News & Media Coverage
Highlights of media appearances, press releases, and stories featuring Dr. Fue's work in agricultural technology and innovation.
AgriMfumo at the 24th International Student Summit in Indonesia
Ibrahim Meshack Ibrahimu, CEO of AgriMfumo Ltd (EPAL spin-off), represented SUA at the [cite_start]summit in Bogor, Indonesia[cite: 2166].
EPALab News
Celebrating BIRD'S DETERRENT Innovation
Congratulating Mr. George Robert Komba for developing a "Variable-Frequency Ultrasonic [cite_start]Deterrent" to protect rice farms[cite: 2763].
EPALab News
AgriMfumo Secures Spot in Vodacom Digital Accelerator Season 4
AgriMfumo selected as one of 10 high-potential startups to scale their Mfumo Sense soil [cite_start]analysis innovation[cite: 2930].
Vodacom Digital Accelerator
AgriMfumo Advances in KilimoTech Accelerator
AgriMfumo selected to advance to the Business & Technical Diagnosis phase of the KilimoTech [cite_start]Accelerator[cite: 2363].
EPALab News
EPAL Startups at Innovation Week Tanzania 2025
AGRIMFUMO and AGROSCAN represented EPAL at the Future Ready Summit at SUA. Dr. Fue [cite_start]participated in a high-level panel discussion[cite: 2261, 2263].
Innovation Week Tanzania
Participation in 'Bank of the Future' Wazo Challenge 2025
[cite_start]Mr. Dickson Massawe represented EPAL/AgroScan at the Wazo Challenge Tanzania[cite: 2274].
Absa Bank Tanzania
AgriMfumo's Impact at KilimoTech Boot Camp
AgriMfumo showcased Mfumo Sense and Mfumo Care solutions at the Kilimo Tech Accelerator [cite_start]Business and Technical Boot Camp[cite: 2294].
EPALab News
Launch of Akilimatik: AI Chatbot for SUA
EPAL developed "Akilimatik," an LLM-based digital representative for Sokoine University [cite_start][cite: 2332].
EPALab News
DataSafari Visits EPAL
EPAL hosted a delegation from DataSafari to explore collaboration in data science and [cite_start]technology training for students[cite: 2345].
EPALab News
EPAL Launches Open-Source IoT Server Engine
Launch of an IoT server engine based on ThingsBoard to collect and analyze data from [cite_start]agricultural IoT devices[cite: 2479].
EPALab News
Drone Surveillance for Crop Disease at Dakawa
EPAL supported the "Artificial Empowered Crop Disease Surveillance" project with drone [cite_start]mapping and disease identification[cite: 2510].
EPALab News
AI in African Context (AAIAC) Conference
Dr. Kadeghe Fue moderated a plenary session on AI in Agriculture and Environmental [cite_start]Conservation at the AAIAC in Arusha[cite: 2558].
AAIAC
Presentation at Tanzania Health Summit
Dr. Fue presented on "Predicting Climate-Sensitive Water-borne Disease Outbreaks" using [cite_start]data-driven machine learning frameworks[cite: 2595].
Tanzania Health Summit
Farmer Demonstrates 5g Cup Fertilizer Application
Demonstration at EPAL farm comparing manual methods with UAV-advised application rates [cite_start][cite: 2580].
EPALab News
President Samia Emphasizes ICT in Agriculture
At AGRF 2023, President Samia Hassan highlighted the role of ICT and precision irrigation, [cite_start]aligning with EPAL's "Mwagilia" app initiatives[cite: 2600].
AGRF 2023
Research Visit to Technical University of Munich
Dr. Fue visited TUM as a guest researcher to collaborate on precision agriculture and [cite_start]agricultural robotics[cite: 2618].
EPALab News
Mofaro Robot Featured at NaneNane Exhibition
EPAL showcased the autonomous "Mofaro" robot for precision herbicide application at the [cite_start]NaneNane Farmers Exhibition[cite: 2627].
NaneNane Exhibition