A team comprising Dr. Neema N. Lyimo, Dr. Joseph P. Telemala, Dr. Silivia F. Materu, Dr. Kadeghe G. Fue, and collaborator Dr. Ndimile C. Kilatu has been awarded a grant of 79,247.41 USD to carry out a project on climate and health. The project’s details are outlined below. Tanzania Climate Sensitive Waterborne Diseases Dataset for...Read More

On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, AI4MoreCrops researchers from SUA met with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) food security experts to discuss available historical crop yield data. The researchers needed maize and sorghum yield data at the district level from 2005 to 2022. The MoA food security experts demonstrated excellent cooperation by promising to provide such...Read More

The AI4MoreCrops Project, formally known as “Enhancing Farm-Scale Crop Yield Prediction Models Using Machine Learning in Tanzania’s Internet-of-Agro-Things,” was officially launched on December 19, 2022. Prof. Esron Karimuribo, Director of Postgraduate, Research, and Consultancy, officiated the project’s launch, emphasizing its importance in assisting the Ministry of Agriculture in achieving accurate crop yield estimation and thus...Read More

Please join the Department of Informatics and Information Technology in congratulating Baraka William Nyamtiga who has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Edge Computing-Assisted Virtual Reality Offloading and Content Adaptation ” on 09th December 2022, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea.   Congratulations Dr. Nyamtiga, and welcome back to the Department. Share thisRead More

Dr. Alcardo Alex Barakabitze and his team (Prof. Camilius Sanga, Dr. Kadeghe Fue, Dr. Neema Lyimo, Dr. Michael Mahenge, and Dr. Joseph Telemala) from Sokoine University of Agriculture, RECODA and Sahara Ventures announced among the winners of the Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture and Food Systems (AI4AFS) Innovation Research Network in Africa with the project titled...Read More

Madam Ester Ernest Mnzava has successfully completed her PhD Studies at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa. She worked on ”Web-based agricultural information evaluation tools for the maize industry in Tanzania”. Let us join hands to congratulate Dr. Ester Ernest Mnzava for her achievements.   Congratulations Dr. Ester Ernest Mnzava Share thisRead More