Speakers

Mr. Julius Migos Ogamba, is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, who was before his appointment serving as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen), and Senior Partner at Migos-Ogamba and Waudo Advocate. Mr. Ogamba is a seasoned, visionary and accomplished legal practitioner of over 30 years’ experience. He is a driven advocate with a proven track record of leading teams, forging long-lasting client relationships and influencing organizational productivity by ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Prof. Mike Kuria is the CEO of the Commission for University Education (CUE), in Kenya. Previously, he was the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) whose mandate included quality of higher education in the East African Community (EAC) Partner States. Kuria has a wide experience with higher education and quality in the region having been the Director, Centre for Quality Assurance at Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya for 10 years.

Professor Jane-Frances Agbu is a distinguished academic with extensive experience in higher education and open and distance learning (ODL). She currently serves as an Adviser for Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning. She holds a PhD and a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Lagos, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Nigeria.

Prof Mpine Makoe is the Executive Dean of the College of Education and the National Research Foundation (NRF) rated research professor in Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) at the University of South Africa. She was a Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) chair in Open Education Practices/ Resources and currently the board member of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE), its OER ambassador and a founding member of the Global Doctoral Consortium.

Seasoned tech and product executive delivering leadership, strategic road-mapping for growth, and market and product innovation with a focus on education, cloud security, and privacy.

Mirjam van Reisen is Professor of FAIR Data Science at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) at Leiden University, and Professor International Relations, Innovation and Care at Tilburg University.

Rev. Prof. John Kobia Ataya is currently the Vice Chancellor of Kenya Methodist University. He is the pioneer of ODEL programs, Policy, and training at Kenya Methodist University. He is also a member of Dolpa-ea.