Lizzy Oluwatoyin Ofusori

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Information Systems and Technology at University of KwaZulu-Natal

Background: The proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT is growing at a rapid pace, sparing no sector. One of the AI tools that has grown in it use across the sectors is the use of ChatGPT, a tool that mimics human like capabilities of producing ideas. However, there have been many concerns about how ChatGPT will change...

As cybercrimes are becoming increasingly complex, it is imperative for cybersecurity measures to become more robust and sophisticated. The crux lies in extracting patterns or insights from cybersecurity data to build data-driven models, thus making the security systems automated and intelligent. To comprehend and analyze cybersecurity data, several...

Cybersecurity threats have increased as the world becomes increasingly interconnected. Whilst the use of technology to facilitate commercial activities is now common practice, there is a need to limit exposure to these threats so that traders can transact safely. This study aimed to identify and analyse common cybersecurity vulnerabilities and thre...

Passwords are used majorly for end-user authentication in information and communication technology (ICT) systems due to its perceived ease of use. The use for end-user authentication extends through mobile, computers and network-based products and services. But with the attendant issues relating to password hacks, leakages, and theft largely due to...

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped amplify the importance of Cyber-hygiene. As the reliance on the Internet and IT services increased during the pandemic, this in turn has introduced a new wave of criminal activities such as cybercrimes. With the emergent of COVID-19 which lead to increase in cyber-attack incidents, the pattern, and sophistication, t...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to examine health-related misinformation proliferation during the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications on public governance in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach – Because of COVID-19-related restrictions, this study conducted a systematic review. The researchers searched several search engines whic...

Purpose: This study measures the influence of facilitating conditions on employees' attitudes towards the adoption of big data analytics by selected medical aid organizations in Durban. In the health care sector, there are various sources of big data such as patients' medical records, medical examination results, and pharmacy prescriptions. Several...

As several countries were experiencing unprecedented economic slowdowns due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, small business enterprises started adapting to digital technologies to transact business. However, in Africa, particularly Nigeria, COVID-19 pandemic resulted to some financial crisis that impacted negatively on the sustai...

The article examined the role of electronic governance (e-governance) in enabling asylum seekers’ access to public services in the city of Durban, South Africa. Due to COVID-19, the government scaled down its operations, limiting access to public services, including among migrants. The study found that asylum seekers have limited access to public s...

Citizen engagement is a key factor in the successful and sustainable use of electronic platforms. It involves multiple activities ranging from collecting to processing raw data into useable formats that could help solve societal problems. As a metropolitan city, Durban seeks to become a liveable, inclusive city in which citizens are digitally capac...

Aim/Purpose: The paper’s objective is to examine the challenges of using the mobile phone to mine location data for effective contact tracing of symptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and asymptomatic individuals and the implications of this technology for public health governance. Background: The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contac...

Information flow has increased significantly due to globalization and technological advancement, which has resulted in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). This phenomenon has necessitated all sectors to adapt to the changes and align themselves with technology in order to maximize the benefits. The banking sector, in particular, has been at the forefront...

As the adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon by businesses and other sectors continues to grow. Employees find it desirable to use their personally owned mobile devices for work without the need to differentiate between their carrier services and their organizations' network. However, this practice makes such businesses vulnerable to...

Bring your own device (BYOD) has infiltrated the work environment and businesses are enjoying the benefits coupled with the adoption of the trend. At the same time, the adoption of BYOD has introduced a number of security threats that businesses are failing to match. In the pursuit of addressing security threats that are introduced by the adoption...

This article explores the role of open data in the monitoring of budgets as a citizen-centered accountability mechanism that could benefit budget allocation and spending by municipalities in Africa. Annually, municipalities allocate significant amounts of financial resources towards better provision of basic services. However, often these budgets a...

As the desire for personalized interactions with government increases, efforts to enhance citizen- and business-focused digital government are becoming a norm in our society. The intention of this paper is to discuss the challenges that the EThekwini Metro is experiencing in translating its engagement with its citizens digitally. This mixed method...

The poster is about E-government and citizen experiences in South Africa, using the Ethekwini Metropolitan as a case study

Bring your own device (BYOD) has infiltrated the work environment and businesses are enjoying the benefits coupled with the adoption of the trend. At the same time, the adoption of BYOD has introduced a number of security threats that businesses are failing to match. In the pursuit of addressing security threats that are introduced by the adoption...

Between fifty to eighty percentof the projects known are not completed within the specified number of working days. Either the contractor was assessed liquidated damages or time extensions were authorized, necessitating additional manpower and / or extended working hours.The result in both cases was animmediate financial loss to the contractors; th...

The KwaZulu Natal Civil Society Coalition (KZNCSOC) deployed 28 monitors and 850 observers throughout the province to ensure the elections are conducted in a free and fair atmosphere. This paper presents experiences from this electoral team that utilized WhatsApp as a tool for relaying information amongst themselves and the control centre in report...

At a time when global economic climate is becoming harsher for the majority of people worldwide, accessing credit for entrepreneurship is becoming challenging for most people, especially young people. By their very nature, young people lack the necessary collateral that financial institutions require in order to grant credit. This situation calls f...