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On June 24, 2015, the NORADWIMEA- ICT project held a workshop on Gender at Royal Suites Hotel in Kamala. Gender is a key aspect of the project; both in the participating institutions and at national level. The purpose of the workshop was to increase the understanding of gender-related issues as they relate with weather management […]
The Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) and Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve East Africa’s Weather Information Management by Application of Suitable Information Communication Technology (WIMEA-ICTs). WIMEA-ICT is a combined research and capacity building project funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), under the Norwegian […]
The WIMEA-ICT Project at Makerere University organised a media training for its researchers. It took place from June 18-19 2015 at the College of Computing and Information Sciences at Makerere University. It was facilitated by Partick Luganda, a media trainer and consultant from Farmers Media Link. He trained the researchers on how to package their […]
QUESTION: What is TTA? ANSWER: TTA stands for Technology Transfer Alliance (TTA). It is a cooperation between Research and Higher Education Institutions implementing Social Entrepreneurship and Innovations Capacity-Building. Q: When did it take place? A: It took place from April 13 -15 2015 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Q: What was this workshop about? A: One of […]
Climatesnack/WIMEA-ICT writing workshop A WIMEA-ICT writing workshop took place at Makerere University from April 20-22 2015. It was facilitated by Dr. Mathew Stiller Reeve and Valerie Kumer from the Geophysical Institute University of Bergen, Norway. The workshop was a mix of lectures and practical assignments. The participants learnt about basic writing skills, including how to […]
In April, Valerie Kumer (University of Bergen) and I had the pleasure to organize a writing workshop at Makerere University in beautiful Uganda. The participants were all part of the WIMEA-ICT project. WIMEAICT stands for Improving Weather Information Management in East Africa for effective service provision through the applications of suitable Information and Communication Technologies. […]
The WIMEA-ICT Project under the College of Computing and Information System at Makerere University carried out a national survey on the status of weather information dissemination in Uganda in 2014. To validate the survey findings, a stakeholders’ seminar was held on December 11, 2014. Following this, a media workshop took place on April 2, 2015 […]
On April 2, 2015, the WIMEA-ICT PhD candidates in Uganda dined with their supervisors and mentors. The dinner, which was organised by Dr. Agnes Semwanga (the WIMEA-ICT’s gender specialist) was aimed at developing links and better interactions between the students with their mentors and supervisors. It was during this dinner that Dr. Peter Wakholi shared […]
Emmanuel Kondela is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Computer Studies at Dares- Salaam Institute of Technology. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Design Electronic Computing Systems and Technology from Kursk State Technical University (Russia) and Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology from Central South University (China). While in Russia, […]
QUESTION: Tell us about yourself ANSWER: I am an Assistant Lecturer at Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology. I have a Bachelor degree in Mathematics with Education, which I got from Tumaini University, Iringa and a Masters in Mathematical modelling at University of Dar-es-Salaam. My Masters research was in Mathematical Modelling of Cholera Dynamics with […]