Tolly Mbwette Explained
Tolly Salvatory Augustine Mbwette (8 June 1956 – 2 July 2020) was a Tanzanian academic, engineer and educator. He held various positions in national and international institutions of higher learning over his lifetime, including that of vice chancellor of the Open University of Tanzania.[1] [2] He was a team leader for various multi-disciplinary research teams responsible for both drinking and wastewater treatment systems that rely on bio-systems.[3] [4]
Mbwette also participated in a number of co-operation programmes between European and American institutions and African universities.[5]
Education background
Mbwette obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1981 and a postgraduate diploma in sanitary engineering from the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in the Netherlands the following year. He went on to obtain a Master of Engineering degree in Civil and Environmental studies from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1984 and a PhD in public health and Environmental studies from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1989.[6]
Career
Mbwette held various managerial positions in institutions of higher learning, starting with a position as associate dean for research, publications and postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), after which he assisted the UDSM vice chancellor in coordinating the university's Institutional Transformation Program for eight years between July 1994 and July 2002.[7]
From January 2004 to April 2005, he was deputy vice chancellor for academics at the Open University of Tanzania and went on to serve as vice chancellor of the university from 13 April 2005 to 12 April 2015.[8] [9] He was chairman of the Inter-University Council for East Africa's Governing Board for two years and served as its vice chairperson from 2008 to 2010. He was the founder and chairman of TERNET Council between 2007 and 2010.[10] Between 2007 and 2009, Mbwette was the chairman of the Tanzania Commission for Universities. He served as vice chairperson of the Governing Board of the African Council of Distance Learning between 2008 and 2011.
From 2009, he was an honorary advisor to the Commonwealth of Learning. In July 2011 he was elected President of the African Council of Distance Learning for a period of three years. Mbwette has conducted extensive research and consultancy in the areas of environmental engineering, information and communications technology, institutional reforms and environmental management.[11] He served as Governing Board member of the Association of African Universities.[12] He was also a chairperson of the university council of Kampala International University in Uganda[13] and served as board chairman of the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation.[14]
In 2015, Mbwette opened a public library known as the Mbwette Professional Library which holds a collection of research and reading materials.[15] [16] The library is responsible for directly supporting the national and international research community.[17]
Personal life
Mbwette died at Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam on 2 July 2020.[18]
Selected works
Notes and References
- Web site: Former Vice Chancellors – The Open University Of Tanzania.
- Web site: KNOWLEDGE MATTERS: Professor Tolly Mbwette talks with his University students.. Emmanuel. Onyango. April 18, 2011.
- Web site: T. Mbwette | Semantic Scholar. www.semanticscholar.org.
- Web site: Tanzania: How Safe is Bottled Water?. Polycarp. Machira.
- Web site: Prof. Tolly Mbwette, the Vice-Chancellor, Open University of Tanzania, signs visitors' book in CAVS display.
Web site: VC Tolly Mbwette gets two awards.
Web site: AfricaBrief. cews.africa-union.org.
Web site: Academic Chairs focused on Open Education – UNESCO Chair in Distance Education.
Web site: OUT, Dar firm sign 20-year contract. January 30, 2012.
Web site: UNESCO supports Open MOOCs in Africa. 13 June 2014 .
Web site: Biblioteca Madre María Teresa Guevara. Biblioteca Madre María Teresa Guevara.
Web site: H.E. Ambassador Liu Xinsheng Met with Prof. Mbwette. tz.china-embassy.org.
Web site: CC Tanzania expands OER and CC training to more primary schools. May 19, 2015.
Human Resources Management Challenges in Higher Education Institutions in Tanzania. August 21, 2012 . Tolly. . Mbwette S. A. . Ngirwa . Ngwira S. A. .
Web site: Special edition: A Tribute to Nyameko Barney Pityana. www.openpraxis.org.
Web site: Odisha-based KIIT inks pact with eight universities abroad. July 28, 2013. India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. Web site: Pauwes Celebrates the Graduation of Its Second Cohort of 47 Students from 21 African Countries Tlemcen, Algeria | African Union. au.int.
Web site: Eng Tolly S A Mbwette at SIU-AIU Conference on Internationalisation of Higher Education 2017. youtube.com.
