitembe- Senior Statistician,Tanzania National Bureau of Stastics
Panelist: James Muwonge- Director of Methodology and Statistics,Uganda National Bureau of Stastics
Panelist: James Nganga- Senior Manager - sampling, Methods and Standard,Kenya National Bureau of Stastics
Panelist: Rachel Magege- Data Governance Lead,Policy
Moderator: Sammy Awami - Journalist
Data and Policy: Evidence Driven Solution and Policy/Regulation Design
Speaker: Emmanuel Mwamakula - MEL Manager, FSDT
Speaker: Nicelyne Nicholaus - Research and MEL Intern, FSDT
Facilitators: Julia Seifert - Consultant, FSDT
Lunch
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Data and Security: Protecting Data in the Digital Era
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Panelist: Ramadhani Ramadhani - Head of Network Engineering, Vodacom
Panelist:Eliud Canicius - Founder of YITEISM and National Chairman
Panelist: Morice Cyprian - Legal Officer, Personal Data Protection Commission
Panellist: Dr Patricia Boshe - Data Protection Expert, JamiiForums
Panellist: Esther Mengi - Founder and CEO Serensic Africa
Moderator: Carol Ndosi - Co-Founder and Director, The Launch Pad
Data and Journalisim: Seeding a forest of data users: supply, demand, skills and interests
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Data and Inclusion:Empowering Women-Owned Small Businesses through Data and Digital skills
Venue : Luhanga Hall
Keynote Speaker:Aretha Mane - Unit Manager for the Data and Security Infrastructure and Governance Unit,Smart Africa
Panelist:Agnieszka Rawa - Managing Director - Department of Compact Operations,MCC
Panelist:Ramadhani Hangwa - Program Analyst - Data and Development,UNFPA
Panelist: Dr.Mahadia Tunga - Executive Director, dLab
Panelist: Hawa BERETE - Country Coordinator - Côte d'Ivoire,DigiFemmes/MCC
Moderator: Catherinerose Barretto - CO-Founder and Consultant, Binary Labs
Thursday, 30th November
Registration
Data and Education: Building Capacity of Data Scientists in Africa
Venue : Mzizima
Panelist: Samson Kiware - Principal Research Scientist,IHI
Panelist: Celina Lee - CO-Founder and CEOZindi
Presentation: Davis David - Data Scientist, dLab
Panelist: Mark Herringer - Director, healthsites.io
Panelist: Dr.Mahadia Tunga - Executive Director, dLab
Moderator: Janice Stephen Maige Research Data Scientist,IHI
Data and Youth:Enhancing skills development through youth involvement in innovations, data creation, and usage for sustainable development.
Venue : Kilimanjaro
Presentation: Asha Mustapher -Associate Project Manager, OMDTZ
Speaker: Gibson Kawago - Founder and CTO,WAGA
Speaker: Ibrahim Ramadhani - Research Scientist,IHI
Speaker: Joyce Gerold Mbilinyi - CO-Founder,YITEISM
Speaker: Somoe Mkwachu - Program Manager, dLab
Speaker: Hawa BERETE - Country Coordinator - Côte d'Ivoire, DigiFemme/MCC
Moderator: Tayamika Mattao - Innovation Advisor,WFP
Health Break
Data and AI: Implementing AI in Tanzania
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Panelist: Dr.Ally Nyamawe - Principal Investigator, AI4D Lab
Panelist: Dr.Jabhera Matogoro - Coordinator of Infrastructure and Data Ecosystems, AI4D Lab
Panelist: Davis David - Data Scientist, dLab
Panelist: Suna Salum - Data Science Scholar, dLab
Moderator: Dr.Salim Diwani- Coordinator - Healthcare,AI4D Lab
Data and Art: Data, Information and the Creative industry
Venue :
panelist:Ayeta Wangusa - Executive Director, CDEA
Panelist: Murtaza Ebrahim - CEO,Imperial Marketing
Presentation : Unleashed Academy
Moderator: Khalila Mbowe- Director,Unleashed Africa
Lunch
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Data and Agriculture: Data-driven Digital Agriculture
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Panelist: Mponda Malozo -Agriculture and Digital Transformation Expert, FAO
Panelist: Yvone Bayona - Head of Agriculture, Vodacom
Panelist: Rashid Ligiliko - Head of ICT, Ministry of Agriculture
Panelist: Albert Richard - Director Operation, UCSAF
Panelist: Naeem Mawji - Consultant, Mackenzie
Panelist: Morice Cyprian - Legal Officer, Personal Data Protection Commission
Moderator: Omari Bakar - Co-Founder, dLab
Closing Ceremony and Declaration of Data Tamasha 2025 Theme
Guest of Honor: Dr. Amos Nungu - Director General, COSTECH