IST-Africa 2016 Conference

11 - 13 May 2016, Durban, South Africa

Programme

IST-Africa 2016 Agenda

Updated: 2016-03-22 22:17:11

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Day 1: 11 May 2016

08:00

	Registration : Registration

09:00

09:00	Opening Plenary 1a: Opening Plenary
	Opening Remarks Daan du Toit, Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa EU Africa Cooperation Morten Møller, GRENEN Consulting , Denmark African Union Commission Address H.E. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, Ethiopia SADC Address Anneline Morgan, Southern African Development Community, Botswana Speech from DTPS H.E. Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize, Deputy Minister, Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services, South Africa Official Opening Speech Phil Mjwara, Director-General, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa

10:30

	Coffee Break : Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Plenary Session 2a: High-level Roundtable on Open Innovation, ICT Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in Africa
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Panelists confirmed to date include Mr Imraan Patel, DST Deputy Director General responsible for ICT, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa Dr Gansen Pillay, Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Research and Innovation Support and Advancement, National Research Foundation, South Africa Dr Pascal Hoba, CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance Warren Hero, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft South Africa Martin Weiss, Senior Technical Officer, MRC-PATH Global Health Innovation Accelerator, South Africa Prof. Maurice Mars, Department of TeleHealth, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Tsietsi Maleho, General Manager: Monitoring, Evaluation & Partnerships, The Innovation Hub Mr Lee Annamalai, Manager: Earth Observation ICT Systems Group, CSIR, South Africa

12:30

	Lunch : Lunch

14:00

14:00	Workshop 3a: Horizon 2020 Opportunities for Research Cooperation
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Introduction to Horizon 2020 Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland Overview of Results from ICT-39-2015 and Opportunities under ICT-39-2017 Morten Møller, GRENEN Consulting , Denmark Overview of Horizon 2020 Participation Rules & Instruments Miriam Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland Proposal Preparation Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland Discussion, Q&A

14:00	Session 3b: eGovernment I
	Chair: Zauria Saifodine, National Institute for ICT, Mozambique
	Introducing E-Government in Developing Countries- Analysis of the Egyptian e-Government Services Othoman Elaswad, Technical university of Denmark, Denmark A Framework for the Monitoring and Evaluation of e-Governance Projects in Developing Countries Sylvester Hatsu, School of Computing, University of South African/Accra Technical University, Ghana E-government Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Relationship with Macro Level Indices and Possible Implications Silas Formunyuy Verkijika, University of the Free State, South Africa ICT Readiness for Business Continuity in Local Government Ruan Koen, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

14:00	Session 3c: Technology-enhanced Learning I
	Chair: Gift Kadzamira, National Commission for Science and Technology, Malawi
	Using Mobile Moodle to Improve Accessibility and Usage of Moodle LMS at the University of Dar es Salaam Joel Mtebe, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Designing Adaptive Learning Support through Machine Learning Techniques Elizaphan Maina, Kenyatta University, Kenya Students’ Perceptions of Computer-Based Assessments: A Case of UKZN Victor Faniran, IIE's Varsity College, Westville,, South Africa Electronic Proofs and Electronic Assessments in an Educational Context transferred to South African Conditions Miriam Krieger, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Muenster, Germany Motivators for Teachers to Implement a New Curriculum: A Structural Equation Modelling Lovemore Motsi, Unisa, South Africa

14:00	Session 3d: Digital Content
	Chair: Tiwonge Msulira Banda, UbuntuNet Alliance, Malawi
	Access, Skills and Development in Africa: Local Knowledge in Local Languages Grant McNulty, McNulty Consulting / University of Cape Town, South Africa The Effects of a Corpus on isiZulu Spellcheckers based on N-grams Balone Ndaba, University of Cape Town, South Africa Preservation of Digital Research Content in Academic Institutions: A Case Study of Moi University, Kenya Juliet Erima, Moi University, Kenya, Kenya

14:00	Session 3e: Mobile Applications I
	Chair: Zamokwakhe Dlamini, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	Bring Your Own Disaster Recovery (BYODR) Jaco du Toit, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Governing Information Security within the Context of “Bring Your Own Device in SMMEs” Noluvuyo Fani, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa A Model for the Delivery of SMS and USSD Location-based Mobile Advertising Using Network-based Positioning Moses Thiga, Kabarak University, Kenya RootIO: ICT + Telephony for Grassroots Radio Christopher Csikszentmihalyi, M-ITI, Portugal Contribution of Mobile Messaging Applications to Improve Citizen Security Paul Dayang, The University of Ngaoundere, Cameroon