Web site: Full_Interview: Prof.Tolly Salvatory Augustin Mbwette. youtube.com.
Web site: The president of ACDE Prof Mbwette speaks to TechnoMag on the Vision. youtube.com. Web site: interview vice chancellor and director of open university of tanzania tbc 2012 10 17 07 19 24. youtube.com.
- Web site: MBWETTE | Professorial Library. www.mbwettelibrary.com.
Web site: Tolly MBWette Professional of the Year Biography - Global Directory of Who's Who. theglobalwhoswho.com.
The performance of fabric protected slow sand filters. Tolly Salvator Augustin. Mbwette. August 21, 1989. 10044/1/47566 . spiral.imperial.ac.uk.
Experiences with slow sand filters in Tanzania. Tolly S.. Mbwette. January 1, 1985. repository.lboro.ac.uk.
- Web site: KAIMU MAKAMU MKUU WA UDSM AELEZA ASILI YA VIMBWETA VINAVYOTUMIWA NA WANAFUNZI. youtube.com.
Web site: Author Details. journals.udsm.ac.tz.
10.1.1.567.7197. OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. Mnyanyi. Cosmas B. F.. Mbwette. Tolly S. A..
Trends and New Developments in Open Education. Asha. Kanwar. August 6, 2013. oasis.col.org.
- Web site: Open University of Tanzania spreads wings abroad. University World News.
- Web site: Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. . 2023-05-21.
- Web site: NUANCE – September 2008 UbuntuNet Alliance. 2020-08-21. en-GB.
- Web site: The future of ICT in Secondary Schools Strategizing for Implementation . January 2427, 2011 . www.tanzaniagateway.org . 21 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150406145205/http://www.tanzaniagateway.org/docs/ictfutureinsecsch.pdf . April 6, 2015 . en . live.
- Web site: Makerere's Ddumba elected to African universities' board. 5 July 2013.
Web site: The African Higher Education Community Mourns the Passing of Prof. Tolly Mbwette, Former AAU Governing Board Member. July 6, 2020.
- Web site: .:: Academic World Mourns Prof Tolly Mbwette | Kampala International University, Uganda. kiu.ac.ug.
- Web site: TTCL Contacts. www.ttcl.co.tz.
Web site: www.dnb.com . en . Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation . 2023-05-21 . live . October 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001092128/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.tanzania_telecommunications_corporation.5d09ecbcde795f51ca08a9fef9cec8c7.html .
Web site: Tanzanian government takes full control of TTCL. www.commsupdate.com.
Web site: Government takes total control of Tanzania telco after Airtel exit . Africa Business Communities.
- Web site: The Mbwette Professorial Library, bugarika, Dar es Salaam (2020). www.findglocal.com.
- Web site: MBWETTE | Professorial Library. www.mbwettelibrary.com.
- Web site: Acknowledgements and credits. nzdl.org.
Web site: MBWETTE | Professorial Library. www.mbwettelibrary.com.
Book: Jow. James Otieno . Mbwette . Tolly. January 1, 2017. The Role of Research Centres and Networks . https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789463009560/BP000011.xml. Brill. Regionalization of African Higher Education. Progress and Prospects. African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives. 3. 9789463009560 . Knight. Jane. Woldegiorgis. Emnet Tadesse.
- Web site: FORMER OUT VICE CHANCELLOR PROF MBWETTE PASSES AWAY . 3 July 2020 . 2020-08-11 . 2021-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210117184319/https://dailynews.co.tz/news/2020-07-035efee50bbc5f0.aspx . dead .
Web site: TANZIA: PROF. TOLLY MBWETTE AFARIKI DUNIA . Isdory . Kitunda . Habarileo . 2020-08-11 . 2020-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809225806/https://habarileo.co.tz/habari/2020-07-035efededd5e614.aspx . dead .
Web site: The African Higher Education Community Mourns the Passing of Prof. Tolly Mbwette, Former AAU Governing Board Member. July 6, 2020.
Web site: Saide and OER Africa mourn Prof Mbwette former VC Open University Tanzania . OER Africa .
Web site: In memoriam: Prof. Tolly Mbwete . The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning .
Web site: Prof. Mbwete kuzikwa Mbeya. youtube.com.