Mr. Maro works as the Information and Communication Officer of the Lake Victoria Research Initiative (VicRes) at the Inter University Council for East Africa. Up to the time of his appointment, he was a member of the Standing Committee on ICT and Library Education in East Africa at IUCEA. He holds a Bachelor of Library and Information Science (Hons) from Makerere University and an M.A. (Information Studies) from University of Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. Previously he has worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the Open University of Tanzania and at Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College.