UCT Department of Information Systems

We are proud to announce that Rebecca Wanjiku Njuguna has completed her PhD for a thesis titled "Digital Transformation of Indigenous Finance Groups in Afrika: A Systems and Postcolonial Analysis."

Rebecca was supervised by Professor Ulrike Rivett.

Congratulations, Dr. Rebecca Wanjiku Njuguna!

A pioneer to many. Celebrating a giant in the IS domain.

Emeritus Professor Ojelanki Ngwenyama's impact on Information Systems research and education at UCT, and across the globe, is difficult to overstate.

A new University of Cape Town Faculty of Commerce article captures something of the holistic, liberating pedagogy that has shaped more than 40 PhD scholars and over 100 research papers out of our department.

What stands out to is how Ojelanki has always understood that becoming a scientist is also a process of deconditioning the mind, stripping away the filters that tell young researchers from the Global South that science belongs to someone else, somewhere else. Barefoot lectures, meditation, music, whatever it takes to dissolve those barriers and make space for genuine inquiry.

For those in the IS PhD programme at the University of Cape Town, his fingerprints are everywhere.

A well-deserved recognition. 👏

Association for Information Systems

Professor Ngwenyama: Pioneering pedagogical practices Emeritus Professor Ojelanki Ngwenyama’s holistic pedagogical practices have been shaping information systems research and academia at UCT for nearly three decades.

Imported gunshot detection systems can marginalise communities A research paper revealed that when technologies like ShotSpotter travel from the Global North to Global South countries they arrive not simply as tools, but as governance scripts that shape how problems are understood.

We are proud to announce that Donald Flywell Malanga has completed his PhD for a thesis titled "The influence of user expectations on the continuance intentions of community health workers to use medical logistic information systems: The case of Cstock in Malawi."

Donald was supervised by Professor Wallace Chigona.

Congratulations, Dr. Donald Flywell Malanga!

It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce that Dr. Dirk Snyman has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor!

Please join us in congratulating A/Prof Dirk Snyman!

We are proud to announce that Khangelani Vuke has completed his PhD for a thesis titled "How commercial farmers strategise for digital transformation: the case of South Africa"

Khangelani was supervised by Professor Irwin Brown.

Congratulations, Dr. Khangelani Vuke!

We are proud to announce that Zimasa Ndamase has completed her PhD for a thesis titled "Factors Influencing Data Governance Effectiveness in a Developing Context: A Case Study of a Sub-Saharan African Petroleum Company"

Zimasa was supervised by Professor Ojelanki Ngwenyama.

Congratulations, Dr. Zimasa Ndamase!

We are proud to announce that Khanyisa Malufu has completed his PhD for a thesis titled "Consumer choice of digital payment methods with multiplicity of channels: the case of Zimbabwe"

Khanyisa was supervised by Professor Irwin Brown.

Congratulations, Dr. Khanyisa Malufu!

We are proud to announce that Barbara Kayondo has completed her PhD for a thesis titled "Developing a mobile-app to enhance hospital employees' compliance with the Data Protection and Privacy Act in Electronic Health Information Systems"

Barbara was supervised by Professor Michael Kyobe.

Congratulations, Dr. Barbara Kayondo!