14:00	Session 3f: Societal Implications of Technology I
	Chair: Ebenhezer Kauhonina, National Commission on Research,Science and Technology, Namibia
	Citizen Engagement in Cape Town’s Transition Towards a Smart City Jozua Kloppers, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa A Mobile Based Technology Platform for Citizen Engagement in Malawi Rachel Sibande, Rhodes University, South Africa Power to the People - Unintended Effects of ICTs in Democracies Chipo Kanjo, University of Malawi, Malawi Mobile App Usage as a Dynamic Capability in Nigerian Start-ups Adebowale Owoseni, De Montfort University, United Kingdom

15:30

	Coffee Break : Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Workshop 4a: IST-Africa - Research Capacities & Priorities I
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	ICT Research Capacity in South Africa Zamokwakhe Dlamini, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa ICT Research Capacity in Malawi Gift Kadzamira, National Commission for Science and Technology, Malawi ICT Research Capacity in Lesotho Lieketseng Tjokotsi, Department of Science and Technology, Lesotho ICT Research Capacity in Botswana Phodiso Potesh Phole, Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services, Botswana ICT Research Capacity in Mozambique Zauria Saifodine, National Institute for ICT, Mozambique ICT Research Capacity in Mauritius Ashwin Seegolam, National Computer Board, Mauritius ICT Research Capacity in Burundi Augustin Nsabiyumva, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Burundi ICT Research Capacity in Kenya Jacob Njagih, Ministry of Education, Kenya

16:00	Session 4b: eGovernment II
	Chair: Vasilis Koulolias, eGovlab, Sweden
	Simulation Models in eGovernment using System Dynamics: A Literature Survey Ahmed Abdelgawad, University of Agder, Norway The e-Government Paradox: Is it Real and How can it be Resolved? Ibrahim Otieno, University of Nairobi, Kenya The Implementation of an E-Government System in Developing Countries: A Case of Taita Taveta County, Kenya Tabitha Mberi, Strathmore University, Kenya Scenario-based IT Risk Assessment in Local Government Unathi Mcube, NMMU, South Africa

16:00	Session 4c: Technology-enhanced Learning II - mLearning
	Chair: Marita Turpin, University of Pretoria, South Africa
	Gamifying Mobile Micro-Learning for Continuing Education in a Corporate IT Environment Laurie Butgereit, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa mTiCalc – A Student-driven ICT Project for Solving Local Forestry Learning and Community Problems in Kenya Mark Gachara Irura, University of Eastern Finland, Kenya Lecturer and Policy Readiness: A Critical Relationship in the Provision of Mobile Centric Services in Teaching Baldreck Chipangura, Unisa, South Africa Changes in the m-Learning Configuration of a Secondary School Mathematics Service: The Case of Microsoft Math (South Africa) from 2008-2015 Nicky Roberts, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

16:00	Session 4d: Future Internet & IoT
	Chair: Chipo Kanjo, University of Malawi, Malawi
	Internet of Things Technologies in Smart Cities Nomusa Dlodlo, Rhodes University, South Africa Towards an Adaptive Ontology Based Model for Interoperability in Internet of Things (IoT) Edmore Chindenga, University of Fort Hare, South Africa The Internet of Things for South African Tourism Oscar Gcaba, CSIR, South Africa A Security Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks in the Internet of Things Paradigm Ts'itso Maphats'oe, CUT, Lesotho A Design Approach to Adapting Maker-Community Projects to the IoT Constrained Device Philosophy Andrew Cyrus Smith, CSIR, South Africa

16:00	Session 4e: Mobile Applications II
	Chair: Haitham Hamza, ITIDA, Egypt
	Branchless Banking in Rural Malawi: Potential Customers’ Perspective on Bank-led Mobile Banking Tiwonge Manda, University of Malawi, Chancellor College, Malawi Towards Non-cash Payments in Tanzania: the Role of Mobile Phone Money Services Hosea Mpogole, University of Iringa, Tanzania Towards A Context-Aware Multi-Channel Messaging Model for African Banks: Preliminary Investigations Olusola Salami, University of South Africa, Nigeria Promoting Savings among Low Income Earners in Kenya through Mobile Money Patrick Kanyi Wamuyu, USIU-Africa, Kenya

16:00	Session 4f: Societal Implications of Technology II
	Chair: Lefa Thamae, Department of Science and Technology, Lesotho
	ICT Adoption and Use in Zimbabwean SMEs Peter Makiwa, University of Pretoria, Zimbabwe Factors Affecting the Use of Social Media as a Crisis Communication Tool in South Africa Trishana Ramluckan, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Analysing Barriers in the Implementation of National ICT Policy: Case of Malawi Frank Makoza, University of Cape Town, South Africa A Profile-Aware Microtasking Approach for Improving Task Assignment in Crowdsourcing Services Jabu Mtsweni, CSIR, South Africa Mitigating User Concerns to Maximize Trust on Cloud Platforms Roxanne Piderit, University of Fort Hare, South Africa

17:30

	End of Parallel Sessions

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