Kelvin Joseph Bwalya

Kelvin Joseph Bwalya is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Information Systems at the Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg, and a Senior IT reviewer for the Tertiary Education Council, Botswana. He has a PhD in Information Systems (Information Management) from the University of Johannesburg, Masters in Computer Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Technology, and Bachelors in Electronics from Moscow Power Engineering Technical University. His research interests include all aspects of computer information systems (e-Government, Database design, process modeling, virtual reality, knowledge management systems, community informatics, etc) and competitive intelligence.

Publications

The Adoption of Digital Technologies for Sharing Information on Agriculture Among Farmers: Towards an Integrated Rural Technology Acceptance Model
Elisha Mupaikwa, Kelvib Joseph Bwalya. © 2024. 35 pages.
The use of information and communication technologies for agricultural communication has become dominant among farmers across the globe. However, literature shows some...
A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Axiomatic Theories and Models of Technology Acceptance: A Review of Literature
Elisha Mupaikwa, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2024. 28 pages.
In analyzing the adoption and use of information systems, theories have been crucial. The adoption of technology has been studied using several theories; however, very few have...
Exploring Factors Influencing e-Learning Dropout Rates in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Godwin Kaisara, Clayton Peel, Cornelius J. P. Niemand, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2024. 13 pages.
The COVID-19 period ushered in a paradigmatic shift towards exponential growth of ubiquitous e-learning. Despite the well-documented benefits of e-learning, which received...
Theories in Information Management: Analysing Development Trajectory
Cornelius J. P. Niemand, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2020. 12 pages.
The growth of the information management (IM) discipline and its importance in different socio-economic platforms cannot be over-emphasized. The current development of...
Electronic Document and Records Management System (EDRMS) Implementation in a Developing World Context: Case of Botswana
Mosweu Olefhile, Mutshewa Athulang, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2018. 19 pages.
This chapter presents a case study of back-end information system implementation geared towards encouraging e-Government development in Botswana. The case is an in depth analysis...
The Gamut of E-Government Research, Design, and Implementation: Key Issues
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Stephen M. Mutula. © 2016. 20 pages.
E-Government research and practice has changed over the years to incorporate recent and contemporary technology developments and unique in evolving contextual environments....
Foresights and Practice in Technology Development for E-Government Applications: A Global Compendium of Approaches
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2016. 13 pages.
Although a lot has been achieved with regards to technology development for e-Government applications, there are still no global technological conceptual frameworks and models...
Digital Solutions for Contemporary Democracy and Government
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Stephen Mutula. © 2015. 426 pages.
The dot-com revolution has brought many advances before unimagined. Of them all, it may be said that none have surpassed e-government in attracting a significant number of...
The Gamut of E-Government Research, Design, and Implementation: Key Issues
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Stephen M. Mutula. © 2015. 20 pages.
E-Government research and practice has changed over the years to incorporate recent and contemporary technology developments and unique in evolving contextual environments....
Freedom of Information as a Catalyst for Responsiveness in the e-Government Environment: A Closer Look at Botswana
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina, Saul F.C. Zulu. © 2015. 14 pages.
As Botswana actively transcends to utilizing e-Government as a platform for responsive public service delivery, it is apparent that a probe is done on the role of Freedom of...
Knowledge Management and Electronic Records Management in the Realm of E-Government: Case of Botswana
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Saul F. C. Zulu, Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina. © 2015. 23 pages.
The recent past has seen many interventions aimed at merging traditional records management approaches with emerging trends such as electronic records (e-Records), electronic...
Understanding Methodology Aspects for Measuring Multi-Dimensional E-Government: Pointers for Research and Practice
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2015. 24 pages.
Because of its multi-dimensionality, measuring the degree of development of e-Government has not been easy regardless of the context in which the measurement is done. This...
International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar. Est. 2014.
The International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) seeks to examine both the impact of information technology (IT) on public and nonprofit...
Technology Development and Platform Enhancements for Successful Global E-Government Design
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 511 pages.
While electronic research has developed in many governments around the world, the majority of its research has focused on the supply and demand aspects of e-government instead of...
Semiotic Analysis of the Conceptual Outlay of Knowledge Management: Lessons from South African Case
Mooketsi Bojelo, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 19 pages.
Knowledge Management (KM) development in the SADC region has been hampered by contextual challenges and lack of context-aware KM designs and interventions. In most of the cases...
Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries
Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina, Kgomotso Hildegard Moahi, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 356 pages.
Access to government information faces many roadblocks in developing and emerging economies due to lack of appropriate legal frameworks and other requisite information laws....
Foresights and Practice in Technology Development for E-Government Applications: A Global Compendium of Approaches
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 14 pages.
Although a lot has been achieved with regards to technology development for e-Government applications, there are still no global technological conceptual frameworks and models...
Information Access, the Digital Divide, and Knowledge-Based Economies: A Comparative Study
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 14 pages.
The conceptual understanding of the digital divide has been brought to the fore of scholarly research and practice for decades now. The contemporary understanding has been that...
Botswana's e-Government Development Trajectory: The Experience of Local Authorities
Sethibe Tsholofelo, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 13 pages.
Effective development of e-Government takes place when there is a balance between the supply side (interventions towards promotion of e-Government) and the demand side...
Electronic Document and Records Management System (EDRMS) Implementation in a Developing World Context: Case of Botswana
Mosweu Olefhile, Mutshewa Athulang, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2014. 18 pages.
This chapter presents a case study of back-end information system implementation geared towards encouraging e-Government development in Botswana. The case is an in depth analysis...
