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

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