Conference Program

14 November 2018 13:00–19:00

Workshops

Workshop on ‘Mobile

Accessibility’ COCIS Block A

Level 3 Seminar Room

IPID Postgraduate students’

workshop

College of

Computing &

Information Sciences

(COCIS)

Block A, Conference

Room

18:00–19:00 Option for early registration for delegates At the

Workshops venue

15 November 2018- School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-engineering Conference Hall 9:00–18:30

08:30–09:00

Registration

09:00–9.05

09.05-9.15

09.15-9.25

09.20-9.30

09.30-9.40

9.40-10.00

National Anthem

Welcome Remarks from the Conference Chair & Dean School of

Computing & Informatics Technology, Makerere University -Prof.

Gilbert Maiga

Remarks from the Representative of The Swedish Programme for ICT in

Developing Regions (SPIDER) & The International Network for

Postgraduate Students in the area of ICT4D (IPID)-Dr. Edgar Napoleon

Asiimwe

Remarks from the Representative of Karlstad University and Member of

the Conference Steering Committee-Prof. John Sören Pettersson

Remarks from the Principal College of Computing & Information

Sciences, Makerere University and Member of the Conference Steering

Committee-Prof. Tonny Oyana

Speech from the Guest of Honor-Minister of State, Ministry of ICT and

National Guidance-Hon. Nantaba Idah Erios

10:00–10:45 Keynote

Elsa Muzzolini General Manager, Mobile Financial Services (MTN Uganda).

(Moderator: John Sören Pettersson)

11:00–11:30 Group photo followed by Tea/Coffee Break

11:30–12:30

Each presentation is followed by a 5 minutes discussion

1- Session on mUtilities – Conference Hall Role of Mobile phones in Encouraging Public Participation in

Municipal Solid Waste management

Arinaitwe Irene, Eilu Emmanuel, Maiga Gilbert and

Nakakawa Agnes

Framing M4D in the Water Sector: Examining Effects of

Mobile Initiatives.

Musa Chemisto and Gordon Amoako

Uncharted Academic Waters: A Case for mUtilities (Energy,

Water and Sanitation)

Mathew Egessa, Samuel Liyala and Solomon Ogara

(Moderator: Fiona Ssozi)

12:30-14:00 Lunch At the conf. venue

14:00–15:15

15:15–16:00

2- Session on Inclusion – Conference Hall Diminished parallels: Avoiding peripheralization in ICT4D

settings Jude Mukundane

Mobile Money at the Intersection of mInclusion and

mLivelihoods: The Rural User Experience in Kasese Uganda

Jonathan Kuttainen

A mobile Artifact for Collecting and Making Indigenous

Knowledge Available to Farmers for Food Security

Enhancement Robert Tweheyo and Rehema Baguma

(Moderator: Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe)

Demos and Poster Session

15:30–16:00 Tea/Coffee Break. (Demos and Poster session in parallel)

16:00–17:00

Each presentation is followed by a 5 minutes discussion

3- Parallel session on mHealth (1) – Conference Hall Building A Low Cost Obstetric Equipment and

Supplies Prediction System Using Modern Mobile

Web Technologies

Nickson Mungujakisa, Bob Francis Kiyengo

and Derrick Ssemanda

Bridging the information gap among expectant

mothers in Uganda by use of USSD and a

Smartphone Daniel Ssejjemba and Scovia Achan

Mobile Devices, Applications and Internet use in

Healthcare

Munyaradzi Zhou, Marlien Herselman and

Alfred Coleman

(Moderator: Bo Andersson)

4- Parallel session on mAgriculture (1) – Room 2

YAY Garden: A conceptual study for a system

supporting exchange of agricultural practical

experience - Emmanuel Mugejjera

A strategy for the adoption and effective

utilization of mobile phone technologies in

smallholder agriculture in Zimbabwe

Sheltar Marambi, Samuel Musungwini

and Tinomuda Mzikamwi

(Moderator: Peter Nabende)

17:00–18:30

Panel: The Impact of Shrinking Civic Space on Technology-Based Initiatives for Democratisation-Conference Hall

Wairagala Wakabi, CIPESA

Fausta Musokwa, Tanzania Media Foundation

Davis Malombe, Kenya Human Rights

Commission

Goretti Amuriat, Women of Uganda Network

(WOUGNET) (Moderator: William Tayeebwa)

18:30–21:00 Bus leaves for Dinner Banquet at Ndere Cultural Centre

21:30– Bus leaves Dinner Venue for respective hotels

16 November 2018 09:00–17:00

09:00–10:00

Each presentation is followed by a 10 minutes discussion

5- Session on Crime Prevention–Conference Hall

MOBICAP – A mobile app prototype for

detection of criminals at country borders in low

resource contexts. The case of Uganda.

Kenneth Rutabisa and Peter Nabende

Design Theory for a Persuasive Mobile

Application: A Case of Increasing Willingness to

Participate in Reducing Theft of Electricity in

Kampala.

Ruth Mbabazi-Mutebi, Julianne Sansa-

Otim and Rehema Baguma

(Moderator: Raymond Mugwanya)

10:00–10:30 Tea/Coffee Break

10:30–11:30

Each presentation is followed by a 5 minutes discussion

6- Parallel session on Use – Conference Hall Heuristic Evaluation of Eye-Free Android

Application

Aditya Mehetre, Ganesh Bhutkar, Dhananjay

Bhole and Nikhil Jathar

Factors Influencing the Use of Mobile Internet

Services Among Young People: A Case of Zanzibar,

Tanzania

Haji Ali Haji, Omar Haji Komboand Waheed

Muhammad Sanya

The Impact of Smart Phones on the Student’s

Learning Experience in Higher Education

Institutions in South Africa

Ronald Kyobe and Jean-Paul Van Belle

(Moderator: Annabella Habinka Ejiri)

7- Parallel session on mHealth (2) – Room 2 Towards a maternal and neonatal e-learning mobile

aided system for rural health centers in Uganda

Edith Kisakye, Peter Nabende, Johnson Ackers

Use of mobile technologies in monitoring delivery of

public health services in Uganda

Fredrick Mutungi and Rehema Baguma

Assessment of network readiness telemedicine

services in Uganda

Huzaifah Kisegerwa

(Moderator: Gilbert Maiga )

11:45–12:30 Keynote - Conference Hall Digital support for health care in Malawi

Bo Andersson, Lund University, Sweden

(Moderator. Rehema Baguma )

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch At the conf. venue

14:00-14:45

8- Parallel session on Technology and data-driven development– Conference Hall A proposal for a USSD Name Service (UNS) to

Scale USSD Applications

Daniel Mwesigwa

Exit M4D, Enter Data4D? Exploring the potential for

data-driven development

David Cheruiyot and Leah Komen

(Moderator: Diarmuid O’Briain)

9- Parallel session on mAgriculture (2)- Room 2 Gender technology relations in the access to and use

of mobile phones for agricultural information: a case

of farmers in Apac district, Northern Uganda

David Mugambe Mpiima

Using Mobile Phones to improve Veterinary Service

Delivery and provision of First Aid Information for

Livestock Owners in Nakasongola Uganda

Denis Kakande and Andrew Lukyamuzi

(Moderator: Emmanuel Eilu )

15:00 – 15:45 10- Final paper presentation and plenary

discussion – Conference Hall Reflections on the maturity of the Mobile

Communication Technology for Development

(M4D) Landscape: 2008-2018

Judy Van Biljon and Karen Renaud

Plenary discussion on the maturity of the M4D landscape

(Moderator: John Sören Pettersson)

15:45-16:15 Summary and Closing Ceremony

16:15 – Tea/Coffee