More Ickson Manda is currently a Government Fellow at the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV).
In South Africa he is the Head of the Knowledge Management Unit at the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (MERSETA), an agency of the Ministry of Higher Education and Training. In his role, he is responsible for enterprise content management, data management, and governance and innovation management. More has over 10 years of experience in ICT, Research and Knowledge Management in various sectors which include Public Services, Higher Education, Non Profit Organisations, and Innovation, Research and Development. He is also a PhD (Information Systems) candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He holds a Master of Information Technology from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, a BSc (Hons) Information Science, as well as certificates in Advanced Strategic Management, Business Analysis and Entrepreneurship. His research interests include e-government, smart cities, ICT and telecommunications policy in developing countries and digital transformation in government and society. In 2018 he received the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) young scholar award. PTC’s Young Scholar Program recognizes and supports promising scholars in the field of Telecommunications and ICTs from across the world.
Appointments
- Government Fellow, UNU-EGOV (Portugal)
- Head, Knowledge Management Unit, MERSETA (South Africa)
- Information Systems Specialist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Information Librarian, Design School South Africa
- Information and Knowledge Assistant, British Council