The organisers of this event at SUA were Dr. Alcardo Alex Barakabitze and Prof. Camilius Sanga in collaboration with TCRA. The aim of this event was to encourage girls and young women to pursue science, technology and engineering education and work in STEM careers.  

The main topic of the event focused on demonstrating to students from Kilakala secondary school the uses of ICTs and its impacts in the agriculture industry. Two female ICT scientists from SUA, Dr. Neema Sumari and Ms. Joan Jonathan presented their topics regarding “ICT for Future Smart World” and “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in agriculture” respectively. Dr. Kadeghe Fue also presented the smart technology for precision agriculture where a robotic solution for cotton harvesting was demonstrated. Staff from TCRA presented issues related to this years’ theme “Access and Safety”.

At the end of all presentations there were questions and answers from students to the presenters. Thereafter 25 students were given an essay question and top five best students (Ombeni, Salma, Domina, Vivian, Anitha) were given a gift and also the remaining students were given a small token for appreciating their good attempt in answering the question.

The staff from TCRA who attended this event were Thuwayba Hussein (Principal ICT officer), Mwapani Mnzava (ICT Officer) and Eng. Aneth Kilaja. Teachers from Kilakala secondary school were represented by Ismail Chowo.

For more information visit: https://www.itu.int/women-and-girls/girls-in-ict/international-girls-in-ict-day-2022/