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He studied and completed a PhD in Information Systems with the University of South Africa. His area of study is ICT4D with special focus on Mobile Technologies and Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe. The research design is qualitative and it is premised on Interpretivism Philosophy.
His general research areas include ICT Applications, Mobile technologies, Cloud Computing, Social Networking applications and ICT4D.
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August 2007 - present
August 2007 - present
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January 2013 - November 2013
February 2011 - November 2012
January 2008 - November 2010
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This research sought to establish why there is a low presence of women in ICT jobs; yet they constitute the larger percentage of the population. The researchers did a literature review, used a survey questionnaire to collect statistical data, and carried out in-depth interviews with key informants who were women in ICT-related jobs in the banking a...
This study sought to design a framework to enhance database security in state-owned universities. Database security has been a cause for concern for state-owned universities following many reported cases of state-owned universities that were repeatedly hacked locally and the fact that internationally and there seems to be no strategy in place to gu...
This research is an inquiry into the (under)utilisation of mobile phones by smallholder farmers in their agricultural activities in Zimbabwe. Through a naturalistic enquiry, the research established that agricultural extension officers are vital in the adoption and use of mobile phones for agricultural purposes. Those extension officers who were no...
The primary goal of this book chapter was to propose a framework for the implementation of decentralized finance to facilitate the financial inclusion of financially excluded marginalized communities in a developing context. We conducted a systematic literature review on financial technologies, especially in a developing context, to inform our work...
This chapter explores the use of emerging ICT technologies for agriculture in Zimbabwe, a developing country in sub-Saharan Africa. It investigates the concept of ICT technologies and their potential impact on agriculture. The chapter then brings the background and context of the study. The chapter is premised on a qualitative approach which fuses...
In the healthcare landscape, particularly for non-profit schemes, aligning brand identity with organizational values is crucial, especially given the outsourcing of operational tasks. The study employed a mixed-methods approach, integrating a comprehensive literature review and case studies to examine brand identity. It underscores the challenges o...
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the developing world, businesses are grappling with the dual challenges of transforming their workforce management practices and navigating the complexities of a volatile labour market. As technological advancements continue to disrupt traditional employment models, organizations must rethink their approach to r...
There is a lack of acceptance, adoption and sustained use of mobile phones for agricultural purposes by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe, but the reasons for this have not been critically explored. In this study, the authors used a naturalistic methodology to help uncover the nuances of adoption dynamics among smallholder farmers in Gokwe South Dist...
There is a lack of acceptance, adoption and sustained use of mobile phones for agricultural purposes by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe, but the reasons for this have not been critically explored. In this study, the authors used a naturalistic methodology to help uncover the nuances of adoption dynamics among smallholder farmers in Gokwe South Dist...
The chapter begins by providing an overview of the current situation in SSA, highlighting the prevalence of poverty and hunger in the region. It then analyzes the impact of Russia and Ukraine’s war on the region, exploring how it has exacerbated the existing poverty and hunger crisis. This writer believes that the war between Russia and Ukraine has...
For millions of people in developing nations, the agriculture industry is essential to their livelihoods, economic growth, and food security. It does, however, confront several difficulties, such as constrained resource availability, inefficient markets, and susceptibility to environmental fluctuations. Within this framework, integrating emerging t...
The developments in technology have presented many opportunities as well as threats to businesses in interacting with their customers. Mixed reality (MR) technology is one of those disruptive technological developments that many organizations have taken advantage of in order to enhance interaction with consumers. Consumers are not always eager to i...
The chapter explores the concept of digitalization and digital technology and its importance. The research is based on a systematic literature review, which analyzed articles on digitalization and digital technologies. However, primacy was given to articles on the digitalization of organizations in a marginalized context. The chapter identified the...
This chapter looks at Zimbabwe, a developing country in Sub-Saharan Africa that aspires to reach an upper-middle-income economy by 2030 through digital inclusiveness. Digital transformation (DT) and digital innovation (DI) may be the fundamental foundation to attain economic growth and productivity. To transit to Society 5.0, nations should develop...
