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Kwame Salum Ibwe

Senior Lecturer

College of Information and Communication Technologies

Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Biography

Dr. Kwame Ibwe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies (CoICT), University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Ibwe has published over 30 articles in referred national and international journals and conference proceedings. His main research areas are applied electronics, embedded systems, future mobile communication technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship, signal processing for wireless communication, smart energy systems, renewable energy and advances in learning methodologies for engineering students. Dr. Ibwe has also published two policy briefs on the facilitation of integration of renewable sources into main grid. Currently, he is the principal investigator of smart grid project and smart reproductive health products to youths. He teaches undergraduate, postgraduate and research students at the university of Dar es Salaam.

Research Interest

The main research areas are applied electronics, embedded systems, future mobile communication technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship, signal processing for wireless communication, smart energy systems, renewable energy and advances in learning methodologies for engineering students.

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Projects

PI of iGRID project: Smart Grid Capacity Development and Enhancement in Tanzania (2017-to date)

 

The iGRID research training programme was intended to develop human technical and scientific capacity to facilitate implementation of automation of monitoring, evaluation, analysis, control and management of electrical power system (smart grid) in order to improve delivery efficiency and to optimize operational costs in the electrical power system in Tanzania. The triangulation of training, research and innovation emphasis in the iGRID research training programme is meant to make a difference in the manner that research students are being trained in Tanzanian institutions to generate a new breed that focuses on societal needs, relevance and in providing innovative solutions that invokes critical thinking. Smart grid realization has multiple dimensions that need to be addressed simultaneously to ensure success. It included addressing communication challenges like choice of technologies and other related attributes, addressing security concerns since there will be data of individuals, businesses and companies, and to conduct studies on interfaces (like machine-to-machine interfaces) and facilities for monitoring, measuring and control of the grid and its facilities. Handling big data has been an issue in smart grid that has to be addressed. It is perceived that internet-of-things (IoT) is vital in smart grid hence study on this area forms an essential part of smart grid. To realize all these as integral party of the iGRID research training programme, a number of closely looped subprojects have been undertaken by different researchers in the project. The project has sponsored five (5) PostDoc, two (2) sandwich PhD students, eight (8) Tanzanian based taught PhD and eight (8) MSc students. The project has ten (10) PhD graduates in Computer and IT Systems Engineering, eight (8) MSc graduates and five (5) trained PostDocs. The project has also managed to publish over 90+ manuscripts in reputable journals and conferences. Currently, the project has built DC solar mini-grid at College of ICT University of Dar es Salaam. It also demonstrated its fault management system to the management of national utility company TANESCO in Dodoma. This is a pre-step towards commercialization of the products developed by its graduates

Publications

  1. Kwame Ibwe (2025) Joint Modeling for MC-TDMA and Beamforming in mmWave Communications. Tanzania Journal of Science, 51 (1). 115-134. https://doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v51i1.9
  2. Kwame Ibwe (2025) Noise Subspace Channel Estimation Algorithm for OFDM Systems. Tanzania Journal of Science. 51 (1). 152-168. https://doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v51i1.11
  3. Kayenzemela JI, Ibwe KS (2025) Energy-efficient tethered aerostat platforms for providing last-mile connectivity in national parks. Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology, 12 (1). 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43067-025-00197-x.
  4. FC Komba, GM Gadiel, K Ibwe and AT Abdalla (2024) An adaptive compressive sensing method on hybrid-field channel estimation for a massive MIMO system. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 108(1). 285-291.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2024.07.119
  5. Abdi T Abdalla, Kwame S Ibwe, Godwin Mruma Gadiel and Abdullah F Ally (2024) Data Communication Over Power-lines: A Review on Technical, and Applications Challenges. Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology. 43(2). 46-57.https://doi.org/10.52339/tjet.v43i2.971
  6. Kwame Ibwe and Fatuma Ikuja (2024) The benefits and barriers of open platforms to promote teaching and learning in Tanzania’s higher learning institutions. International Journal of Education & Development using Information & Communication Technology. 20(3). 97-114.
  7. Kwame Ibwe (2024) Improved Minimum Variance Channel Estimation Techniques for OFDM Systems. Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology. 43(4). 93-107. https://doi.org/10.52339/tjet.v43i4.1029

  8. Godwin M. Gadiel, Kwame Ibwe and Abdi T. Abdalla (2024) Energy efficient phase interpolator based hybrid beamforming architecture for massive MIMO system. Telecommunication Systems. 85(1). 1-10.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-023-01065-7