IST-Africa 2026 International Programme Committee

A distinguished International Programme Committee in the areas of ICT4D, eHealth, eGovernment, eInfrastructures, eAgriculture, ICT for Environmental Sustainability, ICT Entrepreneurship, Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills, Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content, Future Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Next Generation Internet Technologies, Mobile Applications, Sustainable Development, Societal Implications of Technology and Ethics review and provide feedback on papers and presentations.

IST-Africa 2026 International Programme Committee members include:

Name	Organisation	Country
Paul M Cunningham (Conference Chair)	IST-Africa Institute	Ireland
Miriam Cunningham (Technical Programme Chair)	IST-Africa Institute	Ireland
Prof. Azizuddin Ahmed Biyabani	Kigali Collaborative Research Center	Rwanda
James Brereton	Nottingham Trent University	United Kingdom
Dr Jonathan Browning	Queen's University Belfast	Northern Ireland
Laurens Cloete	University of Pretoria	South Africa
Dr Julieta Domínguez-Soberanes	Universidad Panamericana	Mexico
Rubeena Doomun	Open University of Mauritius	Mauritius
Prof. Kenneth Foster	North Carolina State University	USA
Prof. David Gichoya	Moi University	Kenya
Dr Mona Jaber	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom
Dr Nobert Jere	University of Fort Hare	South Africa
Dr Julia Korongo	Moi University	Kenya
Kristiina Lahde	Saliens Ltd	Finland
Ilari Lindy	HAUS - The Finnish Institute of Public Management	Finland
Dr Julien Le Kernec	University of Glasgow	Scotland
Dr Milan Lovic	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom
Dr Bessie Malila	University of Cape Town	South Africa
Prof. Maurice Mars	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
Dr. Nita Mennega	University of Pretoria	South Africa
Morten Møller	GRENEN	Denmark
Dr. Roberto Murphy	INAOE	Mexico
Dr. Paula Musuva	United States International University - Africa	Kenya
Dr. Joshua Ndiege	United States International University - Africa	Kenya
Dr Gabriel Nhinda	Namibia University of Science and Technology	Namibia
Dr. Ayodele Periola	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa
Dr. James Ramabu	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa
Dr. Daniel Ramotsoela	University of Cape Town	South Africa
Neetu Ramsaroop	University of Pretoria	South Africa
Prof. Alfredo Ronchi	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
Dr John Tarus	Moi University	Kenya
Dr. Martin Ujakpa	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
Prof. Darelle van Greunen	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa
Dr. Mike Wa Nkongolo	University of Pretoria	South Africa

IST-Africa 2026 Organising Committee

Miriam Cunningham	IST-Africa Institute	Ireland
Paul Cunningham	IST-Africa Institute	Ireland