This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Pan-African Intelligence and Smart Systems, PAAISS 2021, which was held in Windhoek, Namibia, in September 2021. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 41 submissions.

Deep Learning.- A Critical Analysis of Deep Learning Architectures For Classifying Breast Cancer Using Histopathology Images.- Patch-based Convolutional Neural Network for Localized MRI Brain Segmentation.- Facial Recognition through Localized Siamese Convolutional Neural Networks.- Classification and Pattern Recognition 4 Face Recognition In Databases of images With Hidden Markov’s Models.- Brain MRI Segmentation using Autoencoders.- Effective Feature Selection for Improved Prediction of Heart Disease.- Convolutional Neural Network Feature Extraction for EEG Signal Classification.- Contents 8 Race recognition using enhanced local binary pattern.- Detection and Classiffication of Coffee Plant Diseases by Image Processing and Machine Learning.- Plant Diseases Detection and Classification using Transfer Learning.- Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines.- Hybridised Loss Functions for Improved Neural Network Generalisation.- Diverging Hybrid and Deep Learning Models into Predicting Students’ Performance in Smart Learning Environments.- Combining Multi-Layer Perceptron and Local Binary Patterns for Thermite Weld Defects Classiffcation.- An Elliptic Curve Biometric based User Authentication Protocol for Smart Homes using Smartphone.- Efficient Subchannel and Power Allocation in Multi-cell Indoor VLC Systems Sylvester.- Autonomic IoT: Towards Smart System Components with Cognitive IoT Justice.- Study of Customer Sentiment towards Smart Lockers Colette.