Author: Nasir Hairy

Executive Summary:

Tanzanian youth recently participated in the ‘Youth and Social Justice Futures: Identifying Future Skills and Training in Africa’ project, with youth-led participatory action research grounded in futures perspectives. This collaborative endeavour, culminating in this policy briefing, envisions innovative pathways for Tanzanian youth by examining forward-looking systems in Tanzania, youth skills prerequisites and youth viewpoints. This policy briefing urges the country’s Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology to integrate technological advancements for greater productivity and equity across sectors.

Such a move will improve efficiency, ensure accessibility and promote fairness for the country’s youth. It calls on the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority to enable unrestricted access to information through digital literacy programmes and expanded connectivity, with gender-responsive initiatives fostering education and empowerment. In addition, the Prime Minister’s Office – Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disabilities, collaborating with others, should lead policy reforms focused on equal opportunities, fair wages and gender-sensitive vocational training to foster inclusive economic growth.

These policy recommendations aim to secure a strategic future for Tanzanian youth by fostering technological integration, equitable access to information, gender-responsive initiatives and inclusive economic policies. Such policies should drive youth empowerment and create essential opportunities, including greater access to technology, education, fair employment, gender equality, active youth participation in the country and sustainable growth.