NetTel Faculty

University of Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana)

Dr. Joseph M. Chuma received the BEng Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Nottingham, UK in 1992 and MSc in Telecommunication and Information systems and Ph.D in Electronic Systems Engineering from University of Essex, UK in 1995 and 2001 respectively. From 1992 to 1993 he was working for Botswana Civil Aviation as a Telecommunication Engineer. In 1993 he joined the University of Botswana where he currently lectures in the Telecommunications and Microwave fields. His research interests in the areas of passive and active microwave filters, electromagnetics and radio spectrum management.

Dr. S. Masupe is Lecturer in Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Botswana and Senior Consultant at ICT Consultants (Pty) Ltd. His key skills include the design, installation and commissioning of computer communications systems, the development of radio spectrum management and monitoring systems, project management, including preparation of tenders and project supervision. His research interest include Low Power VLSI Design, DCT-Based Image Compression Techniques, Microprocessor Architectures, Computer Systems, HDL based Design Methodologies.

University of Dar es Salaam (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

Dr. Marcellina M. Chijoriga is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Dar Es Salaam. She holds a honors B.Com degree in Accounting from the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, an MBA in Finance from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and a Ph. D in Economics and Finance from the University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna, Austria. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Institutional Economics from the University of Connecticut-USA and a diploma in Business Administration from the College of Business Education, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Her research interests are in corporate finance, cooperate restructuring, banking and financial institutions; micro finance, risk management, small business development and management; financial planning and budgeting; project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation; and education finance.

Mr. Mutahyoba D. Baisi is a Lecturer in the Department of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Dar es Salaam. He holds a honors Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the UDSM, an MBA (Finance) from the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and an MBA (Finance and Accounting) from Florida A & M University. Mr. Baisi is in his last stages of his PH.D studies. His research interests are in corporate finance, financial planning, privatization and entrepreneurship development.

Mr. Tobias Aloisi is an Assistant lecturer, in the Department of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Dar es Salaam. He holds a honors Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the University of Dar es Salaam, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is currently the assistant to the Committee of Cheaper Bandwidth to Universities, Research and Educational Institutions in Africa. He has participated in a number of research projects in ICT. Tobias has a good working knowledge of web based computer learning programmes such as Blackboard, WebCT, and KEWL.

 

Hashim Msafiri Twaakyondo is the Head of Computer Science University of Dar Es Salaam and a Senior Lecturer in computer Science. He was appointed as the first head since 1999. Since then he has been in charge of computer science curriculum development and oversee the day to day administration of the department. His research interest is on document image processing; currently he has developed interest on Open source software where he is engaged on the localization and translation of Kiswahili-Linux. He is the Nettel@Africa coordinator since 2001; he is the African Virtual University-RMIT computer science academic coordinator since 2002.

 

Beda Mutagahywa is the Managing Director of the University Computing Centre Ltd. and an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Technology at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He was appointed Director of the University Computing in 1993 and since then has been in charge of ICT developments at the University. Beda’s research, consulting and publication interests include ICT policy and regulation, ICT management and automation of engineering manufacturing systems. He is a member of the AISI – ATAC committee of UNECA and sits on a number of national committees dealing with ICT and Telecommunication.

University of Fort Hare (Alice, South Africa)

Mr. Toks Oyedemi has a Masters Degree (Media Studies. Area of interest: Media and Information Technologies) from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunications and Information Policy from the University of South Africa. Mr. Oyedemi is a Lecturer at the Department of Communication, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa and serves as a Programme Coordinator of the Department of Communication, University of Fort Hare, including University of Fort Hare’s participation in the NetTel@Africa degree programme in ICT Policy and Regulation. His current research papers include: Communication Technologies: Bridging the divide or entrenching disparities; South Africa, the gateway to Africa’s information superhighway? Accessing South African ICTs initiatives in Africa; Is South Africa an information society? A critical appraisal; and, Universal Service and Universal Access in Africa: myth, vision and reality. Contextualising a ‘Wheel’ model of universal access.