Despite the popularity of mobile banking applications among banks and a phenomenal increase in Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) customer base of 206.6% since 2009, uptake of mobile banking applications has remained deplorably low with CBZ Touch mobile application recording a meagre 8% uptake by 2018. This study sought to determine security, trust...
The adoption and effective utilisation of mobile phones for agricultural purposes by women has proven to be difficult to achieve. In some cases such difficulties have been even when there is high percentage of ownership of mobile phones and in some cases high literacy rates. In other cases some challenges has been observed to be of adoption and con...
This poster presents a mobile learning model for the adoption and effective use of mobile phones for educational purposes by girls in marginalised communities in Sub Saharan Africa, focusing especially on the context of Zimbabwe.
https://ict4d2020.org/posters-musungwini/
The purpose of this research was to assess the use of mobile phones as sources of agricultural information by smallholder tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe. The study's findings inform the policy makers by providing deeper insights which may be useful to both national and international initiatives aimed at mobile phones for development (M4D). The study p...
Literature studies indicate a high rate of failure in information systems projects, particularly those that have great impact on the organisational systems and structures. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish the methods and skills that can be applied to successfully manage information systems initiated organisational change in the...
There is a growth in research on the benefits and use of mobile
phone technology in the whole world. Zimbabwe as a country has seen that this
is a feasible route to explore. This paper explores how other countries are using
this technology to improve agriculture yields. It analyses factors that are
hindering mobile phone technology use and adoptio...
This article provides findings from a baseline study on mobile phone use by
smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. The study investigated use of mobile phones by
58 farming households in a village in Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province. Via a survey
questionnaire and a focus group discussion, the study found that 100% of the surveyed
households identified “asym...
The turn of the 21 st century saw Zimbabwe embarking on the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) which promoted new commercial farmers in the agricultural sector in the country. These new commercial farmers in post-FTLRP utilise basic ICTs like mobile phones which have less significance in revitalizing their farming activities. This study seeks...
Social Media is contributing a lot to the general development across social and development strata. The widespread use of
Social media in all channels of communication is highly economic considering a developing country. However, there are challenges that are inherent in Social Media which are threatening the validity of this tool as an authentic a...
Several new technologies, for example, the Internet of Things (IoTs) continue to surface in the frontage of ubiquitous and pervasive computing. Internet of things is slowly being embraced in different domains to support control and monitoring systems. The advent of microprocessors embedded with communication facilities has enabled the possibility o...
ICT knowledge hubs are important resources for a country to grow towards an innovative economy. Their growth has been viewed as a node point for techno-prenuership development and economic sustainability by many countries. The purpose of this study was to establish how Zimbabwe as a developing country should move towards the creation of an ICT know...
This paper is part of the ongoing doctoral research on Mobile technologies and sustainable development of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. This was motivated by the realisation that in Zimbabwe the traditional formal market for agriculture products are no longer available due to the collapse of the economy and vendors have naturally filled the gap...
ICT knowledge hubs are important resources for a country to grow towards an innovative economy. Their growth has been viewed as a node point for techno-prenuership development and economic sustainability by many countries. The purpose of this study was to establish how Zimbabwe as a developing country should move towards the creation of an ICT know...
The purpose of the research was to investigate how Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology based on infrastructure mode in various universities of Zimbabwe (Wi-Fi) performs as well as how it is being managed. The participants of this research were Information Technology (IT) departmental directors, chief technicians as well as students and staff of va...
Mobile technologies are capable of facilitating networks of farmers and agribusiness, in a dynamic way such that these stakeholders can support each other in a win-win situation. Mobile technologies have been touted as the game changer in livelihoods, but initiative of using mobile technologies in agriculture is in its infancy stage in the world at...
The capabilities of mobile technology paradigm have indicated that almost every infrastructure, system or device has the potential to capture data and report it to the back-end system in real-time. Utilities need to deliver operational analytics by knowing what is happening across their entire infrastructure. The purpose of the study was to develop...
