Bitange Ndemo

Dr. Elijah Bitange Ndemo was born (born (1959-12-04) 4 December 1959 ) in Kisii County in South Western Kenya . He is an ICT Champion, Academician, and a Newspaper Columnists with the Kenyan Newspapers Daily Nation and its sister publication, Business Dailyand serves currently as an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Nairobi’s Business School where he teaches and researches on entrepreneurship and research methods with most of his research work being focused on ICT and small and medium enterprises and their influence on economic development in Kenya. He is the immediate former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication where he served from 2005 to 2013 under the former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki and was awarded the prestigious presidential Chief of the Burning Spear of Kenya (CBS) award for his distinguished services in 2006. Ndemo is regarded as one of the key people who oversaw the transformation in the Kenyan ICT Sector while the Permanent Secretary through various ICT policies and projects such as launching of undersea submarine cables, the mushrooming of business process outsourcing industry, the dramatic reduction in mobile termination rates (MTRs) , initiating of the Kenya Open Data and the growth of tech hubs such as iHub and mLab in Kenya through effective regulation.

Prof. Ndemo holds a PhD in Industrial Economics from the University of Sheffield in the UK , an MBA from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) in the USA and bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Minnesota. He is the immediate past Honorary Chair of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and an Advisor to the Better than Cash Alliance, a global initiative to digitize payments.

Education

1. PhD in Industrial Economics - University of Sheffield
2. Master of Business Administration - University of St. Thomas(Minnesota), Minnesota, USA, in1991
3. Bachelor’s degree in Finance - Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA, in 1988

1. Associate Professor at the University of Nairobi . 2013–Present
2. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication , Government of the Republic of Kenya . 2005 - 2013

1. Ndemo, E B (2015) Political Entrepreneurialism: Reflections of a Civil Servant on the Role of Political Institutions in Technology Innovation and Diffusion in Kenya. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development 4(1):15
2. Ndemo B and Smallbone D. (2015) Linkage Dynamics between MSEs and Multinational Corporations in Kenya. A longitudinal review of a 2005 conference paper –DBA Africa Management Review 1 2015.
3. Dennis M. A. and Ndemo B. (2014) What drives women out of Entrepreneurship? The joint role of culture and access to finance. DBA Africa Management Review 2 (2014).
4. Ndemo B. Rushda Majeed (2012) Case Study: Disseminating the Power of Information: Kenya Open Data Initiative. Innovation for Successful Societies. Princeton University Press (2012)
5. Ndemo E. B. (2007) Women entrepreneurs and strategic decision making. Management Decision 45(1), 118-130 (2007).
6. Ndemo B. (2006) Assessing sustainability of faith-based enterprises in Kenya. International Journal of Social Economics 33 (5/6), 446-462 (2006)
7. Ndemo B. (2005) Maasai Entrepreneurship and Change. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Vol. 18 No. 2. Spring 2005 pp 207–219. (2005)