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YEESI Lab Weekend Workshops: HR Management for Start-ups

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 […]

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Empowering Youth for Innovation: Reflections from the YEESI Lab Open Courseware

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 […]

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A New 3D Printing and Robotics Studio in the Department of Informatics and Information Technology

Exciting News! IT Innovation Lab at Solomon Mahlangu Campus (SMC) has been transformed and equipped with state-of-the-art 3D Printing and Robotics Technology. Today, May 31, 2023, the IT Innovation lab at Solomon Mahlangu Campus underwent a remarkable transformation. Thanks to the generous donation from the Turkish people under the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), […]

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Upcoming Seminar Presentations by PhD Students on 26th May 2023

It is our pleasure to announce two upcoming PhD seminar presentations in the department. The first presentation will be given by Ms. Anna Mbughuni on her research topic “Usage patterns of Open Access Institutional Repositories in Tanzania: A study of Public Universities in Tanzania“. Ms. Mbughuni will present the results of her research and share her […]

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PhD Defence for Nolasko Mwinami on 10th May 2023

Please join us on May 10, 2023, at 09:00 AM for the PhD thesis defense of Nolasko Victory Mwinami. Nolasko is a PhD candidate in the Department of Informatics and Information Technology, College of Natural and Applied Sciences at the Sokoine University of Agriculture and a lecturer at the Jordan University College in Morogoro, Tanzania. He […]

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Introducing the New Masters in Information and Knowledge Management at DIIT, SUA

The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT), College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is excited to launch a new Programme, Master in Information and Knowledge Management (MIKM). The general objective of the MIKM Degree Programme is to equip students with theoretical understanding and practical applications of Information and […]

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SmartTB Innovation Wins Third Prize at Competitive Innovation Week Tanzania 2023, Morogoro Edition

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, […]

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