IST-Africa 2026 Conference

25 - 29 May 2026

Programme

IST-Africa 2026 Agenda (Session Times based on UTC+1)

Updated: 2026-02-25 20:20:15

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Day 5: 29 May 2026

07:30

07:30	Session 22a: eAgriculture 1
	Smart Water Monitoring and Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Trends Sizwe Ximba, Durban University of Technology , South Africa IoT-enabled Real-time Water Quality Monitoring System for Sustainable Small-scale Aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa Moleboge Mkhonto, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Reflections on e-Agriculture: Insights into Equity, Participation and Knowledge Transformation in Resource Constrained Aquaponics Settings Priviledge Mabiza Kanotangudza, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa An Integrated System for Detection and Prediction of Soil Health using IoT and Machine Learning Techniques Kabelo Moroke, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Leveraging Data-Driven Machine Learning for Intelligent Shelf Life Prediction of Fresh Apple Tharollo Mphahlele, Univeristy of the Western Cape, South Africa

09:10

	Coffee Break : Break

09:20

09:20	Session 23a: eAgriculture 2
	Chair: Tlou Ramabu, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
	Intelligent Crop Disease Detection System using Leaf image Analysis with Computer Vision Lydie Simone TAPSOBA, Mathematics and Informatics laboratory (LAMI), Burkina Faso Explainable AI Enhanced Deep Learning for Tomato Disease Classification using Resnet-50 and Mobilenetv2 Abrhaley Gebreslassie Gebremariam, Adigrat University, Ethiopia Sensor-enabled Household Biodigester: A Student-driven IoT Prototype André Nitze, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany A Lightweight Cryptography Framework for Secure mAgriculture: Securing IoT Endpoints for a Blockchain-based Traceability System in Ghana Joseph Kojo Asampanbilla, Ghana Communication Technology University, Ghana Gender and Generational Inequalities in ICT Adoption for Agricultural Decision-Making in KwaZulu-Natal Ntabeni Jere, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

11:00

	Coffee Break : Break

11:10

11:10	Session 24a: eAgriculture and Environmental Sustainability
	Chair: Tatien Masharabu, East African Science & Technology Commission (EASTECO), Burundi
	Correlation of Remote Sensing Data for Assessing Carbon Credits under Climate Change in the Okavango Countries Isau Alfredo Bernardo Quissindo, Faculty of Agrarian Science - University José Eduardo dos Santos (UJES), Huambo, Angola, Angola Administering Weather Index Crop Insurance for Low-Income Farmers using Blockchain Technology and Internet-of-Things Sensors Tatenda Muvhu, University of Cape Town, South Africa Rethinking Emission Modelling Approaches for Sub-Saharan Africa’s Complex Realities using Machine Learning Methods as a Decision Support System Elias Muhatia, Strathmore University, Kenya Designing and Localising a Climate Services Information System for Impact-Based Forecasting in Lesotho Khobatha Setetemela, The National University of Lesotho, Lesotho

12:50

	End of Sessions

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