Jean-Paul Van Belle
Professor of Information Systems and Director of the Centre for Information Technology and National Development in Africa at University of Cape Town
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- University of Cape Town
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University of Cape Town
Van Belle has written over 120 published peer-reviewed articles in the fields of service-oriented architecture, unified communications within businesses, open source software, mobile computing, and information and communication technologies for development. In 2012, he established the UCT-Samsung Mobile Innovation Lab at UCT.
Tertiary Qualifications
- PhD (2003) - University of Cape Town, South Africa
- BCom Hons (1992) - University of Cape Town, South Africa
- MBA (1988) - Stellenbosch University (Cum Laude)
- Economic Science and Philosophy Studies (1983) - University of Gent, Belgium
Research status summary
- C-NRF Rated Researcher: South African National Research Foundation (NRF) in ICT4D, Emerging technologies and Information technology adoption
- Published 170+ journal articles, conference papers, textbooks and book chapters
- Professor of Information Systems at UCT
- Currently serves as the Director for the Centre for IT and National Development in Africa (CITANDA) at UCT
Research Interests
- Diffusion and adoption of new ICTs
- ICT4D
- ICT and E-readiness of small African organisations (NGOs & SMMEs)
- Open Source Software adoption
- The use of Mobile Data Services in South Africa.
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