She graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with a degree in Agriculture in 1982, and holds an MSc and PhD in Food Science from the University of Helsinki in Finland (1985) and the Agricultural University of Norway (2001), respectively. Besides giving lectures and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate student research studies in food hygiene, product development, food analysis, sensory evaluation of foodstuff, and food packaging, she has a wide practical experience in all aspects of food hygiene, processing and nutrition, product development, and small and medium food processor training.