NJOMBE, Feb. 24 -- UNIVERSITY of Dodoma (UDOM) has declared its ambition to transform Njombe into a commercially driven region.

The initiative will be powered by advanced research in agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries and mining through newly designed academic programmes tailored to the areas economic strengths Instead of producing graduates for a general job market, the university is aligning its academic investment with Njombes dominant productive sectors, linking training, research and enterprise development to the realities of the local economy.

The programmes were unveiled last week before the Njombe Regional Advisory Committee in a meeting chaired by Regional Commissioner Anthony Mtaka and attended by Members of Parliamen...