Gertjan van Stam

Person with broad experience within many contexts, cultures, communities and governance systems. Global experience in research, strategy, community building, social and technical transformation, and sustainable progress. Harnessing personal networking, lived experiences, and holistic, transdisciplinary conceptualisation skills, for results in hands-on activities sustained through collaboration and co-productions.

Lived in urban and rural areas in Belgium (2 yrs), Eswatini, India, the Netherlands, Zambia (10 yrs) and Zimbabwe (11 yrs).

Gertjan van Stam has been involved with strategic developments in societies and technologies, with specific works in circular economy, information and communication technologies, the build environment, digital health, artificial intelligence, and intersectional studies, since 1987. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Tilburg University – the Netherlands, (PhD, Culture Studies), a Master of Technology in Information Technology (MTech, cum laude) from Nelson Mandela University – South Africa, and an engineering degree in telecommunications. 

In his activities, Gertjan deploys dynamic and integrative activities embedded in both the humanities and natural sciences at the intersection of society and materiality focussing on value(s), meaning-making, and embodiment. From invited, embedded research, he reports on insights and devises strategies and practical action that move the interaction of society, materiality, and economic life to a nuanced continuum involving inclusion and celebrates diversity/pluralism in human meaning-making, knowing, and ethical interaction.

Telephone: +31645314995, E-mail: gertjan@vanstam.net, g.van.stam@windesheim.nl, Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4618-6106, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gertjanvanstam/

Publications (authors are in alphabetical order):

Books

  1. Reflections: A narrative on displacement of technology and meaning in an African place. Gertjan van Stam (2017), Macha, Harare, Tilburg: Gertjan van Stam (public defense at Tilburg University part 1, part 2)
  2. e-Infrastructure and e-services for developing countries. Tegawendé Bissyande and Gertjan van Stam, Eds. (2014), London: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-08368-1
  3. A strategy to make ICT accessible in rural Zambia: A case study of Macha. Gertjan van Stam (2013), Port Elizabeth: Gertjan van Stam
  4. Placemark. Gertjan van Stam (2011), Macha: Gertjan van Stam, ISBN: 978-90-817939-0-2

