Dar es Salaam, Nov. 24 -- INNOVATORS have been urged to develop relevant digital solutions which will help close the digital divide and enhance the new economy in both rural and urban communities.

It is believed there has been a rapid growth of digital innovations across the economy, but the majority ends on the product or prototype levels, failing to break even to become independent companies.

Director of ICT at the University of Dodoma (Udom), Dr Goodiel Moshi, said during a Dodoma Sparks 2020 conference which brought together tech developers, innovators, start-ups, academicians and nongovernmental organisations, that innovators must consider developing solutions which were relevant to people.

"Internet penetration remains slow becau...