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Towards an Artificial Intelligence Readiness Index for Africa
(Springer Nature, 2023-03-18)The applications and benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for socio-economic development are immense. AI is projected to contribute approximately USD 15.7 trillion to the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2030. ... -
Machine Learning Imagery Dataset for Maize Crop: A Case of Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2023-03-31)Maize is one of the most important staple food and cash crops that are largely produced by majority of smallholder farmers throughout the humid and sub-humid tropic of Africa. Despite its significance in the household food ... -
A Deep Learning Model for Predicting Stock Prices in Tanzania
(Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2023-04-02)Stock price prediction models help traders to reduce investment risk and choose the most profitable stocks. Machine learning and deep learning techniques have been applied to develop various models. As there is a lack ... -
Towards an Artificial Intelligence Readiness Index for Africa
(Springer Nature, 2023-03-18)The applications and benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for socio-economic development are immense. AI is projected to contribute approximately USD 15.7 trillion to the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2030. ... -
Quantifying the effects of temperature and predation on the growth of Aedes mosquito population
(Springer Nature, 2023-01-10)Despite having been tested in multiple settings, the quantitative impact of predatory aquatic insects to reduce mosquito population remains unclear. To address this question, an ecological model of Aedes mosquito population ... -
Dynamic modelling and optimal control analysis of a fractional order chikungunya disease model with temperature effects
(Elsevier, 2023-01-19)Approximately 1.3 billion inhabitants in 94 countries are estimated to be at risk of chikungunya virus infection. A mechanistic compartmental model based on fractional calculus, the Caputo derivative has been proposed ... -
Modeling cryptosporidiosis in humans and cattle: Deterministic and stochastic approaches
(Elsevier, 2023-02-25)Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Cryptosporidium. The disease poses a public and veterinary health problem worldwide. A deterministic model and its corresponding continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) stochastic ... -
Modeling the effects of temperature and heterogeneous biting exposure on chikungunya virus disease dynamics
(Elsevier, 2022-07-06)Within the last decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes has been a growing public health burden. Approximately 1.3 billion inhabitants in 94 countries ... -
Data Balancing Techniques for Predicting Student Dropout Using Machine Learning
(MDPI, 2023-02-27)Predicting student dropout is a challenging problem in the education sector. This is due to an imbalance in student dropout data, mainly because the number of registered students is always higher than the number of dropout ... -
Human-Wildlife Conflict Early Warning System Using the Internet of Things and Short Message Service
(Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research, 2022-04)Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is an important challenge to communities living in areas bordering wildlife game parks and reserves. It is more evident in the United Republic of Tanzania, whose economy depends on wildlife ... -
Rule-Based Engine for Automatic Allocation of Smallholder Dairy Producers in Preidentified Production Clusters
(Hindawi, 2022-06-30)Smallholder dairy producers account for around half of all African livestock ventures; nevertheless, they face challenges in producing more milk due to an insufficient framework and infrastructure to maximize their output. ... -
Organisational Culture Attributes Influencing the Adoption of Agile Practices: A Systematic Literature Review
(Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 2022-01-31)Organisations have been adopting agile practices to deliver information system projects faster and create business value. Despite its advantages, many organisations battle to successfully adopt agile practices. While there ... -
Characterisation of Malaria Diagnosis Data in High and Low Endemic Areas of Tanzania
(East African Health Research Journal, 2022)Background: Malaria remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in the sub-Saharan African region. Malaria is considered preventable and treatable, but in recent years, it has increased outpatient ... -
The Effect of Navier Slip and Skin Friction on Nanofluid Flow in a Porous Pipe
(Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research, 2022-04)The flow of nanofluids through a porous medium is considered the optimum method for convective heat transfer. In this study, nanofluid flow in a porous pipe with Navier slip is investigated. Two water-based nanofluids, ... -
Mobile Application for Gate Pass Management System Enhancement
(IEEE, 2021-09-15)Gate pass management is a vital measure to keep records of people’s entrance and exit of company premises. Technological improvement steered gate pass management from paper-based logbooks to web-based systems that rely on ... -
Warehouse Management System Enhancement: A Case Study of ATOZ Textiles Limited
(IEEE, 2021-09-15)With technology advancement, the application of technology in conglomerate companies is crucial for company performance.Technology utilization in industry in developing countries is a challenge. Often there is a crisis of ... -
Early-Warning Dropout Visualization Tool for Secondary Schools: Using Machine Learning, QR Code, GIS and Mobile Application Techniques
(International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2022): Investment in education through the provision of secondary school to the community is geared to develop human capital in Tanzania. However, these investments have been hampered by unacceptable higher rates of school ... -
Complexity of Epidemics Models: A Case-Study of Cholera in Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2022-12-02)Timely prediction of Cholera epidemics is essential for preventing and controlling the size of an outbreak. Over the past years, there have been great initiatives in the development of Cholera epidemic models using ... -
Modeling nosocomial infection of COVID-19 transmission dynamics
(Elsevier, 2022-06)COVID-19 epidemic has posed an unprecedented threat to global public health. The disease has alarmed the healthcare system with the harm of nosocomial infection. Nosocomial spread of COVID-19 has been discovered and ... -
Mathematical Modelling of Drug Abuse and it’s Effect in the Society
(Annals of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2021-12)