THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHRORITY

ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED

TCRA HAS A NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL

Dr. Ally Y. Simba

New Director General - TCRA The Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, recently appointed Dr. Ally

Y. Simba as the Director General of Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority

(TCRA) following a competitive process as stipulated in Section 9 and Section 13 in

TCRA Act of 2003.

Dr. Simba was appointed to the position on 6th July 2015 for a period of five years. Prior

to his appointment he had served as Acting Director of the Information and

Communication Technology in the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology

of the United Republic of Tanzania since August 2013. He has more than 16 years of

experience in communication industry where he has worked for service provider,

academia (research), Regulator and the Central Government.

Dr. Simba received his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electronics Science and Communications

from the University of Dar es salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, and the M.E and Ph.D.

degrees in Electronics and Information Engineering from Hokkaido University, Sapporo,

Japan, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. From 2006 to 2011, he was an Expert

Researcher with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,

Tokyo, Japan, where he was involved in research on the effect of exposure from mobile

phones and base stations to the human health. From 2011 to 2013, he worked with

Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority as a Manager for Planning, Research

and Risk Management.

Dr. Simba has published widely in peer-reviewed international journals and presented

his research work in more than 30 international conferences. He was a group leader of

the local expert group which formulated Tanzanias Cyber Laws recently.

Dr. Simba is a Chartered Engineer, registered with the U.K. Engineering Council and

a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K., where he served an

International Professional Registration Advisor for Engineering Professional Registration

from April 2011 to March 2014. He is also a Senior Member of the Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Simba appears in 11th Edition of the

Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 20112012. He was the recipient

of the Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho Scholarship) from 2000 to 2006.