• Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data 

  Shao, Zhenfeng; Sumari, Neema S.; Portnov, Aleksei; Ujoh, Fanan; Musakwa, Walter; Mandela, Paulo J. (Geo-spatial Information Science, 2020-07-28)

  Urbanization is one of the most impactful human activities across the world today affecting the quality of urban life and its sustainable development. Urbanization in Africa is occurring at an unprecedented rate and it ...
• Urban expansion and form changes across African cities with a global outlook: Spatiotemporal analysis of urban land densities 

  Xu, Gang; Dong, Ting; Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful; Jiao, Limin; Sumari, Neema S.; Chai, Baohui; Liu, Yaolin (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019-03-27)

  Africa has been experiencing rapid urbanization, yet limited studies have systematically investigated urban growth dynamics across African cities. Using 25 cities as cases, we quantified urban growth and form changes in ...
• Fuzzy AutoEncode Based Cloud Detection for Remote Sensing Imagery 

  Shao, Zhenfeng; Deng, Juan; Wang, Lei; Fan, Yewen; Sumari, Neema S.; Cheng, Qimin (2017-03-26)

  Cloud detection of remote sensing imagery is quite challenging due to the influence of complicated underlying surfaces and the variety of cloud types. Currently, most of the methods mainly rely on prior knowledge to extract ...
• Status of geoinformatics education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa: initiatives taken and challenges 

  Sumari, Neema S.; Shao, Zhenfeng; Van Genderen, John L.; Musakwa, Walter; Ujoh, Fanan; Washaya, Prosper; Gumbo, Trynos (2019-03-11)

  This paper presents an update on some of the activities that have taken place since aWorld Bank report; “Guidelines for Education and Training in Environmental Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Key Issues” ...
• Pattern analysis of substandard and inadequate distribution of educational resources in urban–rural areas of Abbottabad, Pakistan 

  Tanveer, Hashir; Balz, Timo; Sumari, Neema S.; Shan, Rafi-us (GeoJournal, 2019-06-04)

  Despite an extensive system of public schools, Abbottabad, Pakistan has a chronically low literacy rate. A factor contributing to these low literacy rates might be a spatial mismatch between public schools and dense ...
• On the absurdity of rapid urbanization: Spatio-temporal analysis of land-use changes in Morogoro, Tanzania 

  Sumari, Neema S.; Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful; Ujoh, Fanan; Xu, Gang (Cities, 2020-07-07)

  This study questions the frequent overemphasis on population growth aspects of African urbanization with little consideration of the spatial extent by analyzing the influence of population growth on the spatial expansion ...
• Geospatial Distribution and Accessibility of Primary and Secondary Schools: A case of Abbottabad City, Pakistan 

  Sumari, Neema S.; Tanveer, Hashir; Shao, Zhenfeng; Kira, Ernest Simon (Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association, 2019-07-27)

  Quality education in isolated areas is a major issue in developing countries like Pakistan, as access to formal education is linked to improved life prospects for rural students. Among the factors for education, accessibility ...
• A Geospatial Approach to Sustainable Urban Planning: Lessons for Morogoro Municipal Council, Tanzania 

  Sumari, Neema S.; Xu, Gang; Ujoh, Fanan; Korah, Prosper I.; Ebohon, Obas J.; Lyimo, Neema N (Sustainability, 2019-11-19)

  Sustainable urban planning is essential in mediating the natural and built environments globally, yet, there is little progress as regards its attainment in developing countries. Rapid and unplanned urbanization continue ...
• A Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach for Modelling Uncertainty in Open Geospatial Data on Landfill Suitability Analysis 

  Lyimo, Neema Nicodemus; Shao, Zhenfeng; Ally, Ally Mgelwa; Twumasi, Nana Yaw Danquah; Altan, Orhan; Sanga, Camilius A (International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020-12-09)

  Besides OpenStreetMap (OSM), there are other local sources, such as open government data (OGD), that have the potential to enrich the modeling process with decision criteria that uniquely reflect some local patterns. ...
• Urban expansion: a geo-spatial approach for temporal monitoring of loss of agricultural land 

  Sumari, N. S.; Shao, Z; Huang, M; Sanga, C. A.; Van Genderen, J. L. (International Archives for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017-09-14)

