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

YEESI LAB held a training workshop on how to build startup companies and the key features that enable their survival on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Solomon Malangu campus. Mr. Albany James, a Product Development Director for Anzisha Ventures and a successful serial entrepreneur, led the workshop. Following the training workshop, students from both...Read More

To SUA Community, We would like to inform you that, there will be a Viva Voce by a PhD candidate Anna Shangwe Mbughuni who is registered with the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT),  on 1st August 2023, 9:00 AM at the Video Conference Room (SLGB-2), Block G  (CoNAS) –Mazimbu.   THESIS TITLE: Using Open Access Institutional Repositories...Read More

A paper from SUARIS funding, entitled “Urban growth dynamics and expansion forms in 11 Tanzanian cities from 1990 to 2020”  authored by Dr. Neema Sumari et al. has been published in a peer review journal with impact factor 4.606. For more information, visit https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2023.2218114 Share thisRead More

Our colleague, Farian Severine Ishengoma successfully defended his PhD thesis “Integrated Drone Technologies and Machine Learning Techniques for Early Detection of Fall Armyworm in Maize Fields: A case study of East Africa” on 10th July 2023 at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things – ACEIoT, at the University of Rwanda, Rwanda. Dr. Ishengoma has...Read More

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) and the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) welcomed the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) to the IT Innovation Lab’s 3D and Robotics studio (CEZERI Studio). The studio equipment were generously donated by the Turkish people under the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA). TBC visited the...Read More

We are delighted to have Mr. Albany James, a Product Development Director for Anzisha Ventures, a highly accomplished serial entrepreneur, as the facilitator for this training session. With his extensive expertise and experience in the field, we are confident that participants will gain practical insights and knowledge on the intricacies of starting up a company. Albany...Read More

Ms. Joan Jonathan received an AWARD for the Best Oral Presenter and Research Paper at the 8th Annual National Science, Technology, and Innovation Conference and Exhibitions (STICE) 2023, which was held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam and organized by COSTECH. The conference’s sub-theme was Innovation for Human Development. She...Read More