Selected research and consultancy projects

1. Developing Demand-Driven Curricula for the Digital Technology Institute: From June 2025 to present, I have been leading the team that provides consultancy services for developing demand-driven curricula for the Digital Technology Institute, Tanzania. The client of this project is the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
2. TSCMIS Evaluation:  From August to November 2022, I was a member of the team that was consulted by Cambridge Education under the Shule Bora project to conduct a high-quality diagnosis/audit of the Teachers Service Commission Management Information System, and advise Shule Bora on best way to complete development and deployment of the system.
3. Assessment of Malaria Information Systems in Zanzibar: From May 2023 to date, I have been involved in the assessment of electronic information systems that are used for Malaria surveillance in Zanzibar, to establish their strengths, weaknesses and how they could be improved to facilitate more coordinated efforts to eliminate Malaria in Zanzibar.  This point is supported by Population Service International (PSI) with the support of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI).
4. Implementation of the national e-health architecture: From 2009 to date, I have been a researcher, system analyst and national implementer during the development, customization, training, deployment, and user support for DHIS2 in Tanzania, Africa and the rest of the world. The project has also generated scientific insights that have advanced the literature on the implementation of information systems in developing countries. The main client of this work is the Ministry of Health, Tanzania.
5. Development of the National Human Resources for Health Information System: From 2009 to date, I have been part of the team responsible for development, training and supporting users of the Human Resource for Health Information Software (HRHIS), a software to facilitate the collection and analysis of information related to the health workforce of the entire country of Tanzania, with the aim of informing the decision-making process on the country health workforce agenda. The project has also generated scientific insights that have advanced the literature on the implementation of information systems in developing countries.
6. eIDSR Tanzania: From 2013 to date, I have been a member of the team responsible for analysis, development, training and national deployment of the electronic Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (eIDSR) system. The system facilitates immediate and weekly reporting of certain diseases of public health importance through mobile phones, to inform disease surveillance and response teams in a bid to contain the spread of diseases. The project has generated scientific insights on the use of mobile technology to improve surveillance of outbreak diseases in the developing world. The client of this work is the Ministry of Health, Tanzania.
7. Systems integration: From 2020 to date, I have been a Lead Consultant and Researcher in the project for integrating Hospital Management Information Systems of 12 tertiary hospitals in Tanzania with the DHIS2,  so that data from the referral, consultant and specialized hospitals across the country can be available in the national HMIS data warehouse (DHIS2), to inform planning, management, and decision-making of healthcare services in the country. I am the Project Lead on the UDSM side. Through various meetings and workshops with stakeholders from tertiary hospitals and their respective system vendors, so far, we have managed to integrate management systems for six tertiary hospitals with the DHIS2 and talks to integrate the remaining six are still ongoing. Also, from November 2020 to date, the Ministry of Health in Tanzania is currently working on a project to improve HRHIS by integrating all HRH systems across the country--pre-service, in-service, and HRH professional council systems—to facilitate holistic analysis, planning, management, and decision making on the country’s workforce agenda. A total of 8 systems are participating in this integration by exchanging data with the HRHIS. The client of this work is the Ministry of Health, Tanzania.
8. Strengthening safety considerations in software engineering practices in Tanzania: From July 2022 to date, I have been a Principal Investigator of the team involved in needs assessment, curriculum and materials development, and facilitating the training workshops for professional software engineers in Tanzania on the development of safety-critical software systems. Both face-to-face and self-paced versions of the course have been developed and administered to more than 100 software engineers in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. The work is supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.
9. Development of templates and guidelines for Software Quality Assurance: From February to  March 2024, I was part of the team that was engaged by the Tanzania Revenue Authority to develop the templates and guidelines for Software Quality Assurance in the Tanzania Revenue Authority. The developed templates and guidelines focus on ensuring quality across the software development lifecycle.
10. Assessment of the Tanzania Electronic Single Window System: In October 2023, I was engaged by the Tanzania Revenue Authority to conduct a thorough assessment of the Tanzania Electronic Single Window System, and use the assessment results to develop a roadmap for the deployment, maintenance and support of the system.
11. Guardians: From June 2023 to date, I was engaged as a researcher and author in the Guardians project by the UDSM’s Mwalimu Nyerere Professorial Chair in Pan African Studies to conduct research and write a book chapter on Digitalisation and Human Mobility. Using evidence from the Tanzania Immigration Services Department and the review of literature, the draft of the book chapter has been produced and is in the publication process.
12. Development of the national guidelines for the integration of ICT in technical and vocational education: In August 2024, I was a member of the team responsible for the development of the national guidelines for the integration of ICT in the regulatory as well as teaching, learning, and administration activities of the technical and vocational training institutions across the country. The guidelines were developed based on the National Digital Education Strategy (2024) and other relevant policy frameworks.
13. Development of the national guidelines for the integration of ICT in basic education: In September 2024; I was a member of the team responsible for the development of the national guidelines for the integration of ICT in the regulatory as well as teaching, learning, and administration activities of the pre-primary, primary, schools, and teacher colleges across the country. The guidelines were developed based on the National Digital Education Strategy (2024) and other relevant policy frameworks.  The client of this work was the Tanzania Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.