University of South Africa

Ms. Marcia Wilson serves as a Senior Lecturer and is currently Section-Head of the Postgraduate studies in Telecommunications at the University of South Africa. She has taught telecommunications policy for eight years and was the first to provide formal tuition in telecommunications policy and regulatory studies in South Africa in 1997. Marcia Wilson studied at various institutions in the United Kingdom, and has presented several papers both locally and internationally. She has also contributed to the development of modules for the Masters Program offered at Unisa and the Nettel initiative. Marcia Wilson has conducted workshops on behalf of the International Telecommunications Union and continues to undertake research of telecommunications regulatory issues in the SADC region and the African continent, as well as e-commerce legislation.

University of Western Cape

Andy Bytheway now divides his time between UWC (where he supervises postgraduate work) and the Faculty of Business Informatics at Cape Technikon (where he is working on a variety of research and development projects). He came to South Africa in July 1998 to take up a new new chair at UWC that was made possible through the generosity of Old Mutual - one of South Africa's largest financial services organisations. At UWC he has worked with his colleagues to develop a unique Information Systems undergraduate curriculum, to develop information management research, and to initiate outreach to local businesses and communities. A new research masters programme has attracted a large number of candidates and research funding from international sources has allowed a diverse programme of research work on topics such as tourism and micro-enterprise, eCommerce for small businesses, and information technology issues in higher education (the latter in partnership with Cape Technikon). Andy worked in the Information Systems Group at the Cranfield School of Management (UK), where he contributed to one of Europe's most prestigious MBA programmes and pioneered the development of commercially sponsored information systems research. During this period he visited and lectured at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), HEC Lausanne (Switzerland), and Kingston University (United Kingdom). Before Cranfield he worked with the FI Group (now Xansa plc) - one of the UK's oldest and most successful software and systems services companies. He was responsible in a senior management role for a number of areas including quality management, business analysis methods, estimating techniques, project management and technical standards. His career also includes time as a senior consultant with Comress Inc, a US-based consultancy company, and with NCR in London. He holds degrees in engineering and computer science from London University and Brunel University. He has published more than 55 learned and practical papers and authored two books (one with his colleagues at Cranfield).

Cedric Muleya studied at UWC and has worked in tertiary education ever since. In 1997 he completed an honours degree in management; focusing in management information systems, investment, organisational development and business strategy. In 1998 Mr Muleya completed the structured component of a masters degree in management. He joined the team of associates in 1999 to help with the first and second year courses, and to help develop the presence of the Department amongst emerging South African businesses. In 2002 he developed the new full time IS Honours Programme, and in 2003 he is leading the development of a new trans-African masters programme in partnership with a number of other universities around the continent. This programme is delivering much needed education concerning the regulation and deployment of the radio spectrum in Africa, and is known as the NetTel@Africa programme. Mr Muleya’s eployment career began in 1989 in the shipping industry, working in import and export at the biggest road border post of Zimbabwe, BeitBridge. His duties included management of trucks and goods they carried. This involved the management of documents before, during and after the trucks had reported to customs controlled areas. It was here that Mr Muleya's interest in network industries was practical stimulated through the management of storage areas, goods transfer areas, transport routes, scheduling of trucks, truck capacity etc. This practical understanding was put in an intellectual context when Mr Muleya spent two weeks in 2003 at Michigan State University attending CAMP NARUC 2003 (Which is a training programme designed for regulators in the electricity, telecomunications, oil & gas, water and sewage etc) In the telecommunications industry, there are issues of capacity, scheduling, routes, hubs(transfer areas), etc. although there may not be that visible as in the transport industry.

University of Witswatersrand, LINK Centre (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Ms. Alison Gillwald is currently Research Director of LINK Centre University of the Witwatersrand, which she launched in 1999 to fast track policy and regulatory training in ICT in Southern Africa. She is responsible for Research ICT Africa! an Africa-wide network which aims to fill the ICT policy and regulatory research vacuum that exists on the continent. Prior to that she was appointed to the founding Council of the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA) and was responsible for establishing the Policy Department at the Independent Broadcasting Authority in 1994. She is founding editor of the Southern African Journal of Information and Communication and has published in the areas of telecommunications and broadcasting policy and regulation, gender and politics more broadly.

