Prof. Meoli Kashorda

Prof. Meoli Kashorda

the Executive Director, Kenya Education Network (KENET)

Biographie

Prof Meoli Kashorda is currently the Executive Director of Kenya Education Network (KENET), the National Research and Education of Kenya. In the last 10 years, he has been leading a developing fiber-based broadband Internet connectivity to Kenyan universities and research institutions. He is also a professor of information systems at United States International University - Africa (USIU) in Kenya (on leave of absence. Since 2006, Prof Kashorda has been principal investigator for a research project measuring the E-readiness of Universities in Kenya and East Africa that includes measuring indicators of broadband Internet access and affordability indicators (see https://ereadiness.kenet.or.ke/ ). He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC), the not-for-profit company that administers the dot ke domain names registry. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Nairobi and a PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering from University of Essex in England. He is a Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET).