Flora Ismail Tibazarwa

Southern African Innovation Support Program (SAIS)

Flora Ismail Tibazarwa is Program Director for the Southern African Innovation Support Programe (SAIS 2). She has over nine years leadership experience in national research and innovation institutions. She headed a university department for six years and held the position of director for Life Sciences at the national science, technology and innovation think-tank in Tanzania. Ms. Tibazarwa is an active player in innovation support facilitating design and implementation of funding cycles for research and innovation. She is passionate about sustainable transformation using green and blue solutions and promotes entrepreneurship using multi-helix partnerships.