International Journal of ICT Research in Africa and the Middle East

Mathew Lashayo Deogratius

タンザニアの大学におけるE-Learningシステム採用の測定:信頼,環境因子および大学準備のIS成功モデルへの統合【JST・京大機械翻訳】

坦桑尼亚大学电子学习系统采用的测量：信任、环境因素及大学准备对IS成功模型的整合【JST·京大机器翻译】

Rwashana Semwanga Agnes

Kigozi Kahiigi Evelyn

ウガンダにおける電子政府Webサイトの質の評価【JST・京大機械翻訳】

乌干达电子政府网站质量评估【JST·京大机器翻译】

Due to the increase in video content being generated from surveillance cameras and filming, videos analysis becomes imperative. Sometimes it becomes tedious to watch a video captured by a surveillance camera for hours, just to find out the desired footage. Current state of-the-art video analysis methods do not address the problem of searching and localizing a particular object in a video using the name of the object as a query and to return only a segment of the video clip showing the instances of that object. In this research the authors make use of combined implementations from existing work and also applied the dropping frames algorithm to produce a shorter, trimmed video clip showing the target object specified by the search tag. The resulting video is short and specific to the object of interest.

Tapiwanashe Miranda Sanyanga

Munyaradzi Sydney Chinzvende

Tatenda Duncan Kavu

John Batani

Searching Objects in a Video Footage

在视频片段中搜索目标对象

Most developing countries in Africa have civil registration processes with inherent challenges that inhibit their efficiency and accuracy. Attempts at modernization and improvement are on-going. In this article, a biometric framework that can be used to mitigate the challenges inherent in biometric data management for the civil registration system in Zambia is presented. The proposed framework presented is based on ISO models and adapted for most developing countries with low Information and Communication Technologies. A baseline study was undertaken to assess the understanding and appreciation of biometrics within the Zambian community and how this data might be stored or managed. A study of the Zambian civil registration business process has been undertaken and the authors propose an automated civil registration business process. Results obtained show that currently, Zambia does NOT have a biometric framework that supervises use of biometric data. The proposed model once adopted would form a secure framework for civil registration based on biometrics and ISO standards.

Lubasi Kakwete Musambo

Jackson Phiri

A Framework for Civil Registration in Developing Countries Based on Biometrics and ISO Standards

基于生物识别和ISO标准的欠发达国家民事登记框架

Domestic revenue collection through taxation is still below its potential in many developing countries. There have been concerted efforts to improve domestic revenue mobilization in many developing countries using ICT. However, since the use of ICT in taxation in developing countries is still relatively a new phenomenon, models and frameworks that can best guide the adoption of an e-tax service in a developing country context are lacking. Therefore, in this article, the authors investigated requirements for enhancing e-tax service adoption in a typical developing country like Tanzania. Requirements for enhancing e-tax service adoption were first elicited through literature review and validated using questionnaires and an interview guide. The requirements for enhancing e-tax adoption were used to extend TOE framework developed by Tornatzky and Fleischer in 1990. This article, therefore, presents a model that supports electronic tax services adoption in a typical developing country like Tanzania

Daniel Deogratus

Gilbert Maiga

Emmanuel Eilu

A Framework for Enhancing the Adoption of E-Tax Services in Tanzania

增强坦桑尼亚电子税务服务采用的框架

Online criminal and terrorist activities impact society at individual, organizational and national levels. This makes cybersecurity risk a society risk, one in which cyber-attacks affect the whole community. As such a government led cybersecurity response is important, where government, private entities, and individuals each have a part to play. In this study online discussions on cybersecurity in Botswana were analysed to assess the cybersecurity risks and activity in the country. A public cyber threats register is not available in Botswana and organizations do not benefit from shared knowledge on cybersecurity threats and their mitigations in the country. As such Open Source Intelligence data is used to analyse the threats in Botswana. This study concluded that Botswana could benefit more from nation-wide data publicized by the government as this will help support industries that are most affected.

