Ph.D. in Information Systems, University of Nairobi
Dissertation: A Model for the Design, Development and Implementation of Mobile-Based
Agriculture Applications
M.S. in Information Technology, Strathmore University
B.S. in Computer Science, Africa Nazarene University
Selected Publications
'A Model for the Design, Development and Implementation of mAgriculture Applications',
https://bit.ly/2C4yQRQ, 2017
'A Model for Designing mAgriculture Applications for Dairy Farming', The African Journal
of Information Systems, Volume 4, Issue 4.
Selected Presentations
'Prototyping mAgriculture Applications among Smallholder Farmers', IST-Africa 2016
Conference – Durban, South Africa, May 11-13 2016
mAgriculture among Pastoralist Communities: A Case of Livestock Farmers in Kenyan
Arid and Semi-arid Lands', 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Technology in Society
(ISTAS) Proceedings – Dublin, Ireland, November 11-12 2015
'mAgriculture among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: Challenges and Lessons Learned',
AFRICON IEEE Conference 2015 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 14-17 2015
'Delivering Index-Based Livestock Insurance through ICT-Case of a Mobile-Based Livestock
Insurance Platform', ICT4Ag Conference 2014 –Kigali, Rwanda, November 4-8 2013
'Designing Effective and Workable Low-Technology Mobile Solutions', Mobile Phones
and Post-war Reconstruction Forum - Dubai, UAE, 2012.
'A Generic Mobile Agriculture Architecture', International Conference on Emerging
and Future Information Communication Technologies – Nairobi, Kenya, August 11-12 2011
'The Application of Mobile Technology in Agriculture', Strathmore Mobile Bootcamp,
Strathmore University - Nairobi, Kenya. November 28-29 2008
Design Thinking Coach and Trainer - Impact Week Kenya: Forum for Innovations and Entrepreneurship,
Annually Since 2016.
Related Experience
Dean, School of Science and Technology at Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi, Kenya
Chair of Department, Computer Science and Information Technology at Africa Nazarene
University - Nairobi, Kenya
Research, Teaching and Projects Implementation on Mobile Technologies, Internet of
Things, Databases, Software Engineering, Emerging ICT Technologies and ICT for Development
Innovations
Design Thinking Coach and Trainer on ICT Innovations and Entrepreneurship.
Professional Organizations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Association for Computing Machinery
Honors and Awards
Design Thinking Winning Coach Award, Impact Week Kenya (2017)
Best Mobile Application Award, ICT Board of Kenya (2009)