I am a lecturer and head of the Research Center of Oceanography, Environment and Natural Resources (TROCEN) in the School of Natural and Social Sciences at the State University of Zanzibar.

Formerly, I was a Research Officer at the Research Office in the Department of Planning, Policy and Research at the Zanzibar government’s Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. I completed my PhD in Geography at the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. My dissertation, titled “A Changing Climate: Local Adaptations in Northern Coastal Communities’ Livelihoods of Unguja Island, Zanzibar,” examined the effects of the changing climate on local livelihoods highly dependent on coastal resource extraction in northern Unguja island, Zanzibar and worked to the various research projects that are related to climate change adaptation and livelihoods.

Currently I am the Co-PI for the Project “ Himili Pamoja: Gendered Encounters to Climate change Adaptation in Tanzania, funded by DANIDA. The project aims to strengthen gender-transformative approaches in district and community level climate change adaptation in four districts in rural Tanzania (including Unguja and Pemba) in support of sustainable livelihoods and justice for future generations in rural Tanzania. Also, worked as Project Manager for GeoICT4e project and Climate change expert under the National Consultancy for Developing an Information and Knowledge Management System to Inform Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar