Browsing by Author "Kibirige, George"

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Exploring students’ skills and attitudes on effective use of ICTs: case study of selected Tanzanian public secondary schools
(Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015) Barakabitze, Alcardo Alex; Kitindi, Edvin J.; Sanga, Camilius; Kibirige, George; Makwinya, Noel
This study was conducted purposely following various initiatives and programmes by the Government of Tanzania to incorporate ICT in education since 2007 with the National ICT policy theme “ICT for improved education”. The study provides insights regarding secondary school students’ skills and attitudes in effective use of information and communication technology. The study was a co-relational and cross-sectional survey biased to the quantitative approach involving students, ICT teachers and school administrators. A total of 246 students from six public secondary schools in Tanzania were involved in this study. Primary data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Using inferential and descriptive analyzes, results show that, secondary school students do not have enough skills on effective use of information and communication technologies. However, students have basic knowledge in different aspects of ICTs particularly Internet and various hardware and software available in Tanzania. The implications to the approach of teaching and learning of ICT subjects in secondary schools, its evaluation and assessment and future initiatives related to ICT educations and infrastructure development have impacts towards creating a well-connected society. It is therefore recommended that secondary schools should provide enough ICT tools for students’ hands-on experiences. The utmost end result of integrating ICT in secondary education system will eventually be the economic engine of Tanzania by preparing her students for the knowledge based economy
Mobile phone based payment authentication system: an intervention for customers’ bank account fraud in Tanzania
(International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2014) Kitindi, Edvin J.; Alex, Alcardo; Sanga, Camilius; Shabani, Ayubu; Kibirige, George; Phillip, Joseph; Oketchi, Julius
Through the rapid development of ICTs in Tanzania, banking industry has experienced rapid change in the ways of service delivery to their customers. The society has experienced a rapid development in communication sector particularly on the use of mobile phones for banking. The commercial banks in Tanzania have also revolved their ways of operating and serving their customers. The central bank of Tanzania (BoT) is responsible in defining all the payment systems in Tanzania and control all the transaction being done by the commercial banks operating in the land of Tanzania. Currently, Tanzania has many payment instruments as defined by the BoT which divided into two main group Cash and Non-Cash payments instruments. The latter includes: payment orders, bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques and the electronic payment systems. In this paper, the security threats of these payment instruments have been discussed in detail. Some reported cases where organizations have been fleeced of their financial resources through dubious activities in Tanzania have been reviewed to verify the existing of the problem in discussion. In this paper, a Mobile phone based payment authentication system model to reduce the threats associated with non-cash payment implemented in Tanzania is proposed. Using this model, account holders are required to provide a final authentication of transaction through their registered mobile phone. This method if adopted will take care for any non-cash payment instruments. Also, some of the threats being discussed in this paper can be addressed by the proposed model.