dLab has partnered with Ardhi University and Tanga City Council to create a “smart city”. Urbanization has caused a ripple effect of socio-economic issues.

They manifest systemically through: economic marginalization contributed by low and inappropriate skills; inadequacy of services and poor provision of special needs for vulnerable groups; and fragmentation of functional units between levels, and across departments, leading to the duplication of efforts and poor data flow.

In recognizing these challenges, dLab, ARU, and TCC have agreed to use Tanga City as a living lab. We will engage, empower and implement the use of frontier technologies through human-centered design and co-production of knowledge.