Head of Department - Computer Science
Dr. Andile S. Metfula
Email: asmetfula@uniswa.sz
Telephone: (+268) 25170389
Office: S2.113
Personal Details
Dr. Andile S. Metfula
Ph.D, MSc, BSc (Hons)
Senior Lecturer - Department of Computer Science
Ph.D Information Systems - University of Cape Town, South Africa
Research Areas
- Software Engineering
- ICT4D
Courses taught
- Practices in Software Engineering I
- Practices in Software Engineering II
- Internship Training
Research Profile
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_gZ60AAAAJ&hl=en
Recent Published Journal Articles
- Fashoto, S.G., Metfula, A.S., Matsebula, B.B. and Fashoto, B.Y., 2018. Multi-Target Regression Prediction on Cervical Cancer for. Asian Journal of Information Technology, 17(2), pp.160-166.
- Fashoto, S.G., Ajiboye, P., Owolabi, O., Metfula, A. and Fashoto, O.Y., 2018. Assessment of the Readiness of Academic Staff of a Tertiary Institution for Performance Evaluation using a Dynamic Human Resource Information System. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTING & ICT, p.53.
- Chigona, W., Nyemba, M. and Metfula, A., 2012. A review on mHealth research in developing countries. The Journal of Community Informatics, 9(2).
- Gillwald, A., Chigona, W., Vergeer, J.W. and Metfula, A.S., 2012. The South African broadband policy: In the eyes of the media. info.
- Vergeer, J., Chigona, W. and Metfula, A.S., 2011, September. A media discourse of broadband policy in a developing country context. In IFIP International Working Conference on Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems-Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of IT (pp. 340-356). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
- Metfula, A.S. and Chigona, W., 2013. The effects on policy of the composition of the ICT public policy network in Swaziland: challenges in leadership of ICT policy and e-development. The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2013(13), pp.83-94.
- Metfula, A.S. and Chigona, W., 2012, October. The impact of the composition of a public ICT Policy Network on a policy: A case of a developing country. In 2012 e-Leadership Conference on Sustainable e-Government and e-Business Innovations (E-LEADERSHIP) (pp. 1-10). IEEE.
- Metfula, A.S., 2007. Rural Electricity Supply in the Kingdom of Swaziland-Survey and Simulation (Doctoral dissertation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).
- Chigona, W., Nyemba, M. and Metfula, A.S., 2012. A review on mHealth research in developing countries. The Journal of Community Informatics, 9(2).
Conference papers
- Akinnuwesi, B.A., Fashoto, S.G., Metfula, A.S. and Akinnuwesi, A.N., 2020, April. Experimental Application of Machine Learning on Financial Inclusion Data for Governance in Eswatini. In Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (pp. 414-425). Springer, Cham.
- Metfula, A.S. and Chigona, W., 2014, September. In search of development in a national ICT policy: The case of Swaziland. In Proceedings of the Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference 2014 on SAICSIT 2014 Empowered by Technology (pp. 183-191).
- Metfula, A.S., Kunyenje, G. and Chigona, W., 2016, November. The influence of external actors in the formulation of national information and communications technology policies in developing countries: Case of Swaziland. In 2016 International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication Engineering (ICACCE) (pp. 137-145). IEEE.