Tarirai Chani

Tarirai Chani
Assistant Lecturer

Contact

+27 (0)11-950-4038

Qualifications

Qualification	Year	Institution
Masters in Computer Science	2009	University of Zululand, South Africa
BSc. Computer Science (Honours)	2005	Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

Teaching

Semester 1			Semester 2
Undergraduate
			FIT1009	e-Commerce Systems

Research

• Social factors affecting ICT adoption in rural communities
• Grid computing Service level agreements
• Grid computing security and trust in grid collaborations

Publications

Journal Papers

Salah Kabanda, Tarirai Chani and Mathew Adigun, “Underprivileged Students Motivation for Higher Academic Pursuit: A challenge for the South African Higher Educational Institutions.” The International Journal Of learning, Volume 14, 2007, pp.161-172.

Conference Papers

T. Chani, S. Kabanda, and M.O. Adigun, “A Theoretical Framework for E-government Service Accessibility Through Small and Micro Business (SMBs)”, In Proc. Of the 9th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, September, 2007

Salah Kabanda, Mathew Adigun and Tarirai Chani, “A Requirements Metamodel Framework for Enhancing Product Adoption”. In Proc. Of The South African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC), Sugar Beach Resort, Mauritius, September, 2007.

Tarirai Chani, Edgar Jembere, Salah Kabanda, Bethel Mutanga and Mathew Adigun . “Impact of Consumer Involvement in Grid SLA Creation”. In Proc. Of The South African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC), Royal Swazi Spa Conference Centre, Swaziland, 29 August-2 September, 2009.

T. Chani, J. Iyilade, B. Mutanga, S. Kabanda, and M.O. Adigun, “Towards A Consumer- Initiated SLA Template Creation Framework for Grid-based Service Environments”, Accepted for Poster Presentation at: South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT 2009), 13/14 October 2009.

T.Chani and Bruce Becker, “Development of an EUGridPMA-accredited Certificate Authority for the South African National Grid” IST Africa conference, 19-21 May 2010

Interests

I enjoy aerobics, martial arts, swimming and tennis.