A Snapshot Overview of the Digital Divide: e-Inclusion and e-Government in the Zambian Context
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2013. 19 pages.
It can arguably be stated that the digital divide, e-Inclusion, and successful e-Government development are inseparable. The concept of e-Inclusion is an a priori phenomenon to...
Multi-Dimensional Factors Impacting on E-Government Adoption in Botswana, Mozambique, and Malawi
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2013. 14 pages.
With widespread adoption of ICT usage in public service delivery platforms (e-Government) throughout the world, African countries have vowed not to be left behind in this...
Convergence of Wireless Technologies in Consolidating E-Government Applications in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Rensleigh Chris, Ndlovu Mandla. © 2013. 17 pages.
The convergence of wireless applications presents a greater hope for consolidating e-Government (ICT-enabled or online government) applications even in resource-constrained...
Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Saul F.C. Zulu. © 2012. 1020 pages.
E-government applications enable interaction amongst government departments, citizens, and businesses. Benefits of e-government include encouraging social inclusion (citizens are...
Conceptualization of E-Parliament in Promoting E-Democracy: Prospects for the SADC Region
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 17 pages.
With the SADC e-Parliamentary Forum providing a good institutional framework for advancing the e-parliament agenda, an enabling environment is being created for the proliferation...
Botswana’s Novel Approaches for Knowledge-Based Economy Facilitation: Issues, Policies and Contextual Framework
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2012. 12 pages.
The Vision 2016, which is a set of strategic plans desired to position Botswana at the completive edge of the socio-economic hierarchy in Africa, is being implemented with...
Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy – the Case of Botswana: A Discussion Article
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2012. 11 pages.
Botswana is keen to position itself as a knowledge-based economy as early as 2016 due to the realisation that to compete on a global scale, efficient knowledge value chains must...
Implications of e-Government in Botswana in the Realm of e-Participation: Case of Francistown
Vako Mbako, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 20 pages.
Countries the world over have drawn e-Government interventions placing much emphasis on erecting affluent ICT infrastructures, institutional, legal, and regulatory frameworks....
A Snapshot Overview of the Digital Divide: e-Inclusion and e-Government in the Zambian Context
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 19 pages.
It can arguably be stated that the digital divide, e-Inclusion, and successful e-Government development are inseparable. The concept of e-Inclusion is an a priori phenomenon to...
The “Quicksilver Initiatives” as a Framework for e-Government Strategy Design in Developing Economies
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 19 pages.
In countries where e-Government is being implemented, levels of its development and adoption show pronounced disparities. These disparities could be attributed to mismatches in...
A Snapshot Overview of the Digital Divide: e-Inclusion and e-Government in the Zambian Context
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 19 pages.
It can arguably be stated that the digital divide, e-Inclusion, and successful e-Government development are inseparable. The concept of e-Inclusion is an a priori phenomenon to...
The “Quicksilver Initiatives” as a Framework for e-Government Strategy Design in Developing Economies
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 19 pages.
In countries where e-Government is being implemented, levels of its development and adoption show pronounced disparities. These disparities could be attributed to mismatches in...
Implications of e-Government in Botswana in the Realm of e-Participation: Case of Francistown
Vako Mbako, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2012. 20 pages.
Countries the world over have drawn e-Government interventions placing much emphasis on erecting affluent ICT infrastructures, institutional, legal, and regulatory frameworks....
Impact of Sound Policies in Promoting Information Systems Research and Innovation in Africa’s SADC Region
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2012. 12 pages.
Countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Japan, and so forth are a force to reckon with in socio-economic value chains because they have fully embraced research and innovation...
An Evaluation of ICT Policy Developments in Botswana
Segomotso Masegonyana Keakopa, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2011. 14 pages.
This chapter provides an evaluation of ICT policy developments in Botswana. In particular, it highlights major advancements in areas of national ICT policy development and its...
Convergence of Wireless Technologies in Consolidating E-Government Applications in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Rensleigh Chris, Ndlovu Mandla. © 2011. 17 pages.
The convergence of wireless applications presents a greater hope for consolidating e-Government (ICT-enabled or online government) applications even in resource-constrained...
E-Commerce Penetration in the SADC Region: Consolidating and Moving Forward
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2011. 19 pages.
E-Commerce, and recently mobile commerce (m-Commerce: ePayment, eTickets, eBanking etc.), has shown a lot of potential for development in the Southern African Development...
Setting the Foundation for E-Democracy in Botswana: An Exploratory Study of Interventions
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2011. 13 pages.
The process of establishing appropriate institutional frameworks and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure backbones to support future development of...
Virtual Reality and Learning in an African University Environment: Trends and Contextual Issues
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2011. 14 pages.
Incorporating Virtual Reality aesthetics and semantics can contribute towards transforming the education landscape in both the developed and developing world. This can be...
Multi-Dimensional Factors Impacting on E-Government Adoption in Botswana, Mozambique and Malawi
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis, Chris Rensleigh. © 2011. 13 pages.
With widespread adoption of ICT usage in public service delivery platforms (e-Government) throughout the world, African countries have vowed not to be left behind in this...
Botswana's Novel Approaches for Knowledge-Based Economy Facilitation: Issues, Policies and Contextual Framework
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2010. 16 pages.
The Vision 2016, which is a set of strategic plans desired to position Botswana at the completive edge of the socio-economic hierarchy in Africa, is being implemented with...
Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy – the Case of Botswana A Discussion Article
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya. © 2010. 10 pages.
Botswana is keen to position itself as a knowledge-based economy as early as 2016 due to the realisation that to compete on a global scale, efficient knowledge value chains must...
Convergence of Wireless Technologies in Consolidating E-Government Applications in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Rensleigh Chris, Ndlovu Mandla. © 2010. 16 pages.
The convergence of wireless applications presents a greater hope for consolidating e-Government (ICT-enabled or online government) applications even in resource-constrained...