Mobile technologies can facilitate networks of farmers and agribusiness, so that they can support each other. But the critical question is 'How best can this be done?' The initiative of using mobile technologies in agriculture is in its infancy stage in the world at large while in some developing countries it is already in use. The bulk of small sc...
Cloud computing is a novel model of computing that may bring extensive benefits to users, institutions, businesses and academics, while at the same time also giving rise to new risks and challenges. This study looked at the benefits of using Google docs by researchers and academics and analysing the factors affecting the adoption and use of the tec...
The purpose of this study was analyse threats that are inherent in the prepaid electricity meter system and to propose a framework for threat modelling. This framework can be effectively used by power utilities power utilities in particular and other prepaid meter system organisations to achieve end-to-end actionable insights on prepaid electricity...
Mobile computing has become an invaluable and inevitable part of teaching and learning in educational institutions globally. Zimbabwean polytechnics are not spared and those institutions that have chosen to integrate mobile computing with existing teaching and learning applications stand to benefit more than their slow and stagnant counterparts. Th...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Product, Place, Promotion and Price (4Ps) in Market Basket Analysis (MBA) and establish how the 4Ps can be applied as a tool for competitive advantage in the small scale retail sector in Zimbabwe. Market basket analysis is a technique that discovers relationships between pairs of...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Product, Place, Promotion and Price (4Ps) in Market Basket Analysis (MBA) and establish how the 4Ps can be applied as a tool for competitive advantage in the small scale retail sector in Zimbabwe. Market basket analysis is a technique that discovers relationships between pairs of...
The focus of the study was to ascertain whether there is the existence of women money saving clubs in rural Zimbabwe, explore their operations and avail data which highlight the need for implementing tailor made Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) for all. These authors performed literature review to guide the research. To gather information these writers...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how A-level teachers in selected Gweru urban schools were using ICT in their teaching. The objectives of the study were: To establish computer hardware and software resources that were available in high schools in Gweru urban that offer Advanced level classes and how are they being used? To determine the...
The relationship between business strategies and IT/IS strategies is one of the most important aspects of the management in the telecommunication organisations. The dramatic increase in the role of IS/IT in business and industry lately recognized as IS/IT became an inseparable part of business and industrial organizations in all sectors including g...
Several IT service management (ITSM) frameworks have been deployed and are being adopted by companies and institutes without redefining the framework to a model which suits their IT departments' operating environment and requirements. An IT service management model is proposed for Zimbabwean universities and is a holistic approach through integrati...
The purpose of this research was to establish the impact of harnessing social media on the Zimbabwean businesses with particular reference to Facebook. The researchers looked at
literature from other researchers to guide them. The researchers used focus group discussion and questionnaires to elicit information from the subjects. Participants to the...
Using a case study of a library in Zimbabwe, the purpose of the research was to establish how Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) were being used to enhance Knowledge Management practices at the library. This included establishing the perceptions of the library staff concerning KM and knowledge sharing practices prevalent at the library....
Market basket analysis is a technique that discovers relationships between pairs of products purchased together. The technique can be used to uncover interesting cross-sells and related products. The purpose of this paper is to come up with a proposal on a research survey aimed at investigating the role of Product, Place, Promotion and Price (4Ps)...
The relationship between business strategies and IT/IS strategies is one of the most important aspects of the management in the telecommunication organisations. The dramatic increase in the role of IS/IT in business and industry lately recognized as IS/IT became an inseparable part of business and industrial organizations in all sectors including g...
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Gender socialisation begins at birth with the parents, where boys receive masculine toys like guns, cars, even toy laptops, girls are being given dolls and cooking pots. Some people argue that already a girl child is being subconsciously encouraged to take on mothering and care giving roles. While this is a good thing, parents are encouraged to also consider exposing their female children to toy laptops, puzzles and other technical toys so that the girl child grows up confident in scientific and technical spheres. This is believed to have an impact on many women taking technical, scientific and engineering careers. What are your views research-gate community?
