Tiwonge Manda, Phd
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computing
Brief profile
Tiwonge D. Manda is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Malawi. He holds a BSc. (Computer Science major) from the University of Malawi,
and an MSc. and PhD in Information Systems from the University of Oslo, Norway. Tiwonge has over 20 years of experience in academia and engagement with government departments and
industry. His work mainly focuses on large-scale digital infrastructures, focusing on strategy and technological platform development. He has extensive experience in consulting,
project management, risk analysis, and mitigation.
Read More
Publications
- Mwakilama, E. P., Jamu, E. S., Senganimalunje, L., & Manda, T. D. (2022). Data from “Internet Addiction and Mental Health among College Students in Malawi”. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 10(1).
- MANDA, T. D. & SANNER, T. A. (2014). The Mobile Is Part of a Whole : Implementing and Evaluating mHealth from an Information Infrastructure Perspective. International Journal of User -Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 4,1-16.
- MATAVIRE, R. & MANDA, T. D. (2014). Interventions Breakdowns as Occasions for Articulating Mobile Health Information Infrastructures. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 63, 1-17.
- SANNER, T. A., MANDA, T. D. & NIELSEN, P. (2014). Grafting: Balancing Control and Cultivation in Information Infrastructure Innovation. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 15, 220-243.
- Jamu, E. S., Manda, T. D., & Chirwa, G. C. (2020). Moving Beyond the Rhetoric: Who Really Benefits from Investments in Digital Infrastructure in Low-Income and Low-Literacy Communities in Malawi? In Digital Inequalities in the Global South (pp. 223-246). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
- Manda, T. D., Jamu, E. S., Mwakilama, E. P., & Maliwichi Senganimalunje, L. (2019). Internet Addiction and Mental Health among College Students in Malawi. In Addiction in South and East Africa (pp. 261 -280). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
- MANDA, T. D., & HERSTA D, J. (2015). Enacting technology: Accounting for the interplay between mHealth solutions and existing paper-based data reporting practices. Information Technology & People, 28(3), 442-465.
- MWAKABIRA, I. S., BYSON, L. F., & MANDA, T. D., PHIRI, Y.D.J., SIMWELA, A. (2023). Design Gaps in Configurable Systems: Adaptability of DHIS2 to other Domains. In IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa), 2023.
- MWAKABIRA, I. S., BYSON, L. F., & MANDA, T. D. (2021, December). The Time aspect in Usability: Case of DHIS2 Program Rule Variable Generator. In 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
- Thodesen, T. H., Tran, U., Kaasbøll, J., Kanjo, C., & Manda, T. (2021). MEDICAL GRAPHS IN PATIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN PRIMARY CARE. In Proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development (p. 363-377).
- KAUR, G., KASSBOLL, J.,MANDA , T. D., & KANJO, C. (2021, May). Gluing Papers to Computers: How QR and Bar codes Enable Hybrid Information Systems. In 2021 IST Africa Conference (IST Africa) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
- MACHESO, P.,MANDA, T. D., CHISALE, S., DZUPILE, N., MLATHO, J., & MUKANYILIGIRA, D. (2021, March). Design of ESP8266 Smart Home Using MQTT and Node RED. In 2021 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems (ICAIS) (pp. 502-505). IEEE.
- P. S. B. Macheso, T. D. Manda, A. G. Meela, J. S. Mlatho, G. T. Taulo and J. C. Phiri, "Industrial Temperature Monitor Based on NodeMCU ESP8266, MQTT and Node-RED," 2021 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N), 2021, pp. 740-743,
- BYSON, L. F., & MANDA, T. D. (2021). Design Inconsistencies and Mental Models in USSD Banking Applications in Malawi. In 2021 Proceedings of the Third National Research Dissemination Conference. Government of Malawi, National Commission for Science and Technology.
- BYSON, L. F., & MANDA, T. D. (2020). Software Architecture and Software Usability: A comparison of Data Entry Form Designing Configurable Platforms.
- SMANOV, Z., IVERSEN, M., KAASBØLL, J., MANDA, T. D., NI, I. (2018). Using Patient Information Systems for Primary Health care in Hospitals – Implications for Data Structures and User Interaction. IST- Africa 2018 Conference Proceedings.
- KANJO, C., PHIRI, Y., MTUMBUKA, F., & MANDA, T.D. (2017). ICT solutions for financial inclusion: Reaching out to the unbanked in low resource settings. In IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa), 2017 (pp. 1-11). IEEE.
- MANDA, T. D. (2015). Developing Capacity for Maintenance of HIS in the Context of Loosely Coordinated Project Support Arrangements In: CUNNINGHAM, P. & CUNNINGHAM, M.,eds.IST-Africa 2015 2015 Lilongwe, Malawi. 1-10.
- MOYO, C.,MANDA, T. & NIELSEN, P. (2015). Peer Based Reviews as a Strategy for Strengthening the Health Information Systems: A Case Study from Malawi In: MOSTERT PHIPPS, N., VERBEKE, F., KORPELA, M., KOUEMATCHOUA, G. & KEMLOH, U., eds. 9th Health Informatics in Africa Conference (HELINA 14), 2015 Accra, Ghana. Koegnie Health, Innovation for Development e.V. Germany, 89-95.
- MATAVIRE, R. & MANDA, T. D. (2013). Design Breakdowns as Opportunities for Articulating Mobile Health Information Infrastructures. 12th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, 2013 Sunset Jamaica Grande, Ocho Rios, Jamaica. IFIP Working Group 9.4, 876-888.
- PURKAYASTHA, S.,MANDA, T. D. & SANNER, T. A. (2013). A Post-Development Perspective on mHealth-an Implementation Initiative inMalawi. System Sciences (HICSS), 201346th Hawaii International Conference on, 7-10 Jan. 2013 2013. 4217-4225.
- MANDA, T. D. & SANNER, T. A. (2012). Bootstrapping Information Technology Innovations across Organizational and Geographical Boundaries: Lessons from an Mhealth Implementation in Malawi. IRIS, 2012. Akademika Forlag.
- MANDA, T. D., & MSOSA, Y. (2012). Socio-technical Arrangements for mHealth: Extending the Mobile Device Use and Adoption Framework. In: e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (pp. 208-217). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- MANDA, T. & HERSTAD, J. (2010). Implementing Mobile Phone Solutions for Health in Resource Constrained Areas: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges. In:VILLAFIORITA, A., SAINT-PAUL, R. & ZORER, A. (eds.) E-Infrastructures and E-Services on Developing Countries. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- MANDA, T. (2010). Maturity of Cybersecurity Initiatives in Malawi: A Comparison with the Drive for Fast and Ubiquitous. DiploFoundation. Internet Connectivity Internet Governance Capacity Development Programme: Policy Research Project [Online]
- <>No other papers found.
