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The ICT4D Research Center kindly invites the staff of BDU to apply for this call for Research proposals for possible funding in 2017 E.C.. The new research proposal shall address existing problems using ICT-related remedies and have a special relevance to development of the country. The final output of the research must be published in a reputable journal.

The 6th ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ (๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐Ÿฐ๐——๐—”-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ4), will take place in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on 18-20 November, 2024. ICT4DA 2024 is the 6th International Conference that aims to bring together researchers, engineers, developers, and practitioners from the academia and the industry to present and discuss their research work in the area of ICT for Development.

Congratulations! 2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA) has been posted to the IEEE Xplore digital library effective 2023-11-06.

We are pleased to announce that ICT4D Research Center, in collaboration with HausaNLP research group of Bayero University Kano, Rewire, Language Technology Group (LT) - Universitรคt Hamburg, Masakhane and LIAAD INESC Technology and Science - Associate Laboratory have successfully secured a Lacuna Fund grant to develop resources for Hate and Offensive Speech detection in 18 African Languages.

CCNA certification proves you have what it takes to navigate the ever-changing landscape of IT. CCNA exam covers networking fundamentals, IP services, security fundamentals, automation and programmability.ย Designed for agility and versatility, CCNA validates that you have the skills required to manage an optimize todayโ€™s most advanced networks.

The 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA2022), will take place in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on 28-30 November, 2022. ICT4DA2022 is aims to bring together researchers, engineers, developers, and practitioners from the academia and the industry to present and discuss their research work in the area of ICT for Development.

ICT4D Research center is planning to offer a training on React Native. ย React Native (also known as RN) is a popular JavaScript-based mobile app framework that allows you to build natively-rendered mobile apps for iOS and Android. The training will be given for three months (once per-week-3 hours, Total of 36 hours) by trainers who have a hands-on experience on the framework. The in-person training will be scheduled on weekends and it will be provided in Bahir Dar Institute of Technology.

34 papers are published in this proceeding. Despite, difficult situation we are able to conduct the conference successfully. We just wanted to take a moment to thank organizing committee of the conference, both technical and finical sponsors, keynote and special session speakers, reviewers, authors, top management of Bahir Dar Institute of Technology and others involved in the conference for such a great support!

ICT4D Research Center has ย provided a two-hour training on Artificial Intelligence(AI) and it's applications to Shumaba High School and Preparatory School students on December 7, 2014. ย In his opening remarks, Coordinator of Training, Mr. Yesuneh Getachew, highlighted the importance Artificial Intelligence and its potential for the future. Mr. Biniam Behailu provided detailed information on the nature on AI Technology, current state of AI and its applications, etc.