Digital communication, especially social media interaction, has emerged as a key domain for civic debates specifically in urban areas of Tanzania. However, how policy-makers perceive these as opportunities for societal development is rarely assessed in research. This study will fill this gap through semi-structured interviews with policy-makers in Dar es Salaam and focus on assessing their perception of the role of social media in digital policy-making in society. Based on the study results, we suggest a new strategic approach for policy collaboration across African regions for building sustained policy capacity and to enable resilient public spheres as a core component of societal development in digital Africa.

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塑造坦桑尼亚公民的社交媒体互动自由：城市政策专家在数字决策中的作用

数字通信，尤其是社交媒体互动，已经成为公民辩论的一个关键领域，特别是在坦桑尼亚的城市地区。然而，政策制定者如何将这些视为社会发展的机会很少在研究中进行评估。本研究将通过对达累斯萨拉姆政策制定者的半结构化访谈来填补这一空白，并重点评估他们对社交媒体在社会数字政策制定中的作用的看法。根据研究结果，我们提出了一种新的非洲地区政策合作战略方法，以建立持续的政策能力，并使有弹性的公共领域成为数字非洲社会发展的核心组成部分。