Nixon Muganda Ochara - SIGPhil's Philosophical dialogues
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Today I talk with prof. Nixon Muganda Ochara. He is a Research Professor at the University of Venda, South Africa. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has held visiting positions at Southern University A & M, USA, Mandume ya Ndemufayo University, Angola, ICT University, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany among others. Prof. Ochara has a PhD in Information Systems from University of Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to joining academia, he held various positions in the private sector like Africa Online, a Pan-African Internet Service Provider and Symphony, an IBM Distributor. He has forged research programs in Open Development Innovations, Business Analytics, Digital Government, Digital Governance, National Information Infrastructures, ICT Governance and E-Business. He has published in leading Information Systems journals such as Government Information Quarterly, Information Technology & People, Information Technology for Development, among others. He has also published a paper on the logic of theoretical argument in research. Today with prof. Ochara we talk about how in philosophy you start from the social problem,  how you express your beliefs through philosophy, the need for IS emancipation (contextual, scientific, philosophical), that each voice needs to be heard and much more. With this it is my pleasure to bring you prof. Muganda Ochara.
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