Browsing Research Articles (Computer Science) by Subject "Africa"

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    • Africa 3: A continental network model to enable the African fourth industrial revolution 

      Ajayi, Olasupo O; Bagula, Antoine B.; Maluleke, Hloniphani C. (IEEE, 2020)
      It is widely recognised that collaboration can help fast-track the development of countries in Africa. Leveraging on the fourth industrial revolution, Africa can achieve accelerated development in health care services, ...

    • Evaluating energy consumption on low-end smartphones 

      Om, Shree; Tucker, William David; Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Erasmus, Zenville (2015)
      The relationship between battery consumption in smartphones and the usage statistics of a phone is direct. Modern smartphones, even low-end, are equipped with multiple wireless technologies, e.g. GSM, 3G, WiFi and ...

    • Investigating battery consumption in low- end smartphones: preliminary results 

      Om, Shree; Tucker, William David; Rey-Moreno, Carlos (International Information Management Corporation, 2017)
      Due to lack of electricity in the rural communities of Africa, users often have to incur extra expense on recharging their mobile phones. The limited battery capacities of low-end smartphones, therefore, present a barrier ...

    • Walking and the social life of solar charging in rural Africa 

      Bidwell, Nicola J.; Siya, Masbulele Jay; Marsden, Gary; Tucker, William David; Tshemese, M.; Gaven, N.; Ntlangano, Senzo; Robinson, Simon; Eglinton, Kristen Ali (Association for Computing Machinery, 2013)
      We consider practices that sustain social and physical environments beyond those dominating sustainable HCI discourse. We describe links between walking, sociality, and using resources in a case study of community-based, ...