Timothy N. P. Manyaga is our ‘Alumnus of the Month’ for August 2020. Timothy was born in 1954 in Kigoma region. He had his primary education at Mwanga Primary School in Kigoma and his secondary education at Kigoma Secondary School (forms I-IV) and Kibaha Secondary School (senior forms V-VI). Upon passing the ‘A-level’ exams, he enrolled for a diploma course at Kleruu Teacher Training College. This qualified him for teaching at Mgulani National Service Secondary School in DSM. He served there as a teacher and as a Second Master 1978-1979, when he left for university studies at the University of Dar es Salaam, enrolling in the Faculty of Science for a degree programme in Maths, Physics and Education. He was awarded a BSc (Honors) in 1982. 

Hulda Shaidi Swai [née Shaidi] is the University of Dar es Salaam’s ‘Alumna of the Month’ for August 2020. She is presently a Professor at Tanzania’s Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha. Hulda was born in 1954, in Vudee, Same district in Kilimanjaro Region. She went to primary school in her home district, thereafter to Tambaza secondary school in Dar es Salaam (junior secondary forms I-IV) and Kilakala girls secondary school in Morogoro (senior forms V and VI).  In 1977, Hulda was admitted to the University of Dar es Salaam at the Faculty of Science [now called CoNAS] for a three-year degree programme where she majored in Chemistry and Statistics. She completed her programme successfully in 1980.