Sokoine University of Agriculture has completed the process of compensating 7 villagers with a farm of 151.16 acres who agreed to have their land used by the university to build a timber processing and value addition factory for forest products in Magingo village, Madaba district, Ruvuma region.

Sokoine University of Agriculture has signed a formal contract with the Madaba District Council in Ruvuma for the ownership of a 10,000 hectare farm for tree farming and practical training for its students and the community. Speaking before signing the contract in the council hall, the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Research and Professional Consultancy, Prof. Maulid Mwatawala, on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Raphael Chibunda, said that the purpose of the farm is for training and increasing revenue.

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) and the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) welcomed the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) to the IT Innovation Lab’s 3D and Robotics studio (CEZERI Studio). The studio equipment were generously donated by the Turkish people under the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).