Prof. Ally Namangaya, an Associate Professor at Ardhi University (ARU) has been trained and is practising as a land-use planner. Prof. Namangaya obtained his PhD at Technical University Dortmund, Germany in 2010.
From January 2023 to date, Prof. Ally Namangaya holds a position of Deputy Vice Chancellor-Planning, Finance and Administration at Ardhi University.
He has ongoing collaborative research with HCU University in Germany, the University of Dortmund in Germany and SLU University in Sweden. He is a Fully Registered Town Planner and he served 6 years until 2022 as a member of the Town Planners Registration Board.
Prof. Namangaya has conducted several research projects and published them in peer-reviewed journals. His publications have focused on urban competitiveness and land-based financing; GIS as linked to spatial planning; rural land-use conflicts; community-based natural resource management and linking rural communities in productions value chains. He has a wide experience in community engagement and land use planning for out-grower development projects through working with PAMS Foundation, Eid environment, Eco-Energy and SAGCOT. In Urban planning practice, he has led the preparation of master plans for Kibaha, Geita and Morogoro and several neighborhoods and institutional master plans (estate development plans). He has worked in an advisory capacity and urban researcher in spatial data, urban laws and planning guidelines and local government revenue enhancement.
He has ongoing collaborative research with HCU University in Germany, the University of Dortmund in Germany, and SLU University in Sweden. He is a Fully Registered Town Planner with the Town Planners Registration Board and a member of the Town Planners Registration Board.
Email: ally.namangaya@aru.ac.tz
Mobile: 0754574743