CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS

Prof. Kah is currently the Vice Chancellor at the University of The Gambia. Prior to this appointment, Dean Kah was the founding Dean of the School of Information Technology and Communications at the American University of Nigeria.

Dean Kah was also appointed by the President of Nigeria through the Federal Territory Capital (FCT) Minister to serve as a Board Member in the Federal Government’s Abuja Technology Village.
He is also appointed by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to the Governing Board of the Digital Bridge Institute in Abuja.

He is also on the Board of Directors of the West African International School (WAIS) ; The Africa Brain gain Foundation, Kenya and is a Charter Member of the KPMG information Systems Ph.D. Project where he currently is serving as one of three national faculty advisor.

GENERAL EXPERTISE

One of the African continent’s eminent scholars on Information Technology and Poverty Reduction, Dean Kah’s academic research includes exploring ways in which advances in information communication technologies contribute to poverty reduction, economic growth and development, and enhances quality of life for developing economies and communities. He has several refereed conference papers, book chapters and peer reviewed journals articles in reputable Journals such as Journal of Franklin Institute, Journal of the Operation Research Society, Journal of Information Technology and Applications, Journal of Information Technology and Development, Journal of Micro-Finance, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management., etc . Since joining ABTI-AAUN, he has published several peer reviewed journal articles with the School of Information Technology and Communications and ABTI-American University of Nigeria as affiliation.

Dean Kah has been involved in several international consultancy engagements with the World Bank, Dubai Municipality, Dubai Chamber of Commerce, Dubai Internet City and Knowledge village, The Gambia Telecommunication Company, World Bank, etc. Dean Kah has also been involved in several international speaking engagements at The World Bank’s Africa Virtual University, as a Chair, Facilitator and International Technical Expert for the National Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Policy Forum of The Gambia, West Africa funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP); speaker at the Asia-Pacific Public Affairs Forum (APPAF) and National Genghis University, Taipei, Taiwan.

His computing skills span from Visual Basic, Oracle, Fox Pro, Powerbuilder, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage ); Flash; Dreamweaver; SPSS; SAS for Windows; EVIEWS, RATs, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project, Windows NT, Windows 2002; Windows XP; Mac Environment; UNIX, NetWare (LAN and WAN), Network Design and Planning, OPNET, VISIO, Internet/Intranet, Java, Perl, C and C++; SAP and the World Wide Web (WWW).

EDUCATION

Dean Kah completed his BS., MS. and Ph.D. at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, one of the top engineering and Technology Management schools in the USA. Dean Kah also holds a Masters of Science in Finance from The George Washington University, Washington, DC.

• Ph.D., Information Management (Systems) (1999) – Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
• MSF, Master of Science in Finance (1999) – The George Washington University, Washington, DC
• Advance Graduate Diploma, Human Factors Engineering (1994) – Stevens Institute of Technology
• MS. Information Management ( Systems) (1992) – Stevens Institute of Technology
• BS. Management Science (1992) – Stevens Institute of Technology
• AA/AS – Electronics Engineering and Mathematics (1990) – Miami Dade, Community College, Miami, Florida
• Diploma- Arabic Language(1988) – King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

PAST EXPERIENCES

Dean Kah was a faculty member in the School of Business, IT and e-commerce group at Rutgers University-Camden for five years. Prior to his appointment as Dean, he served as Chair of the Information Systems and Operations Management Department at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates where he was a visiting faculty member. Dean Kah also served in the faculty at Howard University, the premier Black Institution in the USA from 1996 to 2001 and also taught as an Adjunct Associate Professor at George Washington University, DC and Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada.

Prof. Kah was instrumental in the founding of The University of The Gambia ( the 1st and only) where he served as the International Advisor to the Vice Chancellor and was deeply involved in leading strategic planning, curricula development and faculty recruiting efforts of the University. Dean Kah has received several grants from organizations such as the MacArthur foundation, and founded the African Center for ICT Innovations and Training in Yola, Nigeria as a community initiative of the school of ITC and AUN.

Dean Kah has several years of experience in academic administration, curriculum and program development, coordination of accreditation efforts, financial management, budget development and strategic planning having served as Director of Institutional Research and Strategic Planning at Bloomfield College and Chair of the IS and Operations Management Department at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Dean Kah is a member of the Association for Information Systems; DSI; Internet Society; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Information Systems Auditing and Control Association (ISACA); New York Academy of Sciences

PERSONAL LIFE

Dean Kah is married to, Dr. Jainaba Kah who recently joined AUN as an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship and they have three beautiful daughters. Their home in the United Sates is, Gibbsboro, South Jersey.

Prof. Kah is fluent in English, Arabic, Wollof, some Mandinka, some Fula and some French.