THE College of Business Education (CBE), has successfully provided free quality business and entrepreneurship education to 2,700 women and youth groups in the academic year that ended last year.

This was said yesterday in Dar es Salaam by the rector of the college, Prof Edda Lwoga, when  speaking at the 60th  anniversary of the establishment of the college.

She  said that the training was given to entrepreneurs and businessmen in the regions of Dar es Salaam and Mwanza and that it aimed to build their capacity in using social networks to find markets, serve customers professionally and keep business records.

Profr Lwoga said that they have been teaching the entrepreneurs the best way to prepare business analysis so that those who want to borrow to develop their business can write professional projects that are accepted by financial institutions.

She said the college has continued to provide training to other groups in the informal sector adding that to begin with they have prepared curricula as well as providing training to long-distance bus operators and brokers.

"These curricula and training have been prepared by CBE in collaboration with other stakeholders from the government and the private sector. We started in 2023 and until now they have trained about 290 bus operators and 45 real estate brokers and the training continues to be provided," she said.

In addition, she said that in order to ensure that the research area gains weight and citizens benefit from the results of these studies, the college has been organizing an international business and economic development conference (BEDC) from 2020 with the aim of presenting the results of various studies conducted by local academics and foreign.

"For the year 2024, we held the fifth conference which was launched by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, which had the theme business and an enabling environment for inclusive development, and more than 114 studies were presented at the conference," she said.

Prof Lwoga said the college has developed public debates and academic discussions focused on important issues such as business development, entrepreneurship and technological innovation which has helped the students of the college to learn in practice.

Regarding CBE's Vision 2075, she said they aim to strengthen the college to become an international institution recognized for excellence in business education, research, innovation and service to the public.

She  said they plan to lead strategic changes through educational innovations that respond to national and international needs and adapt to the changing needs of the market by incorporating programs that focus on modern technologies and entrepreneurship.

"We also plan to strengthen the college's ability to address social and economic challenges through research and better training and promote national and international cooperation to improve the services provided by the college," she said.