Book Chapters

  1. Communiversity: on academic cooperation with Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2024), in A. Westerhof (ed.) A European Africa Agenda 2025-2100. Towards effective long-term strategies for migration. Amersfoort: Sallux, ISBN 97894-92697-38-7
  2. Regional trends in engineering: Africa. Yashin Brijmohan, Martin Manuhwa, and Gertjan van Stam (2021), in Engineering for sustainable development (pp. 172–179). Paris: UNESCO, ISBN 978-92-3-100437-7
  3. “The prophet says the coronavirus will disappear on 28 March”: COVID-19 and the new digital and human security dimensions. António Cartaxo, Kristina Melicherová, Anouk Smeets, Klara Smits, Misha Stocker, Lisanne van Mourik, Mirjam van Reisen, and Gertjan van Stam (2020), in Fred van Iersel (Ed), Vredeseducatie in de krijgsmacht (religie en veiligheid V, pp. 45-74). Utrecht: Eburon, ISBN: 978-94-6301-314-7
  4. Why do foreign solutions not work in Africa? Recognising alternate epistemologies. Gertjan van Stam (2019), in M. van Reisen, M. Mawere, M. Stokmans, & K. A. Gebre-Egziabher (Eds.), Roaming Africa: Migration, Resilience and Social Protection (pp. 55–82). Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-551-01-9
  5. Language dominance in the framing of problems and solutions: The Language of mobility. Munyaradzi Mawere, Mirjam van Reisen, Gertjan van Stam, G. (2019), in M. van Reisen, M. Mawere, M. Stokmans, & K. A. Gebre-Egziabher (Eds.), Mobile Africa: Human Trafficking and the Digital Divide (pp. 539–568). Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-551-13-2
  6. Black holes in the global digital landscape: The fuelling of human trafficking on the African continent. Munyaradzi Mawere, Nakazibwe, P., Ong’ayo, O., Stokmans, M., Mirjam van Reisen, Gertjan van Stam (2019), in M. van Reisen, M. Mawere, M. Stokmans, & K. A. Gebre-Egziabher (Eds.), Mobile Africa: Human Trafficking and the Digital Divide (pp. 13–42). Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-551-13-2
  7. Community engagement in community networks in rural Zambia: The case of Macha Works. Fred Mweetwa and Gertjan van Stam (2018), in Global Information Society Watch 2018. Community Networks, (pp. 256–259), Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), ISBN: 978-92-95113-06-0
  8. Oratio: A framing of knowledge in the context of technology and academia. Munyaradzi Mawere and Gertjan van Stam (2017), in M. Mawere & T. R. Mubaya (Eds.), African Studies in the Academy. The Cornucopia of Theory, Praxis and Transformation in Africa? (pp. 251–264), Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-762-22-4
  9. The coming-of-age of super-colonialism. Gertjan van Stam (2017), in M. Mawere & T. R. Mubaya (Eds.), African Studies in the Academy. The Cornucopia of Theory, Praxis and Transformation in Africa? (pp. 13–40), Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-762-22-4
  10. Tracing the Emergence of ICT-Enabled Human Trafficking for Ransom. Mirjam van Reisen, Zecarias Gerrima, Eyob Ghilazghy, Selam Kidane, Conny Rijken, and Gertjan van Stam (2017), in R. Piotrowicz, C. Rijken, & B. H. Uhl (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking (pp. 146–156), London: Routledge, ISBN: 978-1-138-89206-4
  11. Unveiling orientalism in foreign narratives for engineering for development that target Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Munyaradzi Mawere (Ed.), Development Perspectives from the SOUTH. Troubling Metrics of [Under-]development in Africa, Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-764-97-6
  12. Pillage, plunder and migration in Africa: On the expatriation of riches and remittances. Munyaradzi Mawere and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Munyaradzi Mawere (Ed.), Development Perspectives from the SOUTH. Troubling Metrics of [Under-]development in Africa, Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-764-97-6
  13. Ubuntu as communal love: Critical reflections on the sociology of ubuntu and communal life in sub-Saharan Africa. Munyaradzi Mawere and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Munyaradzi Mawere & Ngonidzashe Marongwe (Eds.), Politics, Violence and Conflict Management in Africa: Envisioning Transformation, Peace and Unity in the Twenty-First Century, Langaa RPCIG, Bamenda, ISBN: 9789956763542
  14. African engineering and the quest for sustainable development: Levelling the ground for all players. Munyaradzi Mawere and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Munyaradzi Mawere & A. Nhemachena (Eds.), Theory, Knowledge, Development and Politics: What Role for the Academy in the Sustainability of Africa? Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, ISBN: 978-9956-763-64-1
  15. Maslow’s Theory of Human Motivation and its Deep Roots in Individualism: Interrogating Maslow’s Applicability in Africa. Munyaradzi Mawere,T. R. Mubaya, Mirjam van Reisen, and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Munyaradzi Mawere, A. Nhemachena (Eds.) Theory, Knowledge, Development and Politics: What Role for the Academy in the Sustainability of Africa?, Langaa RPCIG, Bamenda, ISBN: 978-9956-763-64-1
  16. Paradigm Clash, Imperial Methodological Epistemologies and Development in Africa: Observations from rural Zimbabwe and Zambia. Munyaradzi Mawere and Gertjan van Stam (2015), in Munyaradzi Mawere, T. Mwanaka (Eds.) Development, Governance, and Democracy: A Search for Sustainable Democracy and Development in Africa, Langaa RPCIG, Bamenda, ISBN 978-9956-763-00-9
  17. Ubuntu and Peace: Without a Mother, there is no Home. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in M. van Reisen (Ed.) Women’s Leadership in Peace-Building: Conflict, Community and Care, Africa Words Books, Trenton, NJ, ISBN: 978-1-59221-994-0
  18. Gertjan van Stam (2011), in J. Geelhoed and S. Samhoud (2011), Be Useful. Netherlands: Academic Service, ISBN: 978-90-52618-39-5
  19. Gertjan van Stam (2010), in S. Samhoud (2010), The World into Connection. Utrecht: &Samhoud

