Meeting at London School of Economics

The High Commissioners of Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania today had a very exciting and useful meeting at the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The school is one of the foremost social science universities in the world. The schools's motto is rerum cognoscrere causes, which means to know the cause of things.

I seem to like that motto, as it represents the essence of the pursuit of knowledge in my mind. It very much reflects my own personal incentive for education.

LSE has had long links with Africa, trained many of its leaders and human resources. This was supported by scholarships from the commonwealth and other educational funds, many of these funds have since disappeared.

The meetings was attended at a very senior level by Prof. Craig Calhoun, Director and President of LSE, Prof. Stuart Corbridge, Deputy Director and Provost of LSE, Prof. Jonathan Leape, Director of the International Growth Centre and Mr. Mark Maloney, Head of Academic Partnerships

The discussions today was how we can create new initiatives to train young Africans, including Tanzanians at the LSE, with funds from the private sector. We intend to organise a conference to mobilise funds to this end.

I am excited about the project and will work hard to make it happen. We need to assist more Tanzanians gain access to this prestigious school.