GENEVA-The Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Hon. Jerry William Silaa (MP), took part in the opening ceremony of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20), which began on 7th July 2025 at the Palexpo Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
The summit is focused on reviewing the progress and challenges from 20 years of implementing the global information society agenda.
Hon. Silaa led the Tanzanian delegation and attended the summit on behalf of the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan.
At the summit, the Tanzanian delegation received three international awards for outstanding ICT projects carried out in the country.
The first award went to the PharmAccess Zanzibar project in the e-Health category, and it was received by the Minister for Health from the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, Hon. Nassor Ahmed Mazrui.
The second award was given to the e-Mrejesho Platform, developed by the e-Government Authority (e-GA), under the e-Government category.
The third award was presented to the STEM 4 All project from St Joseph University of Tanzania, which won in the e-Science category.