Mr. Chris Armstrong works as a lecturer and researcher at the LINK Centre, University of Witswatersrand. Mr. Armstrong has a Master’s degree in Journalism & Media Studies from Carleton University in Canada and has worked for several years on community ICT policy and training at South Africa’s National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) and Centre for Democratic Communications (CDC). He has participated in African ICT conferences in Mali, Tanzania and South Africa, was at WSIS Phase 1 in Geneva, and has a Master’s degree in Journalism & Media Studies from Carleton University in Canada. He has teaching and lecturing experience in Canada, Japan, Swaziland and South Africa, has worked as a radio editor-producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Toronto and Johannesburg, and has reported and edited for newspapers in Canada and Japan.

Mr. Charley Lewis works as a lecturer, researcher and consultant at the LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, where his areas of focus include: labour, work and ICT; telecommunications regulation, and ICT policy development. Formerly a high school teacher, computer programmer and trade unionist, Charley has developed or taught a number of telecommunications courses since joining the centre, and presented at several conferences. He has also managed several ICT projects, including a set of videos on ICT development projects, written a training CD-ROM on online research, and has undertaken research in a number of areas, including a forthcoming book chapter on internet diffusion in South Africa. He holds a Master of Commerce in the Management of Information Systems.

Mr. Alec Pulu Malichi, BEng, MSc ,CEng MIEE (UK), MIEEE (USA), REng FEIZ. Mr. Malichi is currently Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Zambia (UNZA). Concurrently, he serves on the Communications Authority (Zambia) Board. Mr. Malichi has twenty-nine years of experience, seven of which are as an Academic. Mr. Malichi served with the Zambian Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) in various capacities: eleven years in Engineering Maintenance and Projects; three years- High Technology Product Training; eight years- Training Administration, Technical Training and Manpower Planning and Development. Mr. Malichi represented ZCCM on various Technical Education and Vocational Training (TEVT) bodies, served as Chairman of the Industry - TEVT Liaison Committee, and has done consultancy work in Accreditation, Technical Education & Vocational Entrepreneurship Training, and Renewable Energies.

Mr. David Mukosa holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Mobile Communications, from Aalborg University, Denmark. He has both local and international training, and practical experience in the maintenance of private and public digital telephone exchanges. At present he is a Telecommunications Manager at the University of Zambia whose duties include administrative and technical management, ensuring integrity of telephone network at the three campuses and negotiating with outside telecommunication service providers. He, as well, supervises final year projects for graduating students in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering at the University of Zambia (UNZA).

Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda)

Dr. F. F. Tusubira, the Ag Director, Directorate for ICT Support, obtained his Phd from University of Southampton, England; his M.Sc.E from the University of New Brunswick, Canada; and his B.Sc. (Eng.) (1st Class Honours) from Makerere University, Uganda. He is a telecommunications professional with experience and strengths in: policy formulation and management; project management from conception to implementation; regulation and regulatory issues; information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure design and implementation; ICT as a tool for development. As Director DICTS, Dr Tusubira is responsible for the coordination of ICT Projects in Makerere University, involving policy management, implementation of ICT services and systems, and information resource management. He spearheaded the formulation of the Makerere University ICT Policy and Master Plan.

Washington State University (Center to Bridge the Digital Divide)

Dr. Maria Beebe is the Director Global Networks at the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide, Washington State University. She works as a program advisor to USAID’s Leland Initiative on the link between information and communication technologies (ICT) policy and sectoral applications, particularly on ICTs for education. She helped articulate an e-Education policy framework in South Africa and an ICTs for education concept in Ethiopia in 2003. She has provided leadership in the development of NetTel@Africa, a network for capacity building in ICT policy, regulation and applications. A key outcome of NetTel@Africa is the establishment of a collaborative Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Post-Graduate Diploma and Masters Program at several African institutions. NetTel@Africa includes programmes on eLearning degree, international peer to peer, research, and community to community ICT applications program which exploits the synergies between telecommunications regulation and sectors, such as the education sector. She has co-edited AfricaDotEdu with Koaukou, Oyeyinka and Rao. Dr. Beebe has more than 20 years professional experience working in international development and in USAID Missions in South Africa, Liberia, Sudan, Philippines, and the Global Bureau in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Matthew Mitchell is currently the Global Networks Deputy Director at WSU's Center to Bridge the Digital Divide. Matthew's previous positions include program manager at the City of Boulder (1990-92), senior instructor at the National Outdoor Leadership School (1992-97), program director at Eastern Washington University, and educational consultant for Gonzaga University and Prescott College. Matthew has a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Experiential Education, and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies. His research foci include the impact of ICT policy and regulation on socioeconomic development, the effects of technology on social justice, and leadership in the information society. Matthew's work is focused on international development in Africa using ICT training in telecommunications regulation and transportation regulation. As part of his teaching responsibilities, Matthew teaches undergraduate courses focusing on social and technological changes and faculty training courses in educational technology and eLearning. Matthew participates as a Fellow in Salzburg, Austria. Matthew lives in the Spokane, Washington.