Keynotes / Invited Addresses

  1. AI and the Society: Seeing AI proper, Artificial Intelligence “Indaba” for Higher and Tertiary Education Institutions, Harare, online, Harare, Zimbabwe, 9 April 2024
  2. How Linear Economies colonise Circular Economies, A Story on Values and Purpose in Economic Life, Global Project and Change Management at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands, 15 February 2024 (recording)
  3. African Vibes, 8th African Conference on Information Systems & Technology (ACIST) 2022, online, Blantyre, Malawi, 26 August 2022
  4. Dynamism and located symbols: diversity in ubiquitous computing, the Second African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, online, Zimbabwe, 8 December 2020
  5. Decolonising digital tech, matters of perspective, Decolonizing Information & Communication Technologies for Development. The Information School at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, online, UK, 7 October 2020
  6. Digital health in public health, matters of perspective, International Virtual Conference on Public Health (IVCPH 2020), online, Sri Lanka, 28 August 2020
  7. Towards the African Expression of Technology, Public Lecture Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 10 March 2020
  8. Health in a Digital World. Matters of Perspectives, ZiMA eHealth Symposium, Harare, Zimbabwe, 21 August 2019
  9. Decolonisation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). A Toolbox towards African Expressions of Technology, Computer Society of Zimbabwe, Summerschool, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 9 November 2018
  10. Nature and Nurture, Releasing Latent Energies in African Research and Development, EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas (INTERSOL 2018), Kigali, Rwanda, 24 March 2018 
  11. Decolonizing Science: Switching the Paradigm to ‘Community’, University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa, 6 Nov 2017
  12. African Engineering Agency and the Informatisation of the World.The case of Big Data and Information and Communication Technologies, EAI International Conference for Research, Innovation and Development for Africa (ACRID 2017), Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 20 Jun 2017
  13. Orientalism Embedded in Foreign Narratives of Technology for Development, Chinhoyi University of Technology, 1st Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Conference, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, 2 Aug 2016
  14. African Engineers and the Quest for Sustainable Development: Levelling the Ground for all Players, IEEE PES Power Africa Conference, Livingstone, Zambia, 1 Jul 2016
  15. Experience of Providing Wireless Access to Rural Communities, South African Department of Science and Technology and the European Union, Pretoria, South Africa, 12 Feb 2013
  16. The Unfolding Revolution in Education, Association of Computer Teacher Zimbabwe (ACTZ), Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 Feb 2013
  17. Towards an Africanised expression of ICT, Africomm 2012, Yaounde, Cameroon, 12 Nov 2012
  18. Is Technology the Solution to the World’s Major Social Challenges?, Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2012, Seattle, WA, USA, 23 Oct 2012  (keynote) (recording)
  19. Observations from rural Africa: An engineer involved in ICTs and critical ethnography in Macha, Zambia, UCSB Center for Information Technology and Society Lecture Series, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 17 Oct 2012
  20. Pervasive / Ubiquitously Connected, IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications (ICPCA2011), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 20 Oct 2011

