Almas Fortunatus Mazigo

Name
Almas Fortunatus Mazigo

Academic Rank
Senior Lecturer

Department
History, Political Science and Development Studies

Biography

Biography

Dr. Almas Fortunatus Mazigo is a Senior Lecturer at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) of the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with over 15 years of experience in academia, research, and consultancy. He holds a PhD in Applied Ethics, an MA in Development Studies, and a BA in Philosophy. He is the pioneer and coordinator of the Master of Arts in Development Evaluation (MADE) program, which prepares competent scholars and professionals in development evaluation. He contributes to the Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) research agenda under the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA). He developed the Swahili Evaluation Approach, whose philosophy provides clear guidance on the what, why, and how of conducting development evaluations. His expertise spans participatory action research, development ethics, governance and corporate ethics, climate change and sustainability ethics, gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation, community-led social innovations, project management and implementation, ESG/SDGs integration and evaluation, and community-led monitoring and evaluation.

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Email Address
almas.mazigo@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Poverty and prosperity; Governance issues; Evaluation methods and ethics; Community-led transformative social innovations; Ethical issues in business and corporate governance; Climate change; Sustainability Issues; ESG and SDGs

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Projects

Projects

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Building climate knowledge ecosystems for policymaking in Kenya and Tanzania, April 2025 – March 2026.

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Blue Economy, Oceanic Livelihood and Environmental Degradation in the Indian Ocean Region, January 2023 - December 2024.

Principal Investigator (PI), Towards Cultural-Rooted Climate Change Interventions in the Coastal Communities of Tanzania, March 2022 to March 2023.

Publications

Publications

Mazigo, A.F. (2025). Banking on sustainability: pathways of ESG and SDGs integration into CRDB and NMB, Tanzania. Journal of Sustainable Business 10 (21). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-025-00126-1

Mazigo, A.F., and Mtabazi, S.M. (2025). Toward a Southern theory of CSR transformation: banking, brewing, and regeneration in Tanzania. Journal of Sustainable Business 10 (20). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-025-00127-0

Mazigo, A.F. (2025).  The Swahili Evaluation Approach. LIEPP Methods Brief n°58, 2025. https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-05383206

Mazigo, A.F. (2025). Integrating Indigenous Evaluation Insights into the Master of Arts in Development Evaluation Program: Lessons for Culturally Responsive M&E Education. Asian Pacific Journal of Evaluation, 3(2), 26-47. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WlxdEMQiPUnKM4E5ZWtBYtuLHicL983k/view

Vergotine, G., Mazigo, A., Molebatsi, P., Ramsarup, P., Mayega, J., & McCowan, T. (2025). Co-creating climate knowledge: informal networks, local innovation, and ecosystem restoration in coastal Tanzania. Local Environment, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2025.2579585

Mazigo, A.F., McCowan, T. (2025). Immersion-Based Learning for Ecological Civilization in Coastal Communities of Tanzania. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8101-0_58-1 

 

Mazigo, A., Mwita, E. (2025). University researchers and community members collaborating in a coral reef restoration project in Somanga, Tanzania. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25960-9_131-1

Mazigo, A.F. (2025). Operationalizing the Swahili evaluation approach. In: Ouedraogo, M., Mjiba, F., Abrahams, M., Ponge, A., Etta, F., Chilisa, B., & Baddoo, E. (Eds). The Handbook on Made in Africa Evaluation, Vol 1. Accra: African Evaluation Association, pp. 261-280.

Mwangosi, J. D., & Mazigo, A. F. (2025). Dress codes and interests of stakeholders in university settings: What can we learn from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania? Journal of Humanities 33, 2025. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jh.v33i1.2

Mazigo, A.F., Mwaijande, F., Nguluki, I.M. & Mkombozi, M., (2024). Swahili wisdom for shaping development evaluation practices. African Evaluation Journal 12(2), a738. https://doi.org/10.4102/aej.v12i2.738

Mazigo, A.F. (2024). The Swahili evaluation approach: Content and guidance for doing development evaluation. African Evaluation Journal 12(2), a739. https://doi.org/10.4102/aej.v12i2.739

Kuboja, B. N., Mazigo, A. F., Ibengwe, L. J., & Katikiro, R. E. (2024). Legal and regulatory framework for small-scale fisheries in mainland Tanzania: Practical realities and opportunities.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56716-2_18

Mazigo, A., Mwita, E., Machumu, M., Mayega, J. (2023). Unlocking and supporting community-led climate actions in the coastal communities of Tanzania. Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate, Working Paper Series No. 20. ISSN 2754-0308. https://www.climate-uni.com/_files/ugd/f81108_68ffe262c122483ea3f6646726c14ddc.pdf

Mazigo, A.F. (2023). Perspectives on persistent flooding of the Msimbazi Valley in Dar es Salaam viewed through a governance lens. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2023.2244401

Mazigo, A.F. (2021). African humanism and eradicating extreme poverty worldwide. Utafiti Journal of African Perspectives 16(1), pp. 122–138. https://doi.org/10.1163/26836408-15020044

Mazigo, A. F, & Hattingh, J. (2020). Using insights in Sen’s capability approach to overcome design and execution challenges in empirical development ethics research. Etikk i praksis-Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics 14 (1), pp. 45-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5324/eip.v14i1.3311

Mazigo, A. F. (2017). Promoting social innovation through action research: Evidence from an empirical study in the fisheries sector of Ukerewe District in Tanzania. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 18(2), pp. 239-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2016.1256276

Mazigo, A. F. (2015). Towards an alternative development ethic for the fishing sector of Ukerewe District, Tanzania. Doctoral dissertation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/96739