Program Committee

Thus far, the AfriCHI’16 committee of reviewers and jurors comprises 67% Africans or people living in Africa. Further, 20 of the 33* languages spoken fluently by the committee members are African languages.

*Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, Creole, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi/Persian, French, German, Hindi, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Igbo, Italian, Kikongo, Kikuyu, Kiswahili, Lingala, Luo, Ndebele, Oshikwanyama, Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, Portuguese, Sesotho, Setswana, Shona, Spanish, Twi/Akan and Yoruba.

Jose Abdelnour Nocera (University of West London, UK)

Funmi Adebesin (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Matthew Adeiza (University of Washington, USA)

Jessica Adomako (Brown University, USA)

Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed (Cornell University, USA)

truna aka j.turner (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

Adegboyega Akinsiku (University of Maryland, USA)

Obinna Anya (IBM)

Farah Arab (Université de Montréal (Canada) and Université Paris 8 (France))

Ahlem Assila (SETIT: University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Fadoua Ataa Allah (Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, Morocco)

Seyram Avle (University of Michigan, USA)

Kagonya Awori (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Rehema Baguma (Makerere University, Uganda)

Isaias Barreto da Rosa (ECOWAS, Nigeria)

Russell Beale (University of Birmingham, UK)

Ali Ben Abbes (Laboratoire RIADI, Tunisia)

Michael Best (United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society, Macau)

Louise Bezuidenhout (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Nicola J Bidwell (University of Namibia, Namibia and University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Tegawende Bissyande (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Edwin Blake (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Nis Bornoe (Aalborg University, Denmark)

Adele Botha (CSIR Meraka, South Africa)

Med Salim Bouhlel (UR SETIT, Tunisia)

Ineke Buskens (United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society, Macau)

Selem Charfi (HD Technology, France)

Edna Chelule (Standard Bank South Africa)

Chris Chepken (University of Nairobi, Kenya)

Shilumbe Chivuno-Kuria (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Jessica Colaco (Brave Venture Labs, Kenya)

Catherine D’Ignazio (Emerson College/MIT, USA)

Olfa Daassi (Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Carthage, Tunisia

Andy Dearden (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)

Nicola Dell (Cornell University, USA)

Melissa Densmore (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Brian DeRenzi (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Charles Dhewa (Knowledge Transfer Africa)

Arman Didandeh (Western University)

Bongiwe Dlutu (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)

Paul Dourish (University of California Irvine, USA)

Gabriel Dzodom (Texas A&M University, USA)

Keith Edwards (Georgia Institute of Technology, US)

Kristen Eglinton (Footage Foundation, USA)

Emmanuel Eilu (Makerere University, Uganda)

Myriam El Mesbahi (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco)

Daniel G. Cabrero (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Peter Gallert (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Attlee M. Gamundani (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Helene Gelderblom (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Satinder P Gill (University of Cambridge, UK)

Baby Gobin-Rahimbux (University of Mauritius)

Nuzhah Gooda Sahib-Kaudeer (University of Mauritius)

Bontle Gopolang (University of Botswana)

Rebecca Grinter (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Michael Gurstein (Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training)

Jephias Gwamuri (Michigan Technological University, USA)

Suama Hamunyela (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Victoria Hasheela (University of Namibia)

Heather Horst (RMIT University, Australia)

Lara Houston (Cornell University, USA)

Tigist Shewarega Hussen (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

Lilly Irani (University of California, San Diego, USA)

Gloria Ejehiohen Iyawa (University of Namibia)

Sakib Jalil (James Cook University, Australia

Sakib Jalil (James Cook University, Australia)

Norbert Jere (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Andrea Jimenez (Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Zayira Jordan (Iowa State University, USA)

Eunice Kamaara (Moi University, Kenya)

Jofish Kaye (Yahoo, USA)

Ali Khalfallah (UR SETIT, Sfax university-Tunisia)

Stephen Kimani (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya)

Kathi Kitner (Intel Labs, USA)

Neha Kumar (Georgia Tech, USA)

Ilda Ladeira (Microsoft)

Kasper Løvborg Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Katongo Lukwesa (American University of Iraq)

Dalton Lunga (CSIR, South Africa)

Mohamed Maalaoui (ENIG, Tunisia)

Stella Maranga (Coady)

Vukosi Marivate (CSIR, South Africa)

David Martin (Xerox. France)

Job Mashapa (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)

Christine Mburu (Research Kenya)

Brian Mennecke (Iowa State University, USA)

Manfred Meyer (Westfälische Hochschule – University of Applied Sciences, Bocholt (Germany)

Candi Miller (University of Wolverhampton, UK)

Raymond Mugwanya (Information Economy, Uganda)

Hippolyte Muyingi (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia

Ndapandula Nakashole (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Primrose Nakazibwe (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda)

Lisa Nathan (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Bukelwa Ngoqo (University of Fort Hare, South Africa)

Gabriel Tuhafeni Nhinda (University of Namibia)

Maria Ndapewa Ntinda (University of Namibia)

Jacki O’Neill (Microsoft Research India)

Robert Oboko (University of Nairobi, Kenya)

Erick Oduor (IBM Research Africa)

William Ogallo (Columbia University, USA)

Abiodun Ogunyemi (Tallinn University, Estonia)

Rita Orji (McGill University, Canada)

Daniel Orwa Ochieng (University of Nairobi, Kenya)

Jennifer Pearson (Swansea University, UK)

Mark Perry (Brunel University, UK)

Anicia Peters (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Jennifer Preece (University of Maryland, USA)

Sameerchand Pudaruth (University of Mauritius)

José Quenum (Nambian University of Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Lizette Reitsma (Interactive Institute Swedish ICT)

Karen Renaud (University of Glasgow, UK)

Carlos Rey-Moreno (University of the Western Cape, South Africa )

Ulrike Rivett (University of Cape Town, South Africa,)

Rui Roberto Ramos (Lancaster University, UK)

Tony Roberts (United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society, Macau)

Toni Robertson (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

Simon Robinson (Swansea University, UK)

Xin Wei Sha (Arts, Media + Engineering)

Andrew Smith (CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa

Fiona Ssozi (Makerere University, Uganda & University of Cape Town)

Colin Stanley (Namibia University of Science & Technology/Polytechnic of Namibia)

Hussein Suleman (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Roopesh Kevin Sungkur (University of Mauritius)

Jo Taachi (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Europe)

Bill Thies (Microsoft Research India)

Mamello Thinyane (University of Fort Hare, South Africa)

Imen Trabelsi (ENIT, Tunisia)

John Traxler (University of Wolverhampton, UK)

Marita Turpin (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Hossana Twinomurinzi (University of South Africa)

Heather Underwood (University of Colorado, USA)

Judy van Biljon (University of South Africa)

Gerard van Oortmerssen (Tilburg University, Netherlands )

Mirjam van Reisen (Leiden University, Netherlands)

Gertjan van Stam (SIRDC, Zimbabwe)

Izak van Zyl (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa )

Anja Venter (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Frank Vetere (University of Melbourne, Australia

Bimlesh Wadhwa (National University of Singapore)

Edward White (University of Uppsala, University of South Africa

Stacey-Ann Wilson (University of the West Indies, Jamaica)

Heike Winschiers-Theophilus (Namibia University of Science & Technology)

Susan Wyche (Michigan State University, USA)

Amanuel Zewge (Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia)