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Responsible researchers:
● ACE CAPIC, Nigeria
○ Prof. Ezekiel Adebiyi, Covenant University, Nigeria.
○ Prof. Emmanuel Adetiba, Covenant University, Nigeria.
○ Dr. J.A. Badejo, Covenant University, Nigeria

● ACE MITIC
○ Prof. Maïssa Mbaye, Gaston Berger University, Senegal
○ Dr. Dame Diongue, Gaston Berger University, Senegal

Other partners:
● Prof. Israël Esan Owolabi, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
● Dr Temitayo Ejidokun, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
● Prof. F.A. Ibikunle, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria.
● Prof. A.A. Adebiyi, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria.
● Prof. C. Takenga, Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL), Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
● Prof. B. Mushage, Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL), Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
● Saleh Maitala, IBM, West Africa.

DSTN > Projects > FEDGEN HealthEduApp

Title: Development of mobile and cloud-based healthcare applications for the FEDGEN platform

Type of project: Development project (2 years)

Abstract:
Sub-Saharan Africa has so far been plagued by multiple health problems, such as perennial malaria and the emerging epidemic of breast cancer for women, and prostate cancer for men. These health problems are not adequately addressed due to the paucity of applications built from the native genomic datasets (and other "omics") that underpin these diseases. One of CApIC-ACE's specific objectives within the ACE Impact project is the development of Federated Genomics' (FEDGEN) cloud computing infrastructure (i.e. data center) to bring genomics-based research and development within reach of the African population. Building on the unique partnership between CApIC-ACE and CEA-MITIC (with their academic and industrial partners), this development project aims to design, develop and deploy mobile and cloud-based applications with integrated services based on artificial intelligence to disseminate health information related to malaria, breast and prostate cancer on the FEDGEN platform. These applications will also contain a module for curating, archiving and accessing datasets for research and education. As a result, this project will lead to the deployment and commercialization of the applications, as well as capacity building through internships, joint student supervision and post-graduate degrees.

Keywords:
● Digital science research topics: Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Cloud Software Engineering, Data Science, Edge Artificial Intelligence.
● Other research themes and application areas: Cloud Computing Service, Health Education, Bioinformatics, eHealth, Health Datahub.