About Prof Bwisa
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics, 1986 Field: Economics, Planning, and Organization of the Management of Scientific and Technological Progress. Thesis: “Role of Scientific Progress (Science and Technology) in Industrializing the Developing Nations.”
AFFILIATIONS
- African Technology Policy Studies Network – Kenya Chapter
- Associate Member – Kenya Institute of Management
- Correspondent Member – World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW) – London
- Honorary Fellow Kenya Institute of Bankers
- Project Management Consultant – United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
- Permanent Representative – World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)
APPOINTED/ELECTED POSITIONS
- Chairman: African Agribusiness Incubator Network (AAIN) – HQ Accra – Ghana
- Director: Sorghum Value Chain Development Consortium Ltd. UniBRAIN
- Chairman: African Technology Policy Studies Network – Kenya chapter (1998 – 2008)
- Chairman: Kenya Paraplegic Organization (KPO) (2005-2010)
- External Examiner: Technical University of Kenya
- External Examiner: Kwazulu Natal University (South Africa)
- Examinations Board Member Kenya Institute of Bankers
- Chairman: Investment Promotion Center (2002- 2005)
- Chairman: Kenya Investment Authority (2005 – 2010)
- Chairman: Advisory Board Kenya Paraplegic Organization (2005 – 2010)
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Chairman: SIFATWE Self-help group (S.H.G)
- Patron: BWISEWE SELF HELP GROUP. A community-based group dedicated to uplifting the welfare of the members and the community
- Patron: Bumula Early Childhood Development Education teachers community based organization
- Patron: The Babichachi clan
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- 1994 to date: Director, Mukmik Consultants.
- 2006 to date Full Professor of entrepreneurship – JKUAT- Nairobi. Lecturer in Entrepreneurship; Consultancy; Management; Project Management; Business Planning; Technology and Innovation; Monitoring and Evaluation
- 1996 to 2006: Associate Professor of entrepreneurship, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), – Nairobi. Lecturer in Entrepreneurship; Consultancy; Management; Project Management; Business Planning; Technology and Innovation; Monitoring and Evaluation
- 1990 – 1996: Senior Lecturer in entrepreneurship, JKUAT. Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, and Management.
- 1989 – 1990: Lecturer in entrepreneurship, Kenyatta University, Nairobi. Lecturer in Economics, Project Evaluation, Development Planning, Management, and Research Methods.
- 1988 – 1989: Research Officer, Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute, Nairobi – Kenya. Main activities being Feasibility Studies, Market Research, and Industrial Researches.
- 1987 – 1988: Lecturer, the Kenya Polytechnic, Nairobi. Lecturer in Business Studies, Economics, Commerce.
- 1983 – 1986: Tutorial Fellow, Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics