• Julius Nyerere

    First President of Tanzania and alumnus of the university.

  • Nelson Mandela

    Former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid revolutionary.

  • Kofi Annan

    Former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

  • Wangari Maathai

    Kenyan environmental and political activist, and the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Thabo Mbeki

    Former President of South Africa.

  • Benjamin Mkapa

    Former President of Tanzania and alumnus of the university.

  • Gertrude Mongella

    Tanzanian politician and diplomat, who served as the first President of the Pan-African Parliament.

  • Samia Suluhu Hassan

    Current president of Tanzania