Papers

  1. Circular economy through living community. Gertjan van Stam (in press). NBM 2024. Peer-Reviewed Conference Paper.
  2. Family businesses and a circular economy – explorative notion. Liesbeth Rijsdijk, Gertjan van Stam (in press). NBM 2024. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  3. Conceptualisation and practices in Digital Health: Voices from Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2022). African Health Sciences. vol 22, no. 1 (pp 664-672). Peer-reviewed Journal Paper
  4. Understanding digital health in Africa: The amalgamation of interventions, services, platforms, and experts, in diverse social and political contexts. Gertjan van Stam (2022). IFIP WG 9.4 Conference, 25-27 May 2022 (online). Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  5. Digital health and Africa: An emerging narrative. Gertjan van Stam (2021). In 13th Annual AIS SIG GlobDev Pre-ICIS Workshop, 12 December 2021, Austin, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  6. A portfolio of digital platforms and services for digital health interventions, a case in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Ronald Manhibi, Laura Ruckstuhl, Amadeus Shamu, Janneke van Dijk, Gertjan van Stam (2021). Africomm 2021, 1 Dec 2021, Zanzibar. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  7. Developing a Digital Information and Consultation Platform in Zimbabwe. Trymore Chawurura, Shepherd Chikomo, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke van Dijk, Gertjan van Stam (2021). Africomm 2021, 1-3 Dec 2021, Zanzibar. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  8. Individuals, conglomerates, persons, and communities. Gertjan van Stam (2021). African Sociological Review, vol 25, no. 1 (pp 32-47). Peer-reviewed Journal Paper.
  9. Design of a FAIR digital data health infrastructure in Africa for COVID-19 reporting and research. Ibrahim Abdullahi, Samson Yohannes Amare, Aliya Aktau, Wondimu Ayele, Mariam Basajja, Kudakwashe Chindoza, Erik Flikkenschild, Sakinat Folorunso, Merien Ghardallou, John Graybeal, Putu Hadi Purnama Jati, Abdullahi Abubakar Kawu, Yi Lin, Fenghong Liu, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Mouhamed Mpezamihgo, Mark A Musen, Reginald Nalugala, Fransisca Oladipo, Obinna Osigwe, Erik Schultes, Joëlle Stocker, Mia Stokmans, Getu Tadele Taye, Mirjam van Reisen, Gertjan van Stam, Katy Wolstencroft, Morgane Wirtz (2021). Advanced Genetics. Peer-reviewed Journal Paper.
  10. Appropriation, coloniality, and digital technologies. Observations from within an African place. Gertjan van Stam (2021). Proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, 2021 (pp. 709-721). Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  11. Access to digital platforms: Can ’mobile’ networks coverage reports be relied upon? Observations from Zambia and Zimbabwe. Gertjan van Stam (2021). Proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, 2021 (pp. 709-721). Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  12. Digital health in international cooperation. Gertjan van Stam (2021). Medicus Mundi Bulletin, Swiss Online Journal for International Cooperation and Health, (157).
  13. Towards country-level capacity for Electronic Health Facilities. Trymore Chawurura, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke H van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2021). Medicus Mundi Bulletin, Swiss Online Journal for International Cooperation and Health (157).
  14. Digital Health, Technology, and Digital Diplomacy: African Solutions for African Challenges. Munyaradzi Mawere, and Gertjan van Stam (2020), Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, vol. 22, no. 1 (pp. 35–45). Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  15. Power Inequities. Observations on the Development of Information and Communication Technologies, from an African Place. Gertjan van Stam (2020), in WebSci’20 Companion: 12th ACM Conference on Web Science Proceedings, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  16. Data Sovereignty, a perspective from Zimbabwe. Munyaradzi Mawere, and Gertjan van Stam (2020), in WebSci’20 Companion: 12th ACM Conference on Web Science Proceedings, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  17. Electricity and Solar Power in Health Institutes, complexities in rural Zimbabwe. Neville Chitiyo, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2020), in IST-Africa 2020, online 18 – 22 May 2020, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  18. Method of Research in a We-Paradigm, lessons on Living Research in Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2019), in Nielsen P., Kimaro H. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham, pp. 72-82, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  19. eHealth in Zimbabwe, a case of techno-social development. Trymore Chawurura, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2019), in Nielsen P., Kimaro H. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham, pp. 15-26, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  20. Participatory Video, giving Voice and Respect to the Epistemic Sovereignty of communities in rural Zimbabwe. Peter Makamba, Chido Matewa, Janneke van Dijk, Gertjan van Stam, and Peter Vhoko (2019), in Nielsen P., Kimaro H. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham, pp. 110-121, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  21. eLearning in an African Place: How ‘alien’ eLearning Models are Failing Many in Africa. Munyaradzi Mawere and Gertjan van Stam (2019), in Nielsen P., Kimaro H. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham, pp. 421-432, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  22. Research in Africa for Africa? Probing the Effect and Credibility of Research Done by Foreigners for Africa. Munyaradzi Mawere, and Gertjan van Stam (2019), in Nielsen P., Kimaro H. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham, pp. 168-179, Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  23. eHealth: Connecting communities for health, selected cases in Zimbabwe. Michael Hobbins, Moven Kavenga, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2018), in Medicus Mundi Schweiz Bulletin 148. Journal Article.
  24. An Introspective, Strategic Narrative on Living Research on Technology and Community in an African place. Gertjan van Stam (2017), in Strategic Narratives of Technology and Africa, 1-2 Sep 2017, Funchal, Madeira. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  25. Community Engagement for eHealth in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Joseph Bishi, Amadeus Shamu, Janneke van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2017), in 1st International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, 23-25 Aug 2017, Lusaka Zambia. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  26. mMoney Remittances: Contributing to the Quality of Rural Health Care. Harry Fulgencio, Antony Otieno Ong’ayo, Janneke van Dijk, Mirjam van Reisen, and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Africomm 2016, 6-7 Dec 2016, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  27. The Shortcomings of Globalised Internet Technology in Southern Africa. David Johnson and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Africomm 2016, 6-7 Dec 2016, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  28. Africa’s Non-inclusion in Defining Fifth Generation Mobile Networks. Gertjan van Stam (2016), in Africomm 2016, 6-7 Dec 2016, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  29. ICT Training in Rural Zimbabwe: The Case of Murambinda Works. Joseph Bish, Simbarashe Bishi, Gertjan van Stam (2016), 1st Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Research Conference, Chinhoyi University of Technology, 2-5 August 2016, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  30. Orientalism Embedded in Foreign Narratives of Technology of Development. Gertjan van Stam (2016), in 1st Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Conference, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. Invited Conference Paper.
