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

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

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

During our recent YEESI Lab Weekend Workshops Series, we had the privilege of being trained in Human Resources management for start-ups by Madam Regula Damas, a Principal HR officer. Her training focused on working with human beings diligently while still achieving the goals of a start-up. Successful start-ups often excel in recruiting top talent and...Read More

In 2022, the Morogoro Youth Empowerment through the Establishment of Social Innovation (YEESI) Lab embarked on an initiative to empower young individuals with the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) knowledge, skills, and competence required to tackle pressing challenges in the agricultural sector. Through their open courseware program, YEESI Lab offered a curriculum on...Read More

SmartTB, a web-based innovation that was developed from a SUARIS-1 funded project called “Prediction of Diagnostic Accuracy using Big Data Analytics and Visualizations from Trained African Giant Pouched Rats for Tuberculosis Detection at SUA APOPO“, has attracted national attention in innovation. The innovative solution won a third prize at the Competitive Innovation Week Tanzania 2023,...Read More

In an effort to promote better healthcare services in Tanzania, a team of researchers from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) recently introduced their innovative web-based system, SmartTB, to healthcare professionals in Mwanza. Led by Ms. Joan Jonathan, a member of staff from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT), the team received funding...Read More

20 female students from the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CONAS) attended a four-day bootcamp hosted by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) in the last week of March this year, and the Conference Lab at SUA’s Solomon Mahlangu Campus. The purpose of the event was to empower and prepare the young women to...Read More

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) has reason to celebrate as it secures top positions in both website ranking and publication excellence. In the first quarter of 2023 university-wide website ranking, the department’s website claimed the top spot in the category of “Best Academic Department Website”. The department website and ranked 6th out of...Read More