Abstract Internet of things (IoT) has provided an opportunity for technology to be used to solve more complex problems and understand a lot more processes and activities by collecting and analyzing data. The growing demand for electricity in Ghana has been coupled with the increase in cost of providing this basic amenity. The homeowner has been burdened with high electricity billing, which has led to the adoption of life changing recommendations. Home automation technology has provided a mean...
ABSTRACT Across the continent of Africa, there are young people who use their experience in farming and knowledge in business to engage in agriculture in a whole new way. Unlike traditional farmers, these young people are in tune with technology and are passionate about changing the status quo on the continent. They are called Agripreneurs. The world bank projects that the world’s population will reach about 9.6 billion by 2050 and this means that current food production needs to be increas...
ABSTRACT It is important that while the world moves towards a digital age, people around the world build fluency in communicating with computers. In order to remain relevant, programming skills are highly necessary in the 21st century. In order to create such a culture, starting from the children is a step in the right direction. Teaching programming to children in schools has become just as necessary as teaching them Mathematics, English or Science. In developing countries however, children ...
ABSTRACT Searching for a property for sale or rent is cumbersome and expensive in Kenya since you reply on the help real estate brokers provide in acquiring a property. This project seeks to find an efficient way of advertising and searching for property. I developed an application that creates contact between property owners or managers and property seekers. The web application can be accessed on both mobile devices and computers. Users can also install an Android or Windows application on t...
Abstract This report presents a transit information system which provides information on the Web, via SMS and to Android based mobiles. The system relies on a web hosting service as a backbone, and it aims to facilitate transportation in all locations in which this transit information system is being used by making transit information available to commuters. This system was developed and tested with a network of privately owned vehicles in Ashesi University College in Ghana. A custom designed...
1 Project Overview: Marathon is the nickname of this project. The aim of the project is to automate the process of providing some of the most common information Burro Staffers and hundreds of Burro Resellers throughout Ghana normally call to request from the Burro office. It aims to provide information such as prices, contact info, and discounts from the Burro central database, Fodder, via SMS text message queries even to those in the remotest parts of the country. For example, if a Burro Res...
Abstract The bus is used by most staff and faculty to get to and from school the campus daily during the weekdays. The current system for paying for fares involves paying for a paper ticket with cash and does not allow for any other payment options. In this project, this problem has been addressed with the implementation of a Mobile Vision Android application and the accompanying Web application, which has proven useful in helping the finance team better monitor, transactions and generate rep...
Abstract Patatte is a simple social network that helps people to find and collaborate with informal and semi-formal experts. This project’s aim is to solve the ‘expert finding+ problem’ which is the problem of finding an unknown expert (for any purpose including hiring, working with or questioning the expert) by searching through real world or online social networks with skill or interest keywords. The system is designed to be simple and intuitive to use. This is because some of the tar...
ABSTRACT Bluetooth Special Interest Group released a new version of Bluetooth at the end of 2016 which is called Bluetooth 5. The version had superior features such as increased range which is 4 times the range of Bluetooth 4.2 and improved speed. It was expected to revolutionaries the use of IoTs. However, it used a star topology which limited its range within which it could operate. Both routing and flooding solutions from both Bluetooth SIG and academia have been suggested which led to the...
Abstract Technology is bringing people and activities closer each day. And a quick review of the technological trends for 2018 reveals that the top 10 trends focus on connecting to a big ‘tree’ with heavy reliance on data (Newman, 2018). In other words, the technological trends are such that each individual technology is developing an interface to link and interact with other technologies. We have seen already, that this is eventually giving rise to artificial intelligence, machine learni...
Abstract Visualising data and interpreting it is a common activity we do on a daily basis. The human mind is able to identify patterns easily and extract information from visual contents much faster than it does from raw data. For this reason, visualisation tools of any kind serve to facilitate understanding of otherwise complex information or situations. Visualisation serves as a very useful tool for planning routes and scheduling tasks. In this project, visualisation is employed to increase...
Abstract Mobile technology is one of the most successful technologies on the African continent. Personal and professional communication as well as critical services like banking and remittances are widely made through mobile networks and platforms in Ghana. However, little is known about the security of the underlying infrastructure and devices consumers use to interact with the mobile network. The focus of this project is to determine if the core systems of the mobile network operators, the ...
Abstract This is an applied group project done by Joshua Tabu Shehe and Ernest Musyoki Museve. This report looks at the processes by which the web-based article management system called WriteWell is developed and implemented for the userside (front-end). This application will allow Eldoret Writers Centre writers to manage their own articles in an efficient way than what they are using currently. This report will look at the background information about Eldoret Writers Centre based in Eldoret ...
Abstract Producing software compels programmers to have in-depth knowledge of several programming languages, tools and frameworks. This time-consuming process demands dedication and mastery which are typically the foremost reasons most novice programmers give up a little into the software development process. This project seeks to eliminate learning programming languages and tools to create Android applications and reduce the time used in creating Android applications. This paper presents a c...
ABSTRACT Research shows that Africa’s growth in international Internet capacity outpaces all other regions of the world. Between 2014 and 2015, the internet bandwidth in Africa grew by 41% and by 51% when compounded annually over the past five (5) years ("Africa leads world in Internet growth | TechCentral", 2017). This has led to the proliferation of online applications and electronic commerce. This project seeks to develop an online auction application for the Ghanaian market in an effort...