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Juma Hemed Lungo
Biography
Dr. Juma Hemed Lungo is a prominent Tanzanian academic and technology expert affiliated with the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). He is widely recognized for his contributions to ICT for development, Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS), software engineering, GIS, AI, and e-learning initiatives. His key inventions include the Students' Academic Register Information System (SARIS) aka ZALONGWA, the first online examination results processing and publishing system at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). He also invented the Virtual Fiscal Device aka WebSHOP-VFD, an authorized VFD machine by the Tanzania Revenue Authority. While SARIS eliminated manual processing of exam results, reducing errors and delays, and enhanced transparency for students and administrators across African universities, WebSHOP enabled TRA-compliant real-time recording of transactions (e.g., fee payments, sales) and integrated fiscal devices with TRA’s systems to prevent revenue leakage and automate tax reporting. Dr. Lungo’s career is a testament to the synergy between FOSS advocacy, academic rigor, and entrepreneurial execution. By championing the development of SARIS and WebSHOP using open-source solutions, he has democratized access to critical technologies in education and fiscal management, empowered institutions to comply with regulations (e.g., TRA) while maintaining cost efficiency, and inspired a generation of African technologists to embrace FOSS as a tool for development. Dr. Lungo served as a Chair of the Free and Open Source Software for Africa (FOSSFA) and he pioneered the establishing the Tanzania Data Lab (dLab), the College of ICT Consultancy Bureau (CCB), and Zalongwa Technologies.
Research Interest
Artificial intelligence, mobile apps, free and open source software, GIS
Contacts
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Projects
2024 - 2025: Designing, Development and Commissioning of Geological and Minerals Information system under the National Resources Data Bank, for Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST).
2024 - 2025: Consultancy Service for System Development, Testing, Training and Commissioning of Geo-statistical Research Infrastructure for Industrialization, for National Land Use Planning Commission (NLUPC).
2023 - 2024: Design and Implementation of NHC’s ERP System, for National Housing Corporation (NHC).
2022 - 2023: Design and Implementation of Human Resources Management Information System Database (HRMIS) for Zanzibar Ministry of Health.
2021 - 2022: Design and Implementation of Human Resources Management Information System Database (HRMIS) for Malawi Ministry of Health.
2020 - 2021: Design and implementation of Online Admission Database System (OAS) for CFR
2019 - 2020: Design and implementation of ICT Professionals Registration Database System (IPRS), for ICT Commission (ICTC).
2018 - 2019: (a) Design and Implementation of Nigeria National Health Workforce Database Registry, for Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria. (b) Situation analysis on establishing ICT Professionals Accreditation Framework, ICT Commission, Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication in Tanzania. for ICT Commission (ICTC).
2017 - 2018: Design and Implementation of Human Resources Management Information System Database (HRMIS) for Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA).
2016 - 2017: Establishment of the Tanzania Data Lab (dLab), for the University of Dar es Salaam www.dlab.or.tz
Publications
Journal Papers
Lungo J and Mohamedi R. (2025). Geospatial Analysis of Water Sources Accessibility: A Case Study from Tanzania. Journal of ICT Systems, 1- 19.
Tunga M, Lungo JH, Chambua J, et al. (2023) Exploring challenges and recommendations for verbal autopsy implementation in low-/ middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of Iringa Region—Tanzania. BMJ Open 2023;13:e075399. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-075399
Tunga, M., Lungo, J.H., Chambua, J. Kateule, R. (2021). Verbal autopsy models in determining causes of death, Journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13678
Nganyanyuka, K., Martinez, J., Lungo, J.H., Verplanke, J., Georgiadou, Y. (2017a) Working with the grain: How amenable to digital transformation is the monitoring and repair of rural water points in Tanzania, Information Technologies & International Development.
Y. Georgiadoua, J. H. Lungo, C. Richter (2014). Citizen sensors or extreme publics? Transparency and Accountability interventions on the mobile geoweb. International Journal of Digital Earth, 1-17
Nganyanyuka, K., Martinez, J., Wesselink, A., Lungo, J.H., Georgiadou, Y. (2014). Accessing water services in Dar es Salaam: Are we counting what counts? Habitat International, 44 (2014) 358-366
Nganyanyuka, K., Martinez, J., Lungo, J., & Georgiadou, Y. (2017b). If citizens protest, do water providers listen? Water woes in a Tanzanian town.
Y. Georgiadoua, B. Bana, R. Becht, R. Hoppe, J. Ikingura, M.J. Kraak, K. Lance, R. Lemmens, J.H. Lungo, M. McCall, G. Miscione and J. Verplanke. (2011). Sensors, Empowerment, and Accountability: A Digital Earth view from East Africa. International Journal of Digital Earth, 1-41.
Book Chapters
Mahadia Tunga, Juma Lungo, Ruthbetha Kateule (2022). Enhancing Information Flow in Teachers’ Human Resources Data Management: A Flashback to Multi-Data Silo Practices in Tanzania, in CHAPTER 3 of the Book Modern Technologies Role in Pursuit of Socio-economic Development for Education, Published by Axiom Academic Publishers, Potchefstroom, South Africa. P.29-40. ISBN: 978-1-77630-442-4
Conference Papers
Pascoe, L., Lungo, J., Kaasbøll, J. & Koleleni, I. (2012). Collecting Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Data through Mobile Phones. Proceedings of the IST-Africa 2012 Conference, May 9 – 11, 2012 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Bigten Kikoba, Juma Lungo and Kalinga (2019) Integrating Electronic Medical Records Data into National Health Reporting System to Enhance Health Data Reporting and Use at the Facility Level. Proceedings of the IFIP 2019 Conference May 9 – 11, 2012. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Tsega, H. ; Lemmens, R. ; Kraak, M.-J. ; Lungo, J. (2015). Towards a smarter system for Human Sensor Web. Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops (PerCom Workshops), 2015 IEEE International Conference on 23-27 March 2015, IEEE, P.14-19. DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2015.7133986.
Habtom Tsega, Rob Lemmens, Juma Lungo, Menno-Jan Kraak, and Anna Wesselink (2014). The Nexus of Content and Process in Context Ontology Modelling for Human Sensor Web. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Context - Awareness in Geographic Information Services (CAGIS 2014), p.85.
Kapongola Nganyanyuka, Yola Georgiadou, Juma Lungo, Javier Martinez, Jeroen Verplanke, Anna Wesselink (2013). ACCESSING WATER SERVICES IN DAR ES SALAAM: STORIES FROM FORMAL AND INFORMAL ACTORS. In: Proceedings of the N-AERUS XIV Conference, 12-14 September 2013, Eschede, Netherlands.
Habtom Tsega, Rob Lemmens, Juma Lungo, Menno Kraak (2013). Urban context modeling for human sensor web. In: Proceedings of the N-AERUS XIV Conference, 12-14 September 2013, Eschede, Netherlands.
Georgiadou, P.Y., Verplanke, J.J., Lungo, J.H. and Mbise, M. (2016) Water point mapping in Tanzania: making the voices of data collectors audible. In: Proceedings of the 7th Rural water supply network (RWSN) conference on water for everyone, 29 November - 2 December 2016, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 10
Consultancy
Design of Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) for Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA). – Project No.: UDSM-UCB/CoICT/18028
Patents
Lungo, J.H. Patent Certificate for Inventing the Internet Based Academic Management Information Systems