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Completed Projects

Localised clinical health Management System -  https://masiphilehis.org/

Developing a digital patient record management system for Amathole District – Funded by the South African Medical Research Council

Developing a digital patient record management system for Amathole District – Funded by the South African Medical Research Council.

Educational Exam Preparatory Artificial Intelligence System (P2EPAIS) - https://p2epais.org/

Pamoja Digital Learning - Learning beyond the Classroom, Utilising Digital Technology to create learning opportbunities - https://p2dl.org/

The Teacher’s Tresure – The platform for learners to revise and self -learn anytime

Broadcast epaper project – Education electronic paper – funded by Aalto University Finland and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation

Big Data Analytic Tool on the Impact of COVID-19 of the Girl Child Education in the Eastern Cape Province – Funded by National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Online Agriculture Database for the Eastern cape province – Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR)

Mobile veld fire application – funded by National Research Foundation and National Commission on Research Science and Technology

Co-designing conservation technologies widelife monitoring technologies for Iona-Skeleton Coast TFCA (Angola -Namibia) – NUST – Angola – Funded by European Union

Mobile and Web Bee Keeping for Small Scale Holders (bee keeping suitability) – Funded by the National Research Foundation - https://beekeeping.siterubix.com/

Related Publications

Jere, NR, Mwansa, G, Ranga, M, Gamundani, AM & Maoneke, PB (eds.) 2025, Digital inequality in a developing context: A multifaceted approach, AVARSITY Books, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2025.BK494 ISBN: 978-1-991269-17-1 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-991270-20-7 (casebound), ISBN: 978-1-991270-17-7 (epub), ISBN: 978-1-991271-17-4 (pdf). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2025.BK494

Mienye, I.D.; Jere, N.R. 2024. Optimized Ensemble Learning Approach with Explainable AI for Improved Heart Disease Prediction. Information 2024, 15, 394. https:// doi.org/10.3390/info15070394

Mienye I.D. and Jere. N.R. 2024. A Review of Bias and Fairness in Healthcare AI. The 12th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (IEEE ICHI 2024)

Jere, T.L., Jere, N.R., Hlatywayo, C.K. (2025). Exploring the Educational Inequalities for Rural Learners and Teachers. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_597-1

Jere, T.L., Jere, N.R., Hlatywayo, C.K. (2025). Exploring the Educational Inequalities for Rural Learners and Teachers. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_597-1
Mavuso,N.C., Jere, N.R & vanGreunen, D. 2023. A Customized Artificial Intelligence Based Career Choice Recommender System for a Rural University. The 9th African Conference on Information Systems and Technology 2023. Women’s University in Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe. 14th -15th September 2023

Taruvinga A., Chikohora E., Jere N.R and Dool R. 2020. Integrated Mobile Veld Fire Detection and Notification System for Rural Communities: A Case of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, Vol. 11, No. 2, February 2020.

Mavuso, N.C, Jere N.R and Hendrick, P. 2019. Evaluation of Tablets for Teaching and Learning for Information Technology Extended Programme at Walter Sisulu University [Short paper] - 48th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers’ Association (SACLA), 15 to 17 July 2019, Alpine Heath, Northern Drakensberg. 

Hamunyela S.L and Jere N.R. 2018. Designing Healthcare Technology Solution for African Context.  AFRICHI’18, December, 2018. In Proceedings of ACM Workshop conference. ACM, Windhoek, Namibia.
Jere N.R., Scott, M.S. & Taruvinga, A. An integrated veld fire detection and sharing platform for Southern Africa. SAICSIT ’17, Thaba Nchu, South Africa, September 26–28, 2017.

Mutelo, S and Jere N.R. 2017. A Web-Based Health Patient Information Sharing Model for Namibia (WBHPISM): Case Study of Windhoek Health Centres. IST Africa, Windhoek 2017.

Shehu, M and Jere N.R. (2015). E-Reader Deployment in Namibia: Fantasy or Reality? International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT - 2015). Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Shehu, M and Jere N.R. (2015). The 21st Century Namibian classroom: An e-reader approach. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Network and Computer Communication (ETNCC 2015). Windhoek, Namibia. IEEE Xplore (ISBN-978-1-4799-7707-9).