  This paper presents some preliminary results from research on monitoring the urban growth of Shenzhen in China. Agriculture is still the pillar of national economies in many countries including China. Thus, agriculture ...
• An innovative soft design science methodology for improving development of a secure information system in Tanzania using multi-layered approach 

  Mshangi, Maduhu; Nfuka, Edefonce Ngerama; Sanga, Camelius (Journal of Information Security, 2017-07-06)

  This paper presents an innovative Soft Design Science Methodology for im- proving information systems security using multi-layered security approach. The study applied Soft Design Science Methodology to address the ...
• New technologies for disseminating and communicating agriculture knowledge and information:challenges for agricultural research institutes in Tanzania 

  Barakabitze, A. A.; Kitindi, E. J.; Ssnga, C.; Shabani, A.; Kibirige, G; Sanga, C.; Philipo, J.; Kibirige, C. (2015)

  This paper explores how a wide range of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) available in Agricultural Research Institutes (ARIs) if used effectively by agriculture researchers can improve agriculture ...
• The rapid growth of cybercrimes affecting information systems in the global: is this a myth or reality in Tanzania? 

  Nfuka, E. N.; Sanga, C.; Mshangi, M. (2014)

  The main objective of this study was to determine whether the rapid growth of cybercrimes affecting information systems in the global: is a myth or reality in Tanzania. The study was undertaken using a mixed research ...
• Forest and forest change mapping with C- and L-Band Sar in Liwale, Tanzania 

  Haarpaintner, J.; Davids, C.; Hindberg, H.; Zahabu, E.; Malimbwi, R. E. (The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences,, 2015)

  As part of a Tanzanian-Norwegian cooperation project on Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) for REDD+, 2007-2011 Cand L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) backscatter data from Envisat ASAR and ALOS Palsar, ...
• In ovo antiviral activity of Synadenium glaucescens (pax) crude extracts on Newcastle disease virus 

  Mabiki, F.P; Mdegela, R.H; Mosha, R.D; Magadula, J.J (2013-04-10)

  Investigation on the effect of root bark and wood, stem bark and wood, leaves and sap of Synadenium glaucescens extracts against Newcastle disease (ND) virus was done using an in ovo assay. Viable 9 days embryonated ...
• Designing secure web and mobile-based information system for dissemination of students’ examination results: the suitability of soft design science methodology 

  Mshangi, Maduhu; Nfuka, Edephonce Ngemera; Sanga, Camilius (International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, 2016-12)

  The trend of organizations offering services through integrated applications using web- and mobile- based information systems has raised security concerns on how to ensure security goals are attained. The foundation of ...
• Unlocking the potential of the mobile phones by University undergraduate students: A case of Sokoine University of Agriculture 

  Mlozi, M. R. S.; Mussa, M.; Mapunda, K. M.; Kalungwizi, V. J.; Mwakapina, W. J.; Tumbo, S. D.; Sanga, C. (International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, 2016)

  Literature show that use of mobile phones is omnipresent and pervasive in developing countries, especially among the youth. This study was carried out to assess the academic benefits of owning and using mobile phone among ...
• Mobile learning bridging the gap in agricultural extension service delivery: Experiences from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania 

  Sanga, Camilius; Mlozi, Malongo; Haug, Ruth; Tumbo, Siza (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2016)

  The ubiquitous nature of mobile phones offers a noble environment where farmers can learn informally anywhere, anytime and at any location. This is an innovative way to address some of the weakness of conventional ...
• Using soft systems methodology and activity theory to exploit security of web applications against heartbleed vulnerability 

  Mshangi, Maduhu; Nfuka, Edephonce Ngemera; Sanga, Camilius (International Journal of Computing and ICT Research,, 2015)

  The number of security incidents exploiting security holes in the web applications is increasing. One of the recently identified vulnerability in the web applications is the Heartbleed bug. The Heartbleed bug is a weakness ...
• Experimenting open agricultural extension service in Tanzania: A case of Kilosa Open Data Initiative (KODI) 

  Sanga, Camilius A.; Masamaki, Joseph Phillipo; Fue, Kadeghe G.; Mlozi, Malongo R.; Tumbo, Siza D. (Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 2016)

  This paper presents results from the application of Open Data System to improve coverage of agricultural extension services using web-based and mobile-based farmers‘ advisory information Ushaurikilimo in Kilosa District. ...

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