The UDSM ICT Students’ Society (UISS) focuses on creating a friendly environment for students from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), especially those majoring in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), to exchange constructive ideas in ICT. The Society is voluntary, non-political, non-governmental, and not-for-profit, and has a general objective of exploiting the intellectual wealth
of UDSM students to address practical local problems. UISS strongly believes in friendly intellectual interactions among young ICT students to generate meaningful human development and prosperous transformation. Our motto is “We make life easier, enjoyable, and meaningful through ICT.”
The Vision of UISS is to become a leading international Society that exploits fully the intellectual wealth of ICT students to promote inclusive and sustainable national development. To achieve this Vision, the Society strives to empower innovative and creative young students specialized in ICT to promote human socio-economic development through application of affordable and effective ICTs. This mission builds on the fact that the prosperity of our future largely depends on the brilliant millennial group to establish innovative technologies that promote positive socio-economic transformation. Establish a conducive collaborative environment for students and stakeholders in ICT to share and implement constructive ideas in the ICT field;
2. Promote unity and love among students pursuing studies in ICT related disciplines;
3. Apply ICT to address practical societal challenges that hinder human development;
4. Create awareness of ICT and emerging technologies within the Tanzanian community;
5. Establish an environment for members to acquire information on scholarship opportunities in ICT fields;
6. Enhance publicity and reputation of UDSM through students’ activities and events in ICT;
7. Promote academia-industry collaboration, especially in areas related to ICT;
8. Facilitate exchange programs between UDSM students and students from other institutions;
9. Facilitate UDSM students to acquire professional knowledge and skills in ICT;
10. Provide trainings, workshops, and seminars in areas of ICT;
11. Establish mutual collaboration with local and international institutions with goals similar to UISS;
12. Reveal potential ICT opportunities and share them with members;
13. Assist members to be linked with stakeholders in ICT;
14. Cultivate, shape, and promote capabilities of members in different aspects of ICT;
15. Create a sustainable network between ICT alumnae and ICT students of UDSM for knowledge and skills sharing, professional development, and career development;
16. Participate and contribute in UDSM and national ICT related programs or agendas;
17. Develop programs and innovative strategies to assist ICT students achieve higher performance in their ICT subjects;
18. Collaborate with the university to assist students majoring in ICT to commercialize and achieve Intellectual Properties of their final year projects;
19. Empower and create a conducive environment for students to provide professional development programs in ICT;
20. Build the intellectual capacity and practical skills of pre-university students in ICT subjects;
21. Encourage and promote pre-university students to pursue ICT related programs when they join universities or higher learning institutions;
22. Establish an environment, in collaboration with stakeholders and agencies, for ICT students to create self-employment opportunities for themselves;
23. Link ICT students from different universities and higher learning institutions outside Tanzania and those from within the country, and provide a common platform for exchanging constructive ideas that may promote positive socio-economic transformation in the country.
24. Participate in the national agenda of fostering inclusive and sustainable industrial economy through ICT; and
25. Promote community engagement in all ICT related areas.
