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On March 11, 2016, Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology Implementation Team made a presentation at the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) of what has been observed when going through TMA systems and recommendations of the desired Weather Data Repository. Three presenters from DIT: Dr Joseph Matiko and Daudi Mboma were made on the Requirement Analysis […]

“Hotter, Drier, Wetter — Face the Future” The World Meteorology Day is an annual event normally celebrated along with the World Water Day and the World Forest Day. The theme of these celebrations was “Hotter, Drier, Wetter-Face the Future”. These celebrations took place on March 22, 2016 in Serere district at Serere Township Primary School. […]

I n December 2015, the WIMEA-ICT project set up a new teaching lab (the former GIS lab in block B), at the College of Computing and Information Sciences, Makerere University. This new teaching lab is a breath of fresh air as opposed to the challenges of shortage of and outdated computers, and over-crowding in the […]

I saac Mugume, a PhD student sponsored by the WIMEA-ICT project participated in the Consortium for Small-scale Modeling (COSMO) training that took place in Germany from February 14-23, 2016. His study research is mainly on Numerical Weather Predications. COSMO is a Numerical Weather and Climate Model used operationally at the Germany Weather Service and. It […]

T he Benadir University signed an MoU with the WIMEA-ICT project at the Annual General Meeting in December 2015 in Bergen. The areas of cooperation agreed upon include (but are not limited to): a) Joint capacity building, development and support activites; b) Joint research and development (R&D) activities and programmes c) Exchange of research results […]

The WIMEA-ICT sponsored Phd students spent their first semester at the University of Bergen from August 1, to December 20, 2015 as part of their training. During their study, the Geophysical Institute at UiB (University of Bergen) was their administrative host. The students share their experiences in Bergen. I am ahead in Advanced Statistics for […]

This workshop was held on August 20 and was attended by 26 participants. Ms Faiza Ahmed the gender focal contact person from the University of Juba gave a presentation on the gender situation in South Sudan. Dr. Agnes Semwanga the WIMEA-ICT project gender focal person from Makerere University made 2 presentations on key concepts of […]

A curriculum development workshop was held at the University of Juba on August 18-19 2015. At this workshop, Dr. Julianne Sansa-Otim the Principal Investigator introduced the WIMEA-ICT project to the participants including the planned project activities as well as those so far conducted emphasizing the importance of the gender factor in the project. During his […]

This forum took place on Thursday October 1, 2015 at ASA Lounge, Dar-es-Salaam Institute of Technology. The objective of this forum was to increase awareness on climate change adaptation in relation to gender issues. It was attended by 30 participants out of which 15 were from DIT and 15 outside DIT. Here are a few […]

DIT organised a research seminar titled “The Application of High Performance Computing (HPC)in Africa with a case study in South Africa.” This event took place on July 17, 2015. More than 70 participants attended the event that included University of Dar-es-Salaam (UDSM), Open University of Tanzania (OUT), St. Joseph University in Tanzania (SJUIT), Muhimbili University […]