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Shakiru chairing a Plenary Session during the 10th African Rift Geothermal Conference held in Dar es Salaam 2024
26 February 2025

Shakiru Idrissa Kajugus GRÓ GTP alumnus: A Leader in Tanzania's Geothermal Development

Shakiru Idrissa Kajugus, GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme (GRÓ GTP) alumnus and MSc Scholarship recipient from Tanzania, is dedicated to harnessing the country’s geothermal potential to drive sustainable energy development. As Director of Business Development at TGDC (Tanzania Geothermal Development Company Limited) Shakiru is leveraging his training and experience to overcome challenges in the geothermal sector. The TGDC is about to drill Tanzania’s first deep geothermal well at Ngozi, one of the country’s most promising geothermal fields, in the southwestern part of the country.
Participants, teachers, and organisers of the training
25 November 2024

GRÓ GTP training in Shanxi Province, China

in cooperation with the China University of Geosciences – Wuhan and Shanxi Provincial Geological Prospecting Bureau
15 November 2024

Graduation of Fellows 2024

The 45th session of the Six-Month Geothermal Training Programme closed on Thursday 14th of November.
The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and the fellows and staff
18 October 2024

Director General of UNESCO visits GRÓ GTP

Ms Audrey Azoulay visited the GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme
30 September 2024

Visiting Lecturers 2024

are Adam Schultz, Antoine Lochet, Gunnar Haraldsson
Makoye Mabula Didas was born on February 5, 1983, in Ukerewe district, Mwanza region in Tanzania. He graduated with a BSc degree in 2010 and MSc in 2016 in Geology at the University of Dar es Salaam. After earning his MSc degree, Didas joined the Tanzania Geothermal Development Company Limited (TGDC) as a Geophysicist and has been working there since. In 2018 he took part in the Six Month Geothermal Training Program at the GTP in Iceland. He began pursuing a PhD in Geophysics at the University of Iceland on a GTP Scholarship in 2019. Didas is married to Jane Gelard Kilongo and they have a son, Ebenezer, and a daughter, Eliana.
16 September 2024

PhD defence by Makoye Mabula Didas

on Tuesday 8th of Oct. 13:00-15:00, Aula hall of UI.