On Going Research

Research Title: Use of Mycorrhizal Fungi to improve regeneration of trees.

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/01
Objective: To enhance forests conservation programmes
Project Duration: 12 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Ezekiel Amri

Research Title: Protein expression patterns in aquatic plants as a tool to asses water quality in Marine environment

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/04
Objective: To develop a tool or bioindicator for monitoring water quality in aquatic environment
Project Duration: 12 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Mamboya F.A
Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:
Dr.Ester Mvungi, Botany Department, University of Dar es Salaam

Research Title:al4Africa: Teaming-Up for exploiting e-infrastructures, potential to boost RTDI in Africa

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/03
Objective: To boost research, technological development and innovation in Africa
Project Duration: 12 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Amos Nungu

Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:

Sigma Orionis, France LEADER, Brunel University, UK, The UbuntuNet Alliance, Malawi, KTH Royal Institute of Technolog, Sweden, Consorzio COMETA, Italy, Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT), Tanzania

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KST), Rwanda, West and Central African Research and Education Network – WACREN, Ghana – an affiliated partner.

Research Title:Sustainable water supply and management

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/04
Objective: To enable local community to be supplied with water and good management of water resources
Project Duration: 36months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Amos Nungu

DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Salha Kassim

Research Title:Drug Management Applications

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/08
Objective: To develop drug management tool to facilitate drug supply and management in health centers.
Project Duration: 5 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Amos Nungu

DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person: Dr. Amos Nungu

Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:

MUHAS Kigali. Health Institute KHI)Rwanda- Makerere University – Uganda, LEADER

Research Title: Community Health Portal

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/07
Objective:The project aim at creating a comprehensive and equal access to health services in Tanzania, with Bunda and Serengeti Districts as pilots.
Project Duration: 18 months

DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person:

Dr. Amos Nungu

Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:

MUHAS Kigali. Health Institute KHI)Rwanda- Makerere University – Uganda, LEADER

Research Title:Developing a Living Lab (LL) framework for co-creation of innovation between SA and Tanzania

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/09
Objective:To support STI and ICT capacity-building initiatives for mass diffusion of ICTs and related services, as key enablers for poverty reduction, economic groth, social development and regional integration’.
Project Duration: 18 months

DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person:

Dr. Amos Nungu

Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:

Tanzania- LEADER, State University of Zanzibar - SUZA, CSIR Meraka Institute - LEADER

Research Title: Deployment of wireless monitoring sensor in aquaculture systems

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/10
Objective:To develop a reliable and real time tool for monitoring water quality in aquaculture systems.
Project Duration: 12 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person:
Dr. Daudi Simbeye

Research Title: Establishing the African clean Energy Research Alliance ( ACERA)

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/11
Objective:To build African Technical expertise on design, construction and maintenance of clean energy technologies.
Project Duration: 12 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person:
Consalva Joseph Msigwa
Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:
Three applicants, Uganda, Congo and Ghana. All will work together with researchers from UK.

Research Title: Assessing the pesticidal and medicinal potency of Tanzanian indigenous mushroom

Project Registration Number: DIT/RP/RGP/11
Objective:To determine the bioactivity of different indigenous mushroom in medicinal and pest control.
Project Duration: 24 months
DIT researcher(s) INVOLVED/contact person:
Dr. Leonia Henry
Other Collaborators Outside DIT/Partners:
Prof. Mgoyela (V-MUHAS), Dr. Sempombe J (MUHAS), Dr. Sungwa F. (UDSM), Dr Mihale M (OUT).