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Dr. Theofrida Maginga on the Tanzanian AI Frontliners Spotlight

  The Tanzania AI Community is excited to spotlight another remarkable individual making strides in the application of hashtag#ArtificialIntelligence in Tanzania! Here’s Dr. Theofrida Maginga, a Lecturer at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), who focuses on IoT and AI applications in precision agriculture to enhance crop health, disease resilience, and soil monitoring for sustainable food […]

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2024 China – Africa Innovation Cooperation and Development Forum by Dr. Neema Simon Sumari

Dr Neema Sumari from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) at the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CONAS) of the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) attends the 2024 China-Africa Innovation Cooperation and Development Forum held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Dr. Sumari explained, “The 2024 China-Africa Innovation Cooperation and Development Forum provided […]

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The Department Kicks Off a New Academic Year with Vibes

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) at SUA welcomed the start of the 2024/25 academic year with vibes, celebrating the close of the 2023/24 year with an enjoyable evening filled with dining and dancing at the SUASA Club on the beautiful Edward Moringe Campus on 1st Nov 2024. See more highlights in the […]

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DIIT Wins Best Departmental Website of the Year 2024 Award

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) received the “Best Departmental Website of the Year 2024” award on October 16, 2024, at the SUA’s Edward Moringe Campus, SUA. This is the second time in a row for the Department’s website […]

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Dr. Theofrida Maginga: SUA’s Young Researcher of the Year 2024

Dr. Theofrida Maginga, a lecturer from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), was honored as the Young Researcher of the Year 2024 during the Award Giving Ceremony held on the SUA’s 44th Graduation on October 16, 2024. Recognized for her research in data-driven agricultural solutions, Dr. Maginga has […]

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Dr. Joseph Telemala Takes the ACHE Project to New York at the Lacuna Fund Grantees Convening

Between 20th-21st September 2024, Dr. Joseph Telemala, from our Department of Informatics and Information Technology at SUA, had the opportunity to share ACHE Project with a global audience at the Lacuna Fund Grantees Convening in New York City. Representing the “Tanzania Climate-Sensitive Waterborne Diseases Dataset for Predictive Machine Learning” project — ACHE Project, Dr. Telemala […]

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Congratulations Dr. Maginga, on Your Successful PhD Defense

It is with great pleasure we inform you that Ms. Theofrida Julius Maginga, from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology, CoNAS, SUA, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis on Sept  30, 2024. Ms. Maginga did her research at the University of Rwanda (African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things) in Rwanda. The title […]

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Dr. Michael P. J. Mahenge Appointed as the Head of Department, IIT

The Vice Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture, Prof. Raphael Chibunda, has appointed Dr. Michael P. J. Mahenge to be the Head of the Department of Informatics and Informatics (DIIT) for a three-year term starting from August 16, 2024, until August 15, 2027, as shown in the attached document. Let us join together in congratulating […]

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