OUR TEAM
Resilience Academy begins with a group of dedicated problem-solvers
Extended team from local University partners in Tanzania and International partners around the world who are enthusiast to understand Resilience for Urban Changes.
From each University partner, the team is divided according to the Resilience Academy components for geospatial database, online courses and internship progrem in order to create young community that has skills and knowledge with free access of training materials at the same time be able to produce data and data scenarios that answers city resilience challenges.
- The Secretariat
- Climate Risk Database (CRD) Experts
- E- learning Experts
- Internship Program Experts
- Research and Innovation Experts
- All Experts
The Secretariat is formed by four Tanzanian leading coordinators from Ardhi University, University of Dar es Salaam, State University of Zanzibar and Sokoine University Agriculture under the lead from University of Turku.
Dr. Mercy Mbise
University of Dar es Salaam 
Dr. Makame Omar
State University of Zanzibar 
Dr. Zakaria Ngereja
Ardhi University 
Dr. Ernest Mauya
Sokoine University of Agriculture 
Dr. Niina Kayhko
University of Turku
Our project manager
Msilikale Msilanga
University of Turku/ World BankOur CRD and digital assets leads
Massoud Hamad
State University of Zanzibar
Venla Aaltonen
University of TurkuOur online learning support
Iiris Somervuori
University of Turku
Our expert for Climate Risk Database (CRD) are:
Massoud Hamad
State University of Zanzibar
Theofrida Julius
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Gideon Tumainiel Marandu
Ardhi University
Dr. Juma Lungo
University of Dar es Salaam
Venla Aaltonen
University of Turku
Olli Jalonen
University of TurkuOur expert for E-learning are:
Dr. Wulystan Mtega
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Dorothea Deus
Ardhi University
Dr. Juma Lungo
University of Dar es Salaam
Sanna Maki
University of Turku
Ulpu Leinonen
University of Turku
Dr. Zakaria Ngereja
Ardhi University
Theofrida Julius
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Gideon Tumainiel Marandu
Ardhi University
Dr. Petteri Alho
University of Turku
Massoud Hamad
State University of Zanzibar
Zakaria Khamis
State University of Zanzibar
Dr. Jukka Käyhkö
University of Turku
Mahadia Tunga
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Beda John Mwang’onde
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Francesco Nex
University of Twente, ITC Faculty
Jeroen Verplanke
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, FACULTY OF GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION – ITC
Hessel Winsemius
Deltares / Delft University of TechnologyOur expert for Internship Program are:
Raya Idrissa Ahmada
State University of Zanzibar
Amedeus Raphael Kimaro
Ardhi University
Dr. Beda John Mwang’onde
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Mahadia Tunga
University of Dar es Salaam
Jeroen Verplanke
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, FACULTY OF GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION – ITCOur expert for Research and Innovation are:
Dr. Beda John Mwang’onde
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Wulystan Mtega
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Abubakar Diwani
State University of Zanzibar
Dr. Job A. Chaula
Ardhi University
Dr. Chris William
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Dorothea Deus
Ardhi University
Dr. Abubakar Diwani
State University of Zanzibar
Dr. Makame Omar
State University of Zanzibar
Dr. Mercy Mbise
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Antero Jarvi
University of Turku
Dr. Juma Lungo
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Niina Kayhko
University of Turku
Dr. Ernest Mauya
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Zakaria Ngereja
Ardhi University
Dr. Jukka Käyhkö
University of Turku
Dr. Petteri Alho
University of Turku
Dr. Francesco Nex
University of Twente, ITC Faculty
Jeroen Verplanke
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, FACULTY OF GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION – ITC
Prof. George Vosselman
University of Twente, Faculty ITC, Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS)
Hessel Winsemius
Deltares / Delft University of TechnologyThese are our all experts:
Dr. Juma Lungo
University of Dar es Salaam
Msilikale Msilanga
University of Turku/ World Bank
Dr. Niina Kayhko
University of Turku
Dr. Mercy Mbise
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Dorothea Deus
Ardhi University
Venla Aaltonen
University of Turku
Sanna Maki
University of Turku 
Dr. Chris William
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Antero Jarvi
University of Turku
Dr. Zakaria Ngereja
Ardhi University
Theofrida Julius
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Massoud Hamad
State University of Zanzibar
Zakaria Khamis
State University of Zanzibar
Olli Jalonen
University of Turku
Dr. Ernest Mauya
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Jukka Käyhkö
University of Turku
Raya Idrissa Ahmada
State University of Zanzibar
Gideon Tumainiel Marandu
Ardhi University
Amedeus Raphael Kimaro
Ardhi University
Dr. Abubakar Diwani
State University of Zanzibar
Dr. Chris William
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Petteri Alho
University of Turku
Mahadia Tunga
University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Makame Omar
State University of Zanzibar 
Ulpu Leinonen
University of Turku
Dr. Abubakar Diwani
State University of Zanzibar
Dr. Job A. Chaula
Ardhi University
Dr. Wulystan Mtega
Sokoine University of Agriculture 
Juhani Naskali
University of Turku
Dr. Beda John Mwang’onde
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Dr. Francesco Nex
University of Twente, ITC Faculty
Jeroen Verplanke
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, FACULTY OF GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION – ITC
Prof. George Vosselman
University of Twente, Faculty ITC, Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS)
Hessel Winsemius
Deltares / Delft University of Technology
Iiris Somervuori
University of Turku
It is very important to build the capacity of the local Universities on how to collect data, to share data and to understand the data gap and the urban challenges as it is important to help to reach to a very nice decision that could build urban resilience
Young people have brilliant minds, they learn very fast, they can jump into anything, they are ready to learn and ready to practice and then these are the people who will be making decisions for the future.
Innovation can begin when we start to re imagine how we build our cities and realizing that the strongest solutions come from communities and their resident
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