Eric Blanco Blanco Niyitunga

Eric Blanco Niyitunga is a senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, in the College of Business and Economics, school of Public Governance, Management and Public Policy. Niyitunga holds a DLitt et Phil in Political Studies from the University of Johannesburg, and an MA in International Peace and Security from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, UK. Niyitunga holds BA in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (Magna Cum Laude) from Daystar University, Kenya. Niyitunga is a member of the African Leadership Centre. Niyitunga is a reader in critical issues international relations, African politics and studies, Africa’s international relations, digital diplomacy, international mediation, peacebuilding and statebuilding, service delivery in devolved governments and Artificial Intelligence technologies. Niyitunga has published extensively in the areas of political science, international relations, e-governance, peacebuilding and peace education, mediation, blockchain and Artificial intelligence. He has also published articles concerning health diplomacy and supervises MA and PhD students in health diplomacy, e-government, e-governance, politics of service delivery, Artificial Intelligence technologies, and Sustainable Development Goals.

Publications

Contributions of Africa’s Indigenous Knowledge to the Wave of Digital Technology: Decolonial Perspectives
Contributions of Africa’s Indigenous Knowledge to the Wave of Digital Technology: Decolonial Perspectives
Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2024. 361 pages.
Africa's contributions to global technological advancements are often overlooked, with many scholars claiming that the continent has yet to contribute significantly to...
E-Governance, E-Participation, and E-Service Delivery in the Parliament of Zimbabwe Amid COVID-19 Exigencies
E-Governance, E-Participation, and E-Service Delivery in the Parliament of Zimbabwe Amid COVID-19 Exigencies
Cleophas Gwakwara, Eric Blanco Blanco Niyitunga. © 2024. 16 pages.
This article explored how the Parliament of Zimbabwe (PoZ) leveraged e-governance, e-participation, and e-service delivery within COVID-19 pressures. The study used the...
Public Policy Reforms: A Scholarly Perspective on Education 5.0 Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe
Public Policy Reforms: A Scholarly Perspective on Education 5.0 Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe
Cleophas Gwakwara, Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2024. 18 pages.
Governments are duty-bound to carry out public policy reforms in a bid to address specific public concerns, needs, and social interests, and stir their economies on sustainable...
Africa's Indigenous Knowledge: Essential Ingredient for Digital Technology
Africa's Indigenous Knowledge: Essential Ingredient for Digital Technology
Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2024. 46 pages.
Indigenous knowledge refers to knowledge systems unique to a given culture. Tharakan argued that indigenous knowledge is differentiated from the modern and international...
Effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism on Indigenous Knowledge for Digital Technology in Africa
Effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism on Indigenous Knowledge for Digital Technology in Africa
Eric Blanco Niyitunga, Logic L. Modibedi. © 2024. 33 pages.
Over time, Indigenous knowledge has preserved distinctive understandings rooted in cultural experience and creativities that guide relations among human, non-human, and...
Coloniality Forces Within the Cold War and Neocolonialism: A Hindrance to Africa's Contributions to Digital Technology
Coloniality Forces Within the Cold War and Neocolonialism: A Hindrance to Africa's Contributions to Digital Technology
Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2024. 34 pages.
The troubling question that one needs to answer is whether the African continent's supply of raw materials, which depends on the functionality and advancement of digital...
The 4IR-Health Service Delivery Nexus: Can AI Address Challenges Facing South Africa's Healthcare Services That Affect Domestic Politics?
The 4IR-Health Service Delivery Nexus: Can AI Address Challenges Facing South Africa's Healthcare Services That Affect Domestic Politics?
Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2023. 17 pages.
The delivery of quality healthcare services to citizens is not only a constitutional right, but also the task and obligation of every government. However, bribery, lack of...
Mobile Financial Services: Design and Development – An Unexplored Pathway to Financial Inclusion
Mobile Financial Services: Design and Development – An Unexplored Pathway to Financial Inclusion
Alexander Maina Kimari, Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2021. 19 pages.
The chapter explores financial exclusion, its causes, and consequences in society. The chapter found that the existing discrepancy in financial inclusion between the developed...
Mobile Financial Services: Design and Development – An Unexplored Pathway to Financial Inclusion
Mobile Financial Services: Design and Development – An Unexplored Pathway to Financial Inclusion
Alexander Maina Kimari, Eric Blanco Niyitunga. © 2020. 24 pages.
The chapter explores financial exclusion, its causes, and consequences in society. The chapter found that the existing discrepancy in financial inclusion between the developed...