Programme

IST-Africa 2025 Agenda (Session Times based on Kenya Time - UTC+3)

Updated: 2025-04-15 00:03:43

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Day 3: 30 May 2025

09:00

09:00	Session 9a: Societal Implications of Technology
	Chair: Titus Kisangau, National Research Fund, Kenya
	People First: Humanism is Back Alfredo M. Ronchi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy The Effects of Mobile Money on Inequality: A Panel Data Analysis Enrico Nichelatti, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg The Effect of Digital Literacy Skills on Rural Kenyans’ Smallholder Farmers' Livelihoods Jimmy Macharia, United States International University, Kenya Towards Developing a Software Ethics Assessment Tool at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology George Musumba, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya

09:00	Session 9b: eAgriculture & Environmental Sustainability 2
	Chair: Jacob Njagih, National Research Fund, Kenya
	Design and Implementation of a Real-Time Groundwater Monitoring System Using IoTs Banjo Ayoade Aderemi, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria Main Campus, South Africa Investigation of Physical Parameters for Groundwater Quality using Geography of Things -based System Thomas Olwal, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Water Parameter Estimation Application using Statistical Learning: the Context of Malawi Peter Phiri, Sustainable Water Irrigation and Farming Technology, Malawi Leveraging AI Models for Regional Weather Prediction: A Data Pipeline for Africa Teofilo Ligawa, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya

09:00	Session 9c: Content Technologies 2
	Chair: Anthony Karanja, Multimedia University of Kenya, Kenya
	Development of a WhatsApp Bot to Detect Disinformation Zelalem Sintayehu Shibeshi, Rhodes University, South Africa Neural Machine Translation in Low-Resourced Languages: Case of Dholuo – Swahili Translation Peter Kimanga, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya Optimising SQL Generation for Afrikaans through an English-to-Afrikaans Double Translation Method Reuben Jooste, University of Pretoria, Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI), South Africa Fine-Tuning A Machine Learning Model To Detect COVID-19 Misinformation In Xitsonga Masana Baloyi, University of Pretoria, Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI), South Africa

10:30

	Coffee Break : Coffee Break & Networking

11:00

11:00	Session 10a: Global Development
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Social ISP for Reducing Digital Inequality Marko Nieminen, Aalto University, Finland Evidence and Gap on Mobile Internet Usage in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Jonathan Muringani, Basic Internet Foundation, Norway Exploring an AR-based Implementation for Architectural Engineering Alithemba Luthando Makongwana, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Three Years of 3D Printing – Analysis of a Small-scale Manufacturing Hub in Kenya John Gershenson, The Pennsylvania State University, United States Exploring the Challenges of Growing Technology Startups: A Case of Silicon Dar Abubakar Bakari, The State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania

11:00	Session 10b: eAgriculture & Environmental Sustainability 3
	Chair: Joyce Ngure, State Department for Science, Research, and Innovation, Kenya
	Remote Sensing Application in Maize Production: A Bibliometric Analysis Simbarashe Jombo, Sol Plaatje University, South Africa A Min-Max Based Data Normalization and Maximum Pooling Approach for Improved Maize Leaf Disease Detection Damaris Waema, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Smart and Sustainable Economic and Indigenous Farming: Modern Innovation with Traditional Wisdom Bridged John Makhetha Nyetanyane, Central University of Technology, South Africa The Influence of Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Information Platforms on Access to Extension Services: A Case of M-Kilimo in Dodoma, Tanzania Hosea Mpogole, Institute of Rural Development Planning, Tanzania

11:00	Session 10c: Content Technologies 3
	Chair: Laura Odhiambo, National Research Fund, Kenya
	Copyright Issues Arising from Digital Technology in Museums: a Kenyan Case Study Kioko Mwania, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Kenya Developing a Machine Learning Predictive Model for Mobile Network Traffic Forecasting in Malawi Rachel Sibande, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi Evaluating the Facilitating Conditions towards the Integration of GenAI in Knowledge Sharing for SMEs Stevens Mamorobela, University of South Africa, South Africa The Challenges of Indoor Navigation: LiDAR-AR Exploring Solutions Beyond GPS Mushabalo Magada, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

12:45

12:45	Closing Plenary 11: Closing Plenary
	Showcasing Success Stories on ICT4D in Kenya Prof. Elijah Omwenga, Vice Chancellor, The Open University of Kenya, Kenya Showcasing KENET's Contribution to Kenya's Research and Innovation Ecosystem Prof. Meoli Kashorda, Executive Director, Kenya Education Network, Kenya Closing Remarks Prof. Dickson Andala, CEO, National Research Fund, Kenya

14:15

	Lunch : Lunch

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IST-Africa 2025 Conference

28 - 30 May 2025

Programme

IST-Africa 2025 Agenda (Session Times based on Kenya Time - UTC+3)

Day 3: 30 May 2025