dLab – Tanzania Data Lab

Training Programs

Tailored
Training
AI
Bootcamp
Scholarship

We focus on filling the existing data skills gaps by developing a revolving curriculum that is continuously updated based on the changes in the market and informed by the needs of the community.

Our capacity development content design covers all aspects of data for development including data literacy, data science and data for innovation. dLab also provides public and tailored courses, online courses and training of data stewards and data driven innovation champions.

Tailored Training

dLab offers customized delivery of training as per client needs. We adopt challenge-driven education which seeks to investigate client pain points and design tailored training programs that suit the needs of organizations and the market in general.

AI Bootcamp

Are you a college student? Join our world-class AI Bootcamp. The Bootcamp aims to equip college students with employable skills in data science. At the end of the program, each student will complete at least one capstone project.

Scholarship

Earn your Masters’s in data science degree at the University of Dar es Salaam through our PEPFAR scholarship program. The scholarship provides you with a unique experience to interact with experts across the globe while solving real-world problems in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Women Training Programs

Code Like a Girl

This initiative has the aim of ending the misconceptions that “STEM is for boys” and creating a fun atmosphere that will get girls excited about all the career paths that are available to them.

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Smart Girls

Following up on the success of the Code Like A Girl program, dLab partnered with the University of Dar es Salaam and the ICT commission of Tanzania to design a program for training young girls, especially at community schools on emerging technologies.

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Data4Her

This is the program initiative by dLab that targets young career women who are entrepreneurs or aspire to be entrepreneurs by enhancing their digital skills so as to stay relevant in the field.

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Women in Data Science (WiDS)

Women in Data Science (WiDS) was founded in 2015, an annual event on the Stanford campus. Since then, WiDS has supported other “Data Champions” to organize similar events worldwide. In 2019, dLab organized the first WiDS Dar es Salaam as one of the WiDS regional conferences.

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