Tolly Mbwette

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]

Professor

Tolly Mbwette
Born8 June 1956
Irambo, Mbeya Rural District, Tanzania
DiedJuly 2, 2020(2020-07-02) (aged 64)
Upanga, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Nationality Tanzania
CitizenshipTanzanian
Alma materUniversity of Dar es Salaam, Imperial College London, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Years active1981-2020
OrganizationOpen University of Tanzania, UDSM
Known forVimbwette
Children3
Websitewww.mbwettelibrary.com

Mbwette also participated in a number of co-operation programmes between European and American institutions and African universities.[5]

Prof. Tolly Mbwette with Prof. Sven Erik Jorgensen in Denmark

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
  • Mbwette, Tolly; Jowi, James Otieno (January 2017). "The Role of Research Centres and Networks": 161–174 – via Brill. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Mbwette, Tolly Salvator Augustin (1989). "The performance of fabric protected slow sand filters" – via Imperial College London. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Mbwette, Tolly S. (2018). "Experiences with slow sand filters in Tanzania" – via Loughborough University. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Tarimo, Irene; Yohana, Lawi; Senzia, M. A.; Mbogo, M.; Mbwette, Tolly S, A (December 2014). "Modeling of Municipal Wastewater Treatment in a System Containing of Waste Stabilization Ponds, Constructed Wastelands and Fish Ponds in Tanzania" – via ResearchGate. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

See also

References
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  2. Onyango, Emmanuel (April 18, 2011). "KNOWLEDGE MATTERS: Professor Tolly Mbwette talks with his University students".
  3. "T. Mbwette | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org.
  4. Machira, Polycarp. "Tanzania: How Safe is Bottled Water?".
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    "VC Tolly Mbwette gets two awards".
    "AfricaBrief". cews.africa-union.org.
    "Academic Chairs focused on Open Education – UNESCO Chair in Distance Education".
    "OUT, Dar firm sign 20-year contract". January 30, 2012.
    "UNESCO supports Open MOOCs in Africa".
    "Biblioteca Madre María Teresa Guevara". Biblioteca Madre María Teresa Guevara.
    "H.E. Ambassador Liu Xinsheng Met with Prof. Mbwette". tz.china-embassy.org.
    "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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
    "Special edition: A Tribute to Nyameko Barney Pityana". www.openpraxis.org.
    "Odisha-based KIIT inks pact with eight universities abroad". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. July 28, 2013."Pauwes Celebrates the Graduation of Its Second Cohort of 47 Students from 21 African Countries Tlemcen, Algeria | African Union". au.int.
    "Eng Tolly S A Mbwette at SIU-AIU Conference on Internationalisation of Higher Education 2017". youtube.com.
    "Full_Interview: Prof.Tolly Salvatory Augustin Mbwette". youtube.com.
    "The president of ACDE Prof Mbwette speaks to TechnoMag on the Vision". youtube.com."interview vice chancellor and director of open univesity of tanzania tbc 2012 10 17 07 19 24". youtube.com.
  6. "MBWETTE | Professorial Library". www.mbwettelibrary.com.
    "Tolly MBWette Professional of the Year Biography - Global Directory of Who's Who". theglobalwhoswho.com.
    Mbwette, Tolly Salvator Augustin (August 21, 1989). "The performance of fabric protected slow sand filters" – via spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
    Mbwette, Tolly S. (January 1, 1985). "Experiences with slow sand filters in Tanzania" – via repository.lboro.ac.uk. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "KAIMU MAKAMU MKUU WA UDSM AELEZA ASILI YA VIMBWETA VINAVYOTUMIWA NA WANAFUNZI". youtube.com.
    "Author Details". journals.udsm.ac.tz.
    Mnyanyi, Cosmas B. F.; Mbwette, Tolly S. A. "OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.567.7197. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
    Kanwar, Asha (August 6, 2013). "Trends and New Developments in Open Education" – via oasis.col.org. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Open University of Tanzania spreads wings abroad". University World News.
  9. http://196.216.247.26/page.php?m=412. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "NUANCE – September 2008 | UbuntuNet Alliance". Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  11. Tanzania Gateway (PDF) http://www.tanzaniagateway.org/docs/ictfutureinsecsch.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. "Makerere's Ddumba elected to African universities' board". 5 July 2013.
    "The African Higher Education Community Mourns the Passing of Prof. Tolly Mbwette, Former AAU Governing Board Member". July 6, 2020.
  13. ".:: Academic World Mourns Prof Tolly Mbwette | Kampala International University, Uganda". kiu.ac.ug.
  14. "TTCL Contacts". www.ttcl.co.tz.
    https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.tanzania_telecommunications_corporation.5d09ecbcde795f51ca08a9fef9cec8c7.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
    "Tanzanian government takes full control of TTCL". www.commsupdate.com.
    Communities, Africa Business. "Government takes total control of Tanzania telco after Airtel exit". Africa Business Communities.
  15. "The Mbwette Professorial Library, bugarika, Dar es Salaam (2020)". www.findglocal.com.
  16. "MBWETTE | Professorial Library". www.mbwettelibrary.com.
  17. "Acknowledgements and credits". nzdl.org.
    "MBWETTE | Professorial Library". www.mbwettelibrary.com.
    Jow, James Otieno; Mbwette, Tolly (January 1, 2017). "The Role of Research Centres and Networks". In Knight, Jane; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse (eds.). Regionalization of African Higher Education. Progress and Prospects. African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives. 3. Brill.
  18. "FORMER OUT VICE CHANCELLOR PROF MBWETTE PASSES AWAY". 3 July 2020.
    Kitunda, Isdory. "TANZIA: PROF. TOLLY MBWETTE AFARIKI DUNIA". Habarileo.
    "The African Higher Education Community Mourns the Passing of Prof. Tolly Mbwette, Former AAU Governing Board Member". July 6, 2020.
    "Saide and OER Africa mourn Prof Mbwette former VC Open University Tanzania". OER Africa.
    "In memoriam: Prof. Tolly Mbwete". The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.
    "Prof. Mbwete kuzikwa Mbeya". youtube.com.
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