Stanislas Bigirimana

Stanislas Bigirimana a citizen of Burundi is a Senior Lecturer at the College of Business, Peace, Leadership and Governance at Africa University. He is a holder of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg (Germany). He is a multi-disciplinary academic who also holds the Masters in Intellectual Property from Africa University; Master’s in Business Intelligence from the Chinhoyi University of Technology, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the Azaliah University, Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA) and the University of Zimbabwe respectively. Dr. Bigirimanas’ expertise are in Business Intelligence, Management Information Systems, Intellectual Property, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, International Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, Public Sector Management, Cybernetics, and Dynamic and Integrative Epistemology. He has published over 40 journal articles, 3 book chapters and 1 monograph. He has supervised 2 doctoral theses, 60 master’s theses and 40 undergraduate dissertations. He has also made presentations at over 50 academic conferences in Africa, Europe and the Americas. Dr Bigirimana’s current research interests are in the areas of Integrating Non-Conventional Intellectual Property Assets in Agricultural and Social Policy for Sustainable Development, The valuation and Exploitation of Intangible Assets, Intellectual Property Rights Protection in New Plant Varieties and Traditional Knowledge Systems, Intellectual Property Protection in Cyberspace, Applications of the viable system model (VSM), Transitioning Institutions of Higher Education towards Education 5.0. He is a member of the Editorial boards of the International Journal of E-business Research and the Zimbabwe Journal of Economics, Business and Management. He has reviewed for prestigious publishing houses such as Emerald Insight, Sage, Springer and IGI Global. He is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Information and Communication Technologies Association of Zimbabwe (ICTAZ) and member of the advisor board of the Catholic Commission Justice and Peace (CCJP). Dr. Bigirimana is a co-founder and co-owner of Code Empire, a software development company based in Harare. Code Empire was recipient of the 2019 Research Council of Zimbabwe’s Presidential Award for outstanding research and commercialisation of research results and he won the Second Prize at an Essay Competition organised by the Hannover Philosophical Research Institute (Germany) in 2009. He has collaborated with prestigious research and academic bodies such as the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), the International Systems Sciences Society (ISSS), the Royal Academy for Engineering (RAE), the European Innovation Alliance (EIA), the South African Academy of the Sciences, the Association of African Studies, the Refugee Law Project at Makerere University, Uganda, the Association of Africa Universities and the Council for the Development of Social Sciences in Africa (CODESRIA). Dr. Bigirimana is happily married to Madame Assumpta and they are blessed with three boys.

Publications

Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks in ICT Research
Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks in ICT Research
Agripah Kandiero, Stanislas Bigirimana, Sabelo Chizwina. © 2024. 311 pages.
Research that is based on appropriate theoretical or conceptual frameworks ensures valid and credible research objectives and the production of relevant results that complement...
The Viable System Model (VSM) in the Management of Institutions of Higher Education in Zimbabwe
The Viable System Model (VSM) in the Management of Institutions of Higher Education in Zimbabwe
Stansilas Bigirimana, Ganyanhewe Masanga. © 2024. 22 pages.
This study aimed assessing the application of the viable system model (VSM) to institutions of higher learning in Zimbabwe. There is increased competition between the...
Cybernetics Principles in the Management of Intelligent Organizations
Cybernetics Principles in the Management of Intelligent Organizations
Stanislas Bigirimana. © 2024. 40 pages.
Against the background that mechanical principles were applied in management leading to bureaucracy, an application of cybernetics principles in management would imply (1) a...
Quality of Online Customer Service at a Telecommunication Company in Zimbabwe During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quality of Online Customer Service at a Telecommunication Company in Zimbabwe During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Samuel Mamwadi, Stanislas Bigirimana. © 2024. 28 pages.
This study sought to assess the quality of online customer services at a Telecommunication company in Zimbabwe. Data was collected through an online and physical questionnaire...
Sustainable Marketing, Branding, and Reputation Management: Strategies for a Greener Future
Sustainable Marketing, Branding, and Reputation Management: Strategies for a Greener Future
Reason Masengu, Stanilas Bigirimana, Option Takunda Chiwaridzo, Ruzive Bensson, Christina Blossom. © 2023. 670 pages.
In the wake of increasing consumer and stakeholder concerns regarding environmental and social issues, and the vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainable...
Drivers of Mobile Money Services Development in Zimbabwe: The Case of EcoCash
Drivers of Mobile Money Services Development in Zimbabwe: The Case of EcoCash
Bonnie Batsirai Mtengwa, Agripah Kandiero, Stanislas Bigirimana. © 2021. 23 pages.
This study sought to identify the drivers of mobile money services development in Zimbabwe using Ecocash as a case study. Through purposive sampling, respondents were selected...
From Politics to E-Politics: Updating Saul Alinsky's Community Organising Model to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of Politics in the Information Age
From Politics to E-Politics: Updating Saul Alinsky's Community Organising Model to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of Politics in the Information Age
Sam Takavarasha, Jr., Jonathan Cox, Stanislas Bigirimana. © 2014. 18 pages.
ICTs are slowly being acknowledged as effective tools for political mobilisation in the information age. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and the Arab Spring are...