A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by UNZA and SOZ in July 2024. The MoU sets out the joint ambitions as well as the extent and form in which they lead to mutual effort obligations. The emphasis in the coming years will be on innovations in the curriculum. In this context, the courses 'Applied Artificial Intelligence' and 'IoT and Security' have previously been given. SOZ will not only contribute to the development and possibly (temporarily) lecturing of the theoretical subjects, but will also be actively involved in the design of the supporting labs. The duration of the MoU is 5 years.

This report looks back at 2023, SOZ's fourteen year.

During the visit that Chris Hendriks paid to Zambia in April 2024 on behalf of SOZ, he gave a workshop on the application of Artificial Intelligence. The emphasis was on applications that are not only important for Zambia but also require local expertise. AI can, for instance, be a valuable tool in agriculture; diseases in plants can be detected by AI supported systems.

Our new project, project GiVEN, has officially started. This photo shows the foundation for the new classroom block.

This report looks back at 2022, SOZ's thirteenth year.

As part of the CiTA project, SOZ tries to contribute to the innovation of the curriculum at various levels of education. Currently, the focus is on the university level. Developments such as the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and, in conjunction with that, the introduction of intelligent devices, are going to have their impact on Zambian industry like everywhere else. And although Zambian industry is unlikely to play a significant role in the development and production of such equipment any time soon, choices regarding procurement will have to be made in the future by the students currently attending higher education.

After two corona years, it was possible to visit Zambia again. Incidentally, the effect of the corona epidemic in rural Zambia turned out to be not too bad. As far as you can judge as an outsider, of course.

This report looks back at 2021, SOZ's twelfth year.

This report looks back at 2020, SOZ's eleventh year.

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