Victor Mbarika

Victor Mbarika, born in Cameroon, is an American Professor and Founder of The Information and Communications Technology University (ICT University). Professor Victor Mbarika serves as the President, Board of Trustees of the ICT University. He is currently a Full and Endowed Professor of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at Southern University, USA. He is one of Africa's voice and foremost experts on Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). He takes the lead in academic research on ICT implementation in Africa and has evolved a theoretically informed framework for understanding the diffusion, adoption, acceptance and use of ICTs in less-developed countries. He has published extensively on technology transfer frameworks and models in sub-Sahara Africa in peer-reviewed journals which have enjoyed wide citation. He holds a Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate Degree in Management Information System from U.S International University, Kenya, University of Illionois, Chicago, and Auburn University, USA, respectively.

Victor Mbarika is also the Founder of the International Center for Information Technology and Development (ICITD). Southern University, Baton Rouge, which focuses on advancing IT training and development in Sub Saharan Africa especially on e-health, e-education and e-democracy. The center has won numerous research grants from National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, KPMG, Microsoft, Fulbright, Fulbright-MCMC, the Louisiana Board of Regents and several other private and public donors. Victor's other initiatives include T he ICT for Africa conference series (ICT4 Africa), African Journal of Information Systems (AJIS), and Cameroon Youths for Jesus (CYJ).