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..nimevutiwa sana na hii article kuhusu Dr.Keto Mshigeni.
..mchango wake ktk utafiti wa Marine Biology unatambulika dunia nzima.
..kazi aliyoifanya kama Vice Chancellor Univ of Namibia ni ya kupigiwa mfano.
..wa-Tanzania tuna underutilize vipaji vya wasomi wetu. Keto Mshigeni ni mfano mmoja wapo.
..nimevutiwa sana na hii article kuhusu Dr.Keto Mshigeni.
..mchango wake ktk utafiti wa Marine Biology unatambulika dunia nzima.
..kazi aliyoifanya kama Vice Chancellor Univ of Namibia ni ya kupigiwa mfano.
..wa-Tanzania tuna underutilize vipaji vya wasomi wetu. Keto Mshigeni ni mfano mmoja wapo.
Kiangiosekazi Wa-Nyoka said:MSHIGENI HONOURED THIS WEEK
A PERSON who does not know the inside of the Vice-Chancellor of the Dar es Salaam-based Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Professor Keto Mshigeni, will consider him very lucky. I do not.
All the glamour he gets is meritorious. Some years ago he was invited the Founding President of Namibia, Dr Sam Nujoma, and spent his holidays with him at Hanties Bay, our skeleton shores of Atlantic Ocean. They lived in a lavish sea resort where pensioners, who have funds, spend some time before they join their ancestors.
Dr Nujoma invited Professor Mshigeni in recognition of his great work to the Namibian people; his contribution to the founding of Namibias highest institution of learning . He was Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Namibian University (UNAM) for more than ten years. Actually he was the founding Pro-Vice Chancellor of UNAM.
Prof. Mshigeni did a great job in creating and making this tertiary institution one of the best 20 universities in Africa. He pulled in the best academics from all over the world, recruiting --- naturally --- the fellows he knew very well to be serious workers. At one time he had more than ten professors from East Africa.
And not by coincidence but by academic excellence, when he left for Tanzania he was replaced, albeit briefly by another Tanzanian Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Geoffrey Kiangi. The latter was replaced by another Tanzanian, Prof. Osmund Mwandemele.
Professor Mshigeni left Namibia in 2006, but he has twice been invited in recognition of his work.
He is a respected man here and he is here with us this week at the invitation of Namibians for further recognition. Besides Namibian honours he was awarded the UNs Boutros Boutros Ghali award in 1994. He is accompanied by his wife Grace Mshigeni.
One of the prominent halls of the Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre has been named after him. It is called Prof Keto E. Mshigeni Mariculture Research Complex. When he saw it he said: It is a kind of a complex I have never seen in Africa.
The biblical adage: A prophet is never recognized in his own country. Tanzanians are admired for their work beyond Tanzanias borders. At home?
Prof Mshigeni hails from Mamba, Same, Kilimnjaro Region. He is seen as a broad-minded scientist, author of over 150 scholarly papers, covering many themes, including marine and fresh water agae, edible and medicinal mushroom.
He is one of the founders of the Tanzanias modern seaweed industry. He met his mentor, Professor Erick Jaasund, at the University of Dar es Salaam, who made him developed a special interest in seaweeds.
Mshigeni realised that Tanzanian coastal village communities exported species of seaweed genus Eucheuma to France, Denmark and United Kingdom, where products were boiled for a gel (carrageenan) that has a wide range of industrial applications.
He won a Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship in 1970, went to University of Hawii for his PhD on Hypnea, a seaweed genus whose species are found in both Hawaii and Tanzania. His findings and their publication led to being promoted to a full professor at the University of Dar es Salaam.
In the citation here we were told Prof Mshigeni is one of the new breed of African scientists. He has created work for Africas subsistence farmers. His work has enabled the emerging of the new mushrooms and seaweed industry, creating jobs for unemployed women in East and West Africa.
We were told seaweed is used in pharmaceutical and food products, including yogurt, shaving cream and ice-cream. In Zanzibar, 40,000 women are doing seaweed farming because the crop is sustainable. In the last 10 years, Tanzania is said to have earne 20 million US dollars annually in exports of seaweed. Optimists says Professor Mshigenis work will soon help coastal communities in all of Africa.
Tanzanians and Namibians are waiting to receive Prime Minister Mizengo on Monday. The premier should rest assured that Tanzanians in here are good ambassadors of our Motherland. A good example has been Professor Mshigeni.
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