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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

Research Project Details

Y4C

Project Description

The Youth For Children (Y4C) Innovation Hub is a convening and training space to promote child rights and invest in open innovation by young people that contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Y4C Hub provides technological resources, design workshops and training, and skill-based seminars to enhance the leadership and innovation capacity of young people in Tanzania.

Project Scope and Duration

Sustainable 

Project Management

The Y4C hub is housed at the University of Dar es Salaam College of ICT and was established in collaboration between UDSM and UNICEF Tanzania.

It is lead by Dr Hellen Maziku as the Principal Investigator. 

Project team members

The project key members are students and several CoICT lecturers as mentors.

Contacts

Dr Hellen Maziku
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Information and Communication Technologies
University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 33335, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Email: nahelna@gmail.commaziku.hellen@udsm.ac.tz 
Mobile: +255717 743350
Office Number: Block A Room# 006