On the 16 September 2010 the Permenent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Human Settlements Development launched the 2002 census data for Tanzania. The workshop was attended by various dignitaries including the Director General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Technical Director of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT). Several presentations were given during the workshop, including an overview by the Managing Director of Infobridge as to the methodological approaches that were used in the capturing of the 2002 census enumeration area boundaries and attributes into GIS. A representative of the NBS then gave an overview of how the census information would be used by them and other stakeholders.

Mr Craig Schwabe, a director of Africascope, who provide technical support during the project, gave a presentation on the international applications of census data. More than 50 representatives from the different ministries attanded the workshop. On the 17 September a workshop was also held with members of the private sector and civil society. A final workshp is being planned for the end of September to be presented to stakeholders from Zanzibar. 

The more that 55 000 enumeration areas were captured into GIS over a relatively short time period of 10 months. This is because of the use of innovative methods that allowed the project to be completed in such a short time period. The census data in GIS was used to produce a series of maps that showed the 2002 census data for the first time at an enumeration area level for the entire country. Maps included population density, economically active population, voting population, sex ratio and the age dependency ratio. The application of this information was also demonstrated in map form. The map below shows the census enumeration areas for Tanzania. Other maps are attached and can be downloaded.