DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's young software engineer minces no words when he says he spends sleepless nights thinking of how long will it take to making his country a technological hub.
Jumanne Mtambalike, 35, is chief executive officer and co-founder of Sahara Ventures, a company founded in 2016 to build a stable innovation, technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Tanzania and Africa through consultancy and investment, with 15 permanent employees in innovation technology and entrepreneurship and more than 60 consultants.
One of Mtambalike's in-tray to do list is the making of the first ever technological district along the New Bagamoyo Road in the country's commercial hub of Dar es Salaam.
Mtambalike said a technology district has many benefits, including creating employment opportunities for young people and at the same time pushing the country toward a digital economy.
Mtambalike said in May 2016 he visited China for two weeks under the Migratory Bird Program, a non-profit event hosted in Yunqi Cloud Town, Hangzhou, China, that aims to bring the world's youth together for science and technology.
"My visit to China was an eye opener. I learned how the country is doing in promoting technological districts," said the software engineer who graduated from Bangalore University in India in 2011.
Mtambalike said China is leading in the world when one looks at the number of new innovations and new technologies.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
