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                    <p data-i18n="research.spotlight.desc">In collaboration with the <strong>Zanzibar State Trading Corporation (ZSTC)</strong>, we develop deep learning CNN models for automated quality grading of cloves — Zanzibar's most important export spice. This work integrates computer vision with indigenous farmer knowledge to build a novel annotated Zanzibar clove dataset and AI grading pipeline that directly supports smallholder farmers and the national spice industry.</p>
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                        <h4>Unifying Perspectives on Learning Biases: A Data-Centric Intervention for Holistic Fairness, Robustness, and Generalization</h4>
                        <p>P. Vincent Ndowo, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> · Trustworthy AI Workshop · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</p>
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                        <h4>AI Sovereignty in the Global South: Power, Dependency, and Strategic Futures</h4>
                        <p>S. Davies, V. Nagaraja, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong>, N. Bhatt, S. Banerjee · Workshop on Empowering Global South AI</p>
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                        <h4>Culturally Attuned and Resource-Aware Foundation Models for East African Agriculture</h4>
                        <p><strong>I. Nyalala</strong>, N. Bhatt · Deep Learning Indaba 2025 · Proceedings of Machine Learning Research</p>
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                        <h4>From Art to Algorithms: Co-Designing AI for Clove Grading with Zanzibar's Indigenous Experts</h4>
                        <p>P. V. Ndowo, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> · AFRICHI ACM Conference 2025</p>
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                        <h4>BAFNet: Deep contour-aware features for colorectal polyps segmentation</h4>
                        <p>D. Zhou, N. Chen, Y. Zhu, X. Zhang, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> et al. · Expert Systems with Applications</p>
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                        <h4>Digital Sovereignty or Digital Serfdom? AI Strategies, Geopolitics, and the Quest for an Equitable Global South</h4>
                        <p>S. Davies, V. Nagaraja, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> et al. · Workshop on Private AI Governance</p>
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                        <h4>Prime Directives for Responsible AI for Africa: A Manifesto for Inclusive Technology</h4>
                        <p><strong>I. Nyalala</strong> et al. · Data Science Africa 2025 · Iaban University</p>
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                        <h4>A salient feature establishment tactic for cassava disease recognition</h4>
                        <p>J. Zhang, B. Zhang, Z. Chen, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> et al. · Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture</p>
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                        <h4>Online chicken carcass volume estimation using depth imaging and 3-D reconstruction</h4>
                        <p><strong>I. Nyalala</strong>, J. Zhang, Z. Chen, J. Chen, K. Chen · Poultry Science</p>
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                        <h4>MAIANet: Signal modulation in cassava leaf disease classification</h4>
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                            <p>C. Okinda, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> et al. &middot; Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture &middot; 2020</p>
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                            <p>C. Okinda, M. Lu, L. Liu, <strong>I. Nyalala</strong> et al. &middot; Biosystems Engineering &middot; 2019</p>
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                            <p><strong>I. Nyalala</strong>, C. Okinda, L. Nyalala, N. Makange et al. &middot; Journal of Food Engineering &middot; 2019 · First author</p>
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                            <p><strong>I. Nyalala</strong>, C. Okinda, K. Chen, T. Korohou, L. Nyalala, Q. Chao &middot; Poultry Science &middot; 2021 · First author</p>
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                        <p>Digital Sovereignty or Digital Serfdom?</p>
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