The UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA  (URT) joined the AFRA agreement in 1991 and ever since it has participated and benefited directly from nine AFRA projects; and indirectly from the project on project formulation.
                       
Under the nine projects the URT received   Expert services; laboratory  equipment and consumables and   staff attended training courses  workshops and seminars organized as project activities.  On the other  hand, the URT contributed in kind for logistic support and cash as operational expenses worth about US $  60,000 to enable or facilitate the implementation of project activities. In the next projects  cycle starting 2004 the country will in addition to continuingprojects,participate in new projects most of which are geared to consolidate the already established capabilities and enhance income generation for future self reliant and sustainable operation of national activities. As a result of these IAEA   and  Government inputs, there have  been noticeable achievements for the nine projects whose impacthas been significant.  Further to this, some major training of meeting events at the National Level were organized very successfully. The United Republic  of Tanzania is indebted to AFRA for the valuable co-operation.  The URT will therefore give enough effort to curb the weaknesses for maximum application of nuclear technology to facilitate socio-economic development. The strengths that exist will be the stepping-stone towards this endeavor

Sectoral science and technology policies

The national science and technology  policy attempts to identify priority areas of research and development, which have  potential for contributing to a rapid growth in key sectors of the economy and in those fields where Tanzania enjoys a comparative advantage. The following  sectors are specified: Food and  agriculture; Industry; Energy; Natural  resources; Environment; Health, Sanitation and population planning;Transport and communication