Last Updated on Thursday, October 12, 2023 by HEET Website Team

Personal Information

  • Full Name: USWEGE, Danford Noah
  • Gender: MALE
  • Contact Information (Phone Number, Email, Address):

Phone:             +255 764633118

Email:             danford.uswege@sua.ac.tz

Address:          Sokoine University of Agriculture,

College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Tourism,

Department of Tourism and Recreation

P.O.Box 3167,

Morogoro – Tanzania

Biography

  • Brief introduction of yourself:

Danford Noah Uswege is a Tutorial Assistant in the Department of Tourism and Recreation at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. He is currently pursuing a Master’s of Hospitality Business Management at Strathmore University, Nairobi – Kenya, and holds a Bachelor of Tourism Management from Sokoine University. Danford formerly worked as an Assistant Education officer and Tour Guide at Arusha National Natural History Museum (NNHM) and later on as a Restaurant Supervisor at Tanganyika Wilderness Camps (TWC) at Ngorongoro Farm House in Tanzania and has over six (6) years of experience in Tourism and Hospitality management. He joined the Sokoine University of Agriculture in 2019 and has proficiency in Customer care and interpersonal skills, Hospitality leadership and management, Event Planning and Management, and Travel and Tour operations.

 

  • Your interests, hobbies, and talents:

My favorite leisure and recreation activities include reading published and educational journals and engaging with intellectual business discourses. Also, I enjoy tourism, hospitality, and nature-related biographies.

 

  • Your achievements (academic, extracurricular, or professional):

I managed to be a co-author on two journal papers. A Director of One Safaris company and chief leader in four consultation projects for a new upcoming safaris company. Until today, I have supervised and co-supervised about 44 undergraduate student research projects.

 

  • Your personal mission statement or philosophy:

To be a reliable leader who inspires and fosters teamwork to achieve strategic goals in tourism and hospitality industry management.

 

Academic Background

Educational background (List all institutions attended, starting from the most recent):

  1. Strathmore University, Nairobi – Kenya (From January 2023 to date)
  2. Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania (October 2014 – October 2017)
  • Muheza High School, Tanga – Tanzania (2012 – 2014)
  1. Mbeya Secondary School, Mbeya – Tanzania (2008 – 2011)
  2. Ruanda Nzovwe Primary School, Mbeya – Tanzania (2001- 2007)

 

 

  • Academic achievements and awards:
  1. Masters of Hospitality Business Management (ongoing from January 2023)
  2. Bachelor of Tourism Management – (2017)
  • Advanced Certificate of Secondary School Education (2014)
  1. Certificate of Secondary School Education (2011)
  2. Primary School Leaving Certificate (2007)

 

Awards:

  1. Higher Education for Economic Transformation (HEET) Project scholarship award for undertaking Masters of Hospitality Business Management – Strathmore University. January 2023 – up to date
  2. Best First Year student award (Bachelor of Tourism) from the Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014
  3. Membership certificate: Sokoine University of Agriculture Tourism Association (SUATA) from 2014 – 2017
  4. Certificate of summiting Mount Kilimanjaro on 06/09/2015.
  5. Certificate of summiting Mount Meru on 10/09/2017.

 

Extracurricular activities related to academics:

  • A member of the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO)

 

Skills or areas of expertise related to your field of study

Hospitality leadership and management, hospitality strategies and management, hospitality Revenue management, Hospitality Corporate finance, Hospitality Ethics, Event Planning and Management, Travel and Tour operations, and Customer care and interpersonal skills.

 

HEET Project Scholarship
I am a recipient of a full-time Master’s scholarship that covers tuition, a stipend, stationery, and other expenditures for Two years beginning in January 2023. I am pursuing my studies at Strathmore University in Kenya.

My academic career has been significantly impacted by receiving the scholarship since it has given me access to opportunities and doors that I otherwise would not have had.

Overall, this scholarship not only altered my course of study but also gave me the self-assurance I needed to pursue and successfully advance in my career.

 

Plans for Future
My long-term professional objectives as a graduate student are to establish myself as a recognized researcher, consultant, and professor in the disciplines of tourism and Hospitality management.

Through my future career, I wish to significantly advance the industry, deepen our understanding of hospitality, and improve how we use the sector to grow our people and the country as a whole. In addition, I’m committed to fostering the next generation of hospitality resource managers by instructing and guiding aspirational students and assisting them in developing a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the sector.

 

Giving Credit and Expressing Gratitude

I am very appreciative of the SUA HEET Project, the Government of Tanzania, and the generous donor(s) who provided the scholarship that allowed me to pursue my Master’s in Hospitality Business Management. I find this act of investing in my future to be both humbling and motivating, and I am sincerely grateful for the chances it has given me. I am inspired to pursue academic achievement by the confidence the Government of Tanzania and the donor(s) have shown in my potential. Their dedication to knowledge not only advances my personal development but also aids in the general advancement of our country.

I am committed to maximizing this opportunity by giving my all in my studies and participating fully in the educational process because I am aware of the responsibility that goes along with this privilege. I’m dedicated to giving back to my community and my country and will use the knowledge and abilities I gain to make a positive impact on society.

I would like to once more express my sincere gratitude to the Government of Tanzania and the generous donor(s) for their support of my education and future. I’m resolved to uphold the principles of perseverance, commitment, and greatness that they have ingrained in me through their encouragement and to make them proud.