Mr. William Baraza

Mr. William Baraza is the Director and CEO – African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) and also serves as the Senior Advisor Africa  to Centre for Strategic Cyberspace and International  Studies  (CSCIS) – Canada and Chairman -  Africa Cyber  Défense Forum (ACDF) Advisory  Board. Member of Board of Directors – Digital Health Agency – Kenya.

He is currently pursuing PhD in Strategic Information Systems and holds  and MBA in Operations Management from the University of Nairobi and a BSc in Computer Science, Egerton University.

He has worked on various ICT4D research projects in collaboration with development partner institutions such as Foreign and Commonwealth Organization (FCDO), IBM, Norwegian Refugee Council, USAID  amongst others

With over 25 years experience in telecommunications (including  engineering, pre-sales, sales, leadership) and over 20 years experience at senior management level, in Sub  Saharan Africa, he has had tours of duty in several African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa. 

He has previously held various senior roles in technical  and business development in International organizations such as CommScope, Ericsson, Nokia, Cisco and Africa Online.

William is a member of Internet Society (ISOC),  Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and Association for Information Systems (AIS).

His research interests are in Cybersecurity in E-commerce, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence and partners with other researchers to write research papers.