Student innovators from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) recently joined Rural Livelihood Innovation Cohort3, organized by the Ifakara Innovation Hub, in a collaborative effort to uplift rural communities in Tanzania’s Kilombero River Basin. This initiative, led by Ifakara Hub, aims to use social innovation and entrepreneurship to create job opportunities and improve...Read More

In the third quarter of 2023, the website of the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) at SUA has consistently held the second position in the category of “Best Academic Department Website Ranking”. The department website was ranked seventh in the SUA’s “Overall Website Ranking”...Read More

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) at SUA celebrated the end of the 2022/2023 academic year with a delightful evening of dancing, feasting, and friendship at the SUASA Club grounds on the lovely Edward Moringe Campus. This event marked yet another significant milestone in the department’s efforts to foster unity and solidarity. It...Read More

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology is pleased to announce a double victory, as they have successfully secured not one, but TWO grants. These grants, generously funded by COSTECH, IDRC and NORAD, represent a significant accomplishment for the department and the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) at Sokoine University of Agriculture. The...Read More

Three staff from SUA, Ms. Catherine Mangare, Dr. Hadijah Mbwana and Ms. Rehema Mwawado, are attending the Innovative Summer School in Rabat, Morocco, which is aimed at empowering African women in the fields of technology and artificial intelligence (AI). The three staff are from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology, Department of Human Nutrition...Read More

Dear All, We would like to inform you that there will be seminar presentations where Ms. ANNA, Mohamed Namala will present her results from her PhD research titled “First Time Mothers Health Information Needs and Accessibility During the Digital Age” and Ms. Bertha Kachota will present her PhD Concept Note titled “Ethical Practices on Service...Read More

Ms. Theofrida Maginga, who is a member of staff in our Department (DIIT) at Sokoine University of Agriculture has successfully secured prestigious funding through the Global Grand Challenge initiative. Ms. Maginga’s research project titled “Integrated AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and a Swahili Chatbot: Agricultural Technology Solution for Early Detection of Maize Diseases”, will be...Read More

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Anna Shangwe Mbughuni, our PhD candidate, for successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled “Enhancing Access to Local Contents in Tanzanian Universities through Open Access Institutional Repositories (OAIRs)” on August 1st, 2023. Under the guidance of Prof. Wulystan Mtega and Dr. Andrew Malekani, both members of the Department of...Read More

The Tanzania Climate Sensitive Waterborne Diseases Dataset for Predictive Machine Learning (ACHE Project) conducted its inception meeting at Morogoro Municipality on 31st July 2023. The project aims to collect data that will be used to predict climate-sensitive waterborne infectious disease outbreaks such as Ameobiasis, Diarrhea, and Typhoid, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. The project is...Read More

Prof. Raphael Chibunda, the Vice Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), paid a visit to booths showcasing projects conducted within our Department and the Department of Engineering. The booths featured the AI4MoreCrops and YEESI Lab projects, along with the EPAL Lab, a sister lab to YEESI run by Dr. Fue from the School of...Read More