Research & Projects

Exploring the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Agriculture. My work focuses on creating sustainable, technology-driven solutions for food systems and environmental management.

Current Research Projects

TanPredikt: Time-Series AI

Principal Investigator 2022 - 2023

Prediction of Rain-fed Maize Yield in Tanzania using Time-series Machine Learning Models and Satellite Data.

Funding: AI4D Research Grant (IDRC)

Nationwide Auto-Irrigation

PI 2022 - 2024

Towards a Nationwide Automatic Irrigation Scheduling System (NAISS-GAI). Collaborators: Prof. B. Mbilinyi, Prof. C. Sanga.

Funding: SUARIS Grant

YEESI Lab Ecosystem

PI & Founder 2021 - 2023

Youth Empowerment through Establishment of Social Innovation. Skilling for job creation in an innovation ecosystem with University of Georgia.

SG-NAPI Seed Grant

PI 2022 - 2023

TWAS-BMBF Seed Grant for high-level research projects in various scientific fields carried out in African countries.

Previous Work Highlights

Web Service API for Central Payment System

College of Business Education (CBE) - Government Integration.

2018-2019

Mobile Integrated Market Access (m-IMAS)

Trans-Sec, SUA. Built using KANNEL SMS systems.

2015-2016

UshauriKilimo (Agro-advisory)

EPINAV. Integrating m-FAIS to SMS based systems.

2015-2016

TRANS-SEC WebGIS System

Development using MapServer and OpenLayers.

2014-2016