In this inaugural Research Award, DSA funded 10 research projects for one year with anticipated further support for the top performing projects in the second year. The DSA Research Award 2020 provided access to resources limiting research productivity in Africa with a focus on Machine Learning research.
| Name | Title | Institution | Country |
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| Dr. Godliver Owomugisha |
Early detection and diagnosis of crop diseases in asymptomatic plants: acquisition and machine learning analysis of spectral data. |
Makerere University |
Uganda |
| Mr. Andualem Aklilu |
Combining Data science and Remote Sensing for Highland Wheat Yield Prediction Under Resource limited Ethiopian Agricultural Set-up. |
Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Addis Ababa University |
Ethiopia |
| Mr. Bramwel Waswa Wanjala |
Development of rapid assay for the on-site detection of capripoxvirus. |
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Biotechnology Research Institute) |
Kenya |
| Dr. Inger Fabris-Rotelli |
An informal road detection neural network for societal impact in developing countries. |
Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria |
South Africa |
| Dr. Segun Adebayo |
Understanding Fruit Bat Movement Pattern Leveraging on Radio Telemetry and Data Analytics |
Bowen University |
Nigeria |
| Mr. Houégnon Géraud Vinel Gbewezoun |
Contribution of Internet-of-Things, Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for improving groundwater assessment in a semi-arid region (north-eastern Benin) |
Laboratoire d’Hydrologie Appliquée (LHA), Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) |
Benin Republic |
| Dr. Khamisi Kalegele |
Overcoming Open Learning Recession using Analytics and Machine Learning |
Open University of Tanzania |
Tanzania |
| Dr. Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende |
Text Mining of Social Media Luganda Data to Track Misinformation and Perceptions Related to COVID-19 Transmission Mitigation Strategies |
Makerere University |
Uganda |
| Dr. Dennis Mugambi Kaburu |
Modelling the preferred route of desert locust: A neural network approach |
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
Kenya |
- Two (2) Project Extensions Awarded
