SubProject Four

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Objectives

Medium-term

1. To strengthen ICT infrastructure including security provisions supportive of integrated Information, Information Systems and Data architectures respectively and attendant community communication networks.

2. To strengthen service delivery in teaching and research through:
(a) improved centre of e-learning
(b) improved library Services,

3.To strengthen capacity building through: (a) PhD supervision, (b) Curriculum development, (c) Staff exchange, (d) Workshops and conferences, and (e) Training

Medium-Term Objective

Long-Term

1. To establish multidisciplinary laboratories through:
(a) open source resources e.g. Python,
(b) Data analytics
(c) Artificial Intelligence and IoT
(d) Cyber security and Forensic
(e) GIS, and
(f) System dynamics.

2. To strengthen outreach through digital literacy for gender empowerment

3. To establish a Centre for e-waste and Green ICT.

Long-Term Objective

The Subproject uses qualitative approaches to assess digital gender gaps in communities within the Lake Victoria Basin. Field trainings are conducted to address these skills gaps as well as integrating ICT skills into the other four Subprojects. Innovative interventions have been designed to increase access to digital spaces, enhance health information systems, agri-food systems, and natural resource management.

Subprojects 1, 2, 3, and 5 will use qualitative and quantitative methods to determine critical indicators of change, integrate geo-spatial information systems developed by Subproject 4, and use community-based methods, laboratory techniques, and field observations developed by this Subproject.

Capacity building is also a key deliverable for the Subproject, achieved through the training of PhD students.