University of Dar es Salaam

Exit, voice, and adaptive livelihood diversification: Reframing coffee abandonment as transformative climate adaptation in East Africa

Climate change adaptation discourse has a habit of casting smallholder farmers as passive recipients of interventions designed to keep them producing for global market demand. This framing obscures both farmer agency and the power relations embedded in sustainability governance....

Psychological experiences of families bereaved by 2025 post-election protest-related fatalities in Tanzania: a qualitative thematic analysis

The 2025 post-election violence in Tanzania produced not only political and human rights consequences but also profound psychological and psychosocial consequences for bereaved families. This qualitative study explored the psychological and psychosocial experiences of family memb...

Exploration of Teachers’ Pedagogical Beliefs and its Perceived Influence on Teaching Physical Education in Tanzanian Secondary Schools

This study aimed to explore teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their perceived influence on the teaching of Physical Education in secondary schools in the Dar es Salaam and Ruvuma regions of Tanzania. Data were collected from eight purposively selected physical education teachers...

Physicochemical and antioxidant properties of chitin nanofibril films containing ethanolic extracts of mangifera indica peel for food packaging applications

In this study, the potential of using mango peel extract (MPEx), rich in polyphenols and antioxidants for developing chitin nanofibrils (ChNF) composite films was investigated. ChNF films containing 1-5 % MPEx were prepared by solution casting technique and evaluated for their ba...

Human pressures and habitat connectivity loss threaten wildlife survival: evidence from the Igando-Igawa Wildlife Corridor, Tanzania

Wildlife corridors are critical for maintaining ecological connectivity, enabling species movement, and sustaining biodiversity. Despite their ecological importance, corridors are facing escalating anthropogenic pressures, including agriculture, settlement expansion, livestock gr...

Rainfall homogeneity, variability, and trends across unimodal and bimodal regimes in the Wami Basin, Tanzania

ABSTRACT The graphical abstract links rainfall data, statistical tests, spatial outputs, and hydrological implications for the Wami basin. Rainfall regime coexistence influences hydrological variability in semi-arid regions, but is rarely treated explicitly in basin-scale assessm...

Determinants of participation in collaborative agribusiness models among young potato smallholder farmers in Wanging’ombe, Tanzania

This study was conducted examine study the determinants of collaborative agribusiness models among young potato producers in Wanging’ombe, Tanzania. A multistage sampling technique and a semi-structured questionnaire were used to collect data from members and non-members of colla...

Assessing the sustainability of ecological sanitation in Kabale, Uganda, using an analytical hierarchy process–based approach

ABSTRACT Graphical abstract showing the assessment of EcoSan sustainability in Kabale District, Uganda, using a multi-criteria analysis approach based on health, technical, environmental, socio-cultural, economic and financial, and legal and institutional criteria. This study eva...

Reshaping teaching to promote holistic learners’ development through school quality assurance policy reforms in secondary schools in Tanzania

Purpose This study aims to critically analyse how school quality assurance (SQA) policy discourses reshaped teaching for effective learning in secondary schools in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach The study used a qualitative design guided by social constructionism, which vi...

Knowledge and attitude toward HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among women of reproductive age in Tanzania

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Owing to the high incidence and prevalence of HIV Infection among women compared to men, PrEP has the potential to reduce the rate of HIV infection among...

Reimagining quality assurance in African universities through UNESCO’s Futures of Education 2050: a critical policy analysis

Purpose This paper aims to examine how UNESCO’s Futures of Education 2050 vision can inform the transformation of quality assurance in selected African university systems. Design/methodology/approach It uses critical policy analysis and thematic document analysis to examine UNESC...

Integrating menopausal neurocognitive and psychosocial dynamics into economic behavior: the Behavioral Finance–Menopausal Cognition (BF-MC) Model (MARiE WP2A study)

Objective: Traditional behavioral finance—which examines how cognitive biases, emotions, and context shape economic decision-making— often assumes cognitive stability, rationality, and consistent risk evaluation, based largely on male-dominated samples. Emerging evidence from the...

Tanzanian army songs and the archetypal construction of patriotism and national identity

This paper examines how Tanzanian army songs operate as archetypal frameworks through which patriotism, national identity, and collective memory are constructed, performed, and transmitted. Drawing on Carl Jung’s theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious as well as Jose...

Prevalence and patterns of sedentary behaviours among University of Dar es Salaam students

Sedentary behaviour is rising among university students because of lifestyle changes, modernisation, and academic demands. This paper examined the prevalence and patterns of sedentary behaviour among the University of Dar es Salaam students in Tanzania. The study employed a cross...

From financial attitudes to SME financial performance: the roles of financial behaviour and financial inclusion in mogadishu, Somalia

This study examines how financial attitude, financial behaviour, and financial inclusion are associated with the financial performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mogadishu, Somalia. Questionnaire data from 215 SME owners, managers, and financial decision-make...

Climate action disclosure among companies: Implications for achieving global efforts to limit average global temperature rise to below 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels

Climate action disclosure among companies has gained significant attention in today’s competitive business arena in ensuring business entities effectively and appropriately reduce their greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. However, there are inadequate studies that have investigated...

Nexus of environmental deterioration and language endangerment: the loss of Sukuma insects’ terms in Kwimba, Tanzania

This study examined how environmental degradation affects the loss of Sukuma insect terminology in Kwimba, Tanzania. Using qualitative methods, interviews and focus groups and guided by systemic functional linguistics, it explored the language-environment relationship. Findings r...

Accessibility of e-learning platforms for lecturers and students with visual impairments in Tanzania’s university systems

The rapid expansion of e-learning in higher education has increased opportunities for flexible teaching and learning; however, lecturers and students with visual impairments (SVIs) continue to experience significant barriers to accessing digital learning environments in Tanzania....

Theory–simulation–application framework to enhance biostatistical capacity for HIV and cancer data analysis in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learnt from Tanzania

Enhancing biostatistical capacity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is imperative for the efficient analysis of routinely collected health data and for clinical and public health decision-making. We describe the experiences and lessons learnt from implementing advanced statistical capa...

Soil chemical properties of smallholder avocado intercropping systems in northern Tanzania

Avocado production is expanding in northern Tanzania; however, information on the spatial variability of soil fertility across major production areas remains limited. This study assessed soil chemical properties in smallholder avocado agroforestry systems across six districts in...