Dr. William R. Gillis is the Director of the WSU Center to Bridge the Digital Divide and is an Associate Professor of Rural Sociology. Dr. Gillis is a former Washington State Public Utility Commissioner. Prior to joining the Washington State University faculty in January of 2001, Gillis served as one of three Washington State Public Utility Commissioners responsible for regulatory oversight of the state's private telecommunications, energy and other public service companies (1994-2000). During his tenure as a state Public Utility Commissioner, Gillis served as Chair of an FCC appointed Rural Task Force charged with reforms of the nation's universal service system. He also initiated and served as the first chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Committee on Consumer Affairs. His broad ranging career includes service as a tenured faculty member of the Department of Agricultural Economics at The Pennsylvania State University, where he created a statewide outreach program to help local communities generate new economic development opportunities (1983-1988). In 1988 he was selected as the first Director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania in which he assisted the state legislature in developing new initiatives to improve health care, transportation and job opportunities in rural areas (1988-1991). In 1991, Gillis returned to Washington and co-founded The Gillis Group, a private economic development and transportation planning firm located in Ritzville, Washington (1991-1994).

University of Florida

Dr. Mark A. Jamison is the Executive Director and Director for Telecommunications Studies for the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida. He is also Associate Director for Business and Economic Studies for the university’s Center for International Business Education and Research. He provides international training and research on business and government policy, focusing primarily on utilities and network industries. The two-week PURC/World Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation and Strategy has trained over 1200 infrastructure executives and government officials from 116 countries. He has also provided seminars and training programs in the U.S., Hong Kong, Panama, Antigua, Ireland, Montenegro, Nigeria, Botswana, and Australia. Dr. Jamison's current research covers globalization, competition, and strategy in communications. His recent publications include “Competition in Wireless: Spectrum, Service and Technology Wars,” Telecommunications Policy (2003); “Microsoft: Federalism and Internationalism in Antitrust”, in Munich Series on European and International Antitrust Law, No. 1: The Future of Transnational Antitrust (2003); "Competition in Networking: Research Results and Implications for Further Reform," The Law Review of Michigan State University Detroit College of Law (2002); "The Role of Costing as a Ratemaking Tool in an Environment of Dynamic Change," in The Institutionalist Approach to Public Utilities Regulation (2002); "Rivalry Through Alliances: Competitive Strategy In the Global Telecommunications Market," European Management Journal (2001); and Industry Structure and Pricing: The New Rivalry in Infrastructure published by Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999).

University of Colorado

Mr. Dale N. Hatfield is currently an independent consultant and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to joining the University of Colorado, Hatfield was the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission and, immediately before that, he was Chief Technologist at the Agency. He retired from the Commission and government service in December 2000. Before joining the Commission in December 1997, he was Chief Executive Officer of Hatfield Associates, Inc., a Boulder, Colorado based multidisciplinary telecommunications consulting firm. Before founding the consulting firm in 1982, Hatfield was Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Before moving to NTIA, Hatfield was Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy at the FCC. Hatfield has nearly four decades of experience in telecommunications policy and regulation, spectrum management and related areas. He has also taught and consulted in many other countries including those in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Asia.

University of Maryland

Tim Wedig has worked as a a simulation developer, project coordinator, and trainer for the ICONS Project, an experiential learning program based at the University of Maryland that uses customized Web-based tools to support educational simulations and simulation-based technology training since 1998. His involvement with NetTel is focused on assisting course developers to create simulations and integrate them into their courses. He is also currently coordinating a project that provides technology training and classroom simulations for instructors and students at minority-serving institutions in the United States. Areas of expertise include conflict negotiation/resolution, simulation pedagogy, African political economy, and instructional technology. Tim is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Maryland.