Seth M. Sarefo

Maurice E. Dawson

Banyatsang Mphago

Analysis of the Cybersecurity Threats in Botswana Using Publicly Available Data

博茨瓦纳网络安全威胁的公开数据分析

One strategic area in research and development is to promote innovation for economic development and technology transfer. In a knowledge-based economy, innovation is omnipresent, and its significance is never disputed. Tanzania is aware that information and communication technology (ICT) is the major enabler of socio-economic growth; hence, it needs more ICT innovations, which has shown a slow growth due to many challenges. ICT innovation has significantly impacted private sectors compared to public sectors. The main challenge is mainly in public sectors and individuals. The study explores ICT innovation challenges towards effective participation in innovation actors. The methodology includes a systematic literature review and the primary data collected from the case study area on Tanzania's public and private sectors. The study revealed that though funding and capital to Innovation factors are the major challenges, more challenges have been explored. The study comes up with best practices to persuade ICT innovation participation from the grassroots to the university.

Edigar Myula Msangawale

Ellen Kalinga

Honest Kimaro

Faraja Igira

Exploring the Challenges Facing the ICT Industry Innovation Processes in Tanzania

探索坦桑尼亚ICT产业创新过程中面临的挑战

Impact assessments are crucial for measuring the effectiveness of developmental projects. However, hurdles such as the complexity, limited applicability, and lack of empirical evidence of impact assessments are hinderances to use impact assessments more widely. Computer-based tools could help ease these problems as they can help the implementation process and foster usage. However, currently there are no computer-based tools available to support ICT for development (ICT4D) impact assessments in the educational domain. For this research, a computer-based tool was developed to support impact assessments of ICT4D projects in education (EDU4D). A literature study was performed and interviews with field experts were conducted to decide upon the requirements. Subsequently, a computer-based tool was developed that aims to guide the user to accurately perform a situational impact assessment method for EDU4D (SIAM-Ed) and to work in low resource environments. Finally, a small pilot study was conducted that showed positive results on the effectiveness of the tool.

Hy Nhu Le

Sietse Overbeek

Diana van der Stelt

Sergio España

Development of a Computer-Based Tool for Supporting Impact Assessments of EDU4D Projects

基于计算机的支持EDU4D项目影响评估工具的开发

The role played by the use of technologies in improving business processes is vital. Taking SMEs, for example, mobile phone technology is used to perform multiple activities, especially in developing countries that are characterized by low ICT readiness. The effective uptake of any technology requires maximum acceptance amongst individuals. While various factors have been studied on how they relate and influence intentions and actual usage of mobile phones amongst employees of SMEs, there is a lack of research that focuses on the social influence in that context. This is a quantitative study performed using SEM involving 459 respondents. The study extends TAM with a subjective norm before testing a resulting theoretical model. The results show that subjective norm has a significant influence on both the perceived usefulness and behaviour intention. This paper also provides recommendations to the key stakeholders on the approaches to utilization of mobile phone technology in SMEs.

Renatus Michael Mushi

Impact of Normality Pressure on Acceptance of Mobile Phone Technology

常态压力对手机技术接受度的影响

Existing studies in Developing and Newly-Industrialised (DNI) countries merely analysed the load demand forecasting methodologies, with little emphasis on consideration of data quality, provision of research agenda and the proposition of the design architecture of load forecasting. Therefore, this paper surveys 22 articles from 18 DNI countries, attempting to investigate the load forecasting methodologies as well as data cleansing mechanisms, and then proposes a general design framework for these countries. A systematic review protocol is applied in this study to achieve unbiased and scientific-based findings. Economic growth, number of customers, price of electricity, temperature, calendar events, and daytime found to be significant drivers of electricity consumption. Furthermore, the findings indicate that 63.64% of the surveyed load forecasting mechanisms considered the inclusion of outlier-removal preprocessors. This paper has pinpointed the issues pertaining to load forecasting in the DNI countries such that a robust model, fitting a context can be built with efficiency.

Hussein Abubakar Bakiri

Nerey H. Mvungi

Hamisi Ndyetabura

Libe Valentine Massawe

Hellen Maziku

Review on the State of the Art of Electricity Load Forecasting Methodologies in Developing and Newly-Industrialised Countries

发展中和新兴工业化国家电力负荷预测方法研究综述

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