TANZICT stands for The Information Society and ICT Sector Development Project. It’s bilateral collaboration project between the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology of Tanzania (MCST) and Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
The project’s overall objective is a strengthened Tanzanian information society with enhanced capacities to contribute to the achievement of the Government’s socio-economic development goals.
The project is organized in three components:
- Support the revision of the national ICT policy and start of the implementation.
- Strengthen the Institutional capacity of MCST.
- Create Tanzanian Innovation Program.
The project officially began on August 1st, 2011 and it is run together by staff members of MCST, COSTECH (Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology) and Finnish Technical Assistance team of two people.