In a bold step toward bridging the gap between academia and agriculture, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) yesterday (15th November 2024) launched the Agrispark Project, an initiative designed to empower farmers and shape the next generation of agricultural entrepreneurs and innovators in Tanzania. The inception meeting, held at the ACE-IPM Conference Hall on SUA’s Edward...Read More

  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...Read More

We are proud to announce that Ms. Joan Jonathan, our very own staff member in the Department of Informatics and Information Technology, CoNAS, at Sokoine University of Agriculture, has been selected to join the exclusive cohort of women-led healthcare startups in Africa in 2024. Ms. Jonathan, currently on study leave pursuing her PhD at the...Read More

We congratulate the team behind SmartTB, led by department members Ms. Joan Jonathan and Dr. Alcardo Barakabitze, for featuring in Tanzania’s prestigious Ubunifu & Utafiti COSTECH magazine. This recognition highlights the significance of SmartTB, an innovative application designed to assist tuberculosis patients in monitoring their treatment, thereby improving health outcomes and adherence to medication. The...Read More

The IGI Publisher has recently published two chapters authored by DIIT staff. These chapters are part of the project titled “Morogoro Youth Empowerment through Establishment of Social Innovation (YEESI) Lab for Problem-Centered Training in Machine Vision.” The book, titled “Empowering Students and Elevating Universities with Innovation Centers,” has several book chapters that encompass insightful discussions...Read More

The team of young innovators from our Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) had an opportunity to participate in the second cohort of the StArfrica Tanzania eXist Accelerator program, which was hosted at the University of Dar es Salaam’s Mathematics Department from April 4–April 17, 2024. The StArfrica Tanzania eXist Accelerator initiative aims to...Read More

Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) has trained about 20 smallholder farmers in Morogoro through the Integrated IoT, AI, and a Swahili Chatbot: Agri-Tech Solution (MkulimaGPT) Project, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The training focused on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) System that operates in Swahili and aims to provide farmers with...Read More

On Monday, November 6, 2023, the Zanzibar campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras was inaugurated in the presence of Tanzanian officials, Indian dignitaries, faculty, and students. IIT Madras Zanzibar is an IIT’s first international campus. Prof. Sanga, Acting Director of the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), represented the Sokoine University...Read More

The ICT Commission (ICTC) of Tanzania invited the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). The invitation was intended to welcome women and girls to the Women and Youth in ICT Conference, an important event in ICT. Two students, Elishukuru Mande and Asmaha Ally, were chosen as representatives...Read More

Student innovators from the Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) recently joined Rural Livelihood Innovation Cohort3, organized by the Ifakara Innovation Hub, in a collaborative effort to uplift rural communities in Tanzania’s Kilombero River Basin. This initiative, led by Ifakara Hub, aims to use social innovation and entrepreneurship to create job opportunities and improve...Read More