Franklin Wabwoba

Work place: Department of Information Technology, Kibabii University, Kenya

E-mail: fwabwoba@kibabiiuniversity.ac.ke

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Research Interests: Computer Science & Information Technology, Computer systems and computational processes, Information Systems

Biography

Dr. Franklin Wabwoba is a Senior lecturer in Information Technology and Dean of the School of Computing and Informatics at Kibabii University (Kenya). He holds a PhD (Information Technology) from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Master of Science (Computer Applications) from Kenyatta University; Endorsement (Educational Management) from University of South Africa and Bachelor of Education (science: Mathematics and Computer Science) from Egerton University. He has taught Computer Science and Information Technology courses for many years. He has ICT industrial experience having worked with Mumias Sugar Company. He has presented several papers in scientific conferences and has many publications in referred journals as well as university level computing books. He has a strong research interest in green ICT, the impact of ICT applications on the community and integration of ICT into education. He is a professional member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Author Articles
ICT Definition Implication on ICT Career Choice and Exclusion among Women

By Muchiri Michael Njoki Franklin Wabwoba Elyjoy Muthoni Micheni

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2016.05.07, Pub. Date: 8 May 2016

ICT is driving all areas of the economy and is likely to dictate the future for all genders. The narrow definition of ICT has greatly impacted on the female gender choosing ICT as a career of choice. There are few women in the ICT careers. The study sought to determine the nature of ICT career gender exclusion, status and trend of ICT job opportunities, source of ICT gender career exclusion and the contribution of the narrow definition to the exclusion. A mixed method of survey and desktop method was employed in this study. A structured questionnaire was used in this study in order to identify the factors that influence ICT career choice amongst Kenyan lady students. A purposive sample of Information Technology and Computer Science undergraduate university students (77 females, 56 males; age range 17 to 35 years) and 10 postgraduate students in Information Technology from two public universities participated in the study. The paper discusses the emerging unfilled ICT jobs. The study established that the narrow definition negatively influences ICT as a career of Choice among girls. Broadening ICT definition to include ICT related careers that have more social rather than technical aspect accordingly is likely to influence more women to join the field.

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