Higher education leaders, scholars, policymakers, innovators, private-sector representatives and development partners from Africa and beyond will converge at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) from September 16–22, 2026, to deliberate on the future of higher education and its role in shaping Africa’s development.

A faulty electronic device can easily look like a replacement waiting to happen. But at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), technicians are proving that what appears to be a dead machine may simply need the right diagnosis—and the right hands.

For many employees, retirement can feel like a distant event—something to think about when the working years are almost over. But experts at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) are encouraging staff to look at it differently: retirement is a stage of life that deserves preparation long before the final working day arrives.

A research paper may add to academic knowledge, but the real test of an idea can come when it leaves the pages of a journal and begins solving a problem in the real world. That is the shift the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is seeking to accelerate by strengthening awareness and capacity in intellectual property (IP), research and innovation,

For many women academics, finding uninterrupted time to write, publish and build a strong academic profile can be as challenging as the research itself. At the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), a programme is helping change that by creating space for women academics to write, learn from one another and take the next step in their careers.