  31. The Potential for use of TV White Spaces for the Internet in Zimbabwe. Fred Gweme and Gertjan van Stam (2016), in 1st Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Conference, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  32. E-Waste in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Fred Gweme, Hasha Maringe, Luka Ngoyi, and Gertjan van Stam, in 1st Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Conference, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  33. An African View on Migration and an Alternative Understanding of Remittances. Gertjan van Stam (2016), in GAIC, The Hague, the Netherlands. Invited Conference Paper.
  34. Experience in Research and Development in rural Zambia and Zimbabwe. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in RAE Workshop-4 ‘Enriching Engineering Education’, Harare, Zimbabwe. Invited Conference Paper.
  35. Framing “ICT Access in Rural Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in 11th CIRN Conference, Prato, Italy. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  36. Community-Enabled Networks: Macha Works and its Strategy for ICT Access in Rural Areas. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in Participatory Networks Workshop at PDC 2014, Windhoek, Namibia. Invited Conference Paper.
  37. Review of an African Rural Internet Network and related Academic Interventions. Darelle van Greunen and Gertjan van Stam (2014), Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  38. Thoughts on African Content and Implementation Strategies involved in ICT Access in (rural) Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in HSRC, Seminar Series, Pretoria, South Africa. 
    Invited Conference Paper.
  39. Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in National Dialogue on ICT for Education for Sustainable Development, Juliasdale, Zimbabwe. Invited Conference Paper.
  40. African Engineering and Colonialistic Conditioning. Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Invited Conference Paper.
  41. Circumstances and Experiences concerning Education for Innovation. Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Computer Society of Zimbabwe Summer School “ICT – Creating Africa’s Quantum Leap,” Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Invited Conference Paper.
  42. “Sustainable ICT4D in Africa: Where Do We Go From Here? Daouda Ahmat, Tegawendé Bissyande, Jaques Klein, Yves Le Traon, Jonathan Ouoba, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  43. Power Instability in Rural Zambia, Case Macha. David Johnson, Consider Mudenda, Lisa Parks, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  44. Assessing the potential of eAgriculture in Zimbabwe. Joseph Bishi, Attlee Gamundani, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  45. Progressing Services in African Mobile Networks utilizing Big Data Research. Gary Brooking, Gilford Hapanyengwi, Solomon Kembo, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  46. Thought Leadership in e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business in Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  47. Building capacity for remote, rural knowledge exchange: a global health collaboration. K. Afari-Dekyi, E. Ansotinge, J. Antwi, L. Chifwaila, F. Fraser, A. C. Mason, P. Moyo, Consider Mudenda, C. Turner, G. Urquhart, J. M. Vallis, Gertjan van Stam, and A. Wales (2013), in NHSScotland Event, Glasgow, Scotland. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  48. eLearning in Africa and the Opportunity for Innovative Credentialing. Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  49. Inclusive Community Engagement in Social Innovation, case Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  50. MOOCs, An Opportunity for African Influence in Western Civilisation? Gertjan van Stam (2013), in eLearning Africa, Windhoek, Namibia. Invited Conference Paper.
  51. A Novel Model for Academic, Transcultural, and Global ICT Education, employing the full potential of ICT, Alec Malichi, Gerard van Oortmerssen, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in International Conference on ICT for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  52. Stakeholder Theory and ICT in rural Macha, Zambia. Astrid Kroczek, Fred Mweetwa, Gertjan van Stam  (2013), in International Conference on ICT for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  53. Experience of Providing Wireless Access to Rural Communities. Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Policy dialogue by the South African Department of Science and Technology and the European Union in partnership with the HSRC on ’Extending access and connectivity across rural communities in South Africa’, Pretoria, South Africa. Invited Conference Paper.
  54. Towards an Africanised Expression of ICT. Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  55. ICT Training in Rural Zambia, the case of LinkNet Information Technology Academy. Consider Mudenda and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  56. Open BTS, a GSM experiment in rural Zambia. Jacqueline Mpala and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  57. The Bandwidth Divide: Obstacles to Efficient Broadband Adoption in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Elizabeth Belding, David Johnson, Lisa Parks, Veljko Pejovic, Gertjan van Stam, and Mariya Zheleva (2012), International Journal Communications, vol. 6, pp. 2467–2491. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  58. Constraints for Information and Communications Technologies implementation in rural Zambia. David Johnson, Consider Mudenda, Veljko Pejovic, Austin Sinzala, Darelle van Greunen, and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  59. Towards an IEEE Strategy in Social Innovation. Gertjan van Stam (2012), in IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  60. Building Capacity for E-learning for Nurse Training in Zambia and Ghana: Appropriate Computer Technologies? K. Afari-Dekyi, E. Ansotinge, J. Antwi, L. Chifwaila, F. Fraser, A. C. Mason, P. Moyo, Consider Mudenda, C. Turner, G. Urquhart, J. M. Vallis, Gertjan van Stam, and A. Wales (2012), in Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries (AHT 2012), London, United Kingdom. Conference Paper.
  61. Oral Budgeting in rural Macha, Southern Province, Zambia. Gertjan van Stam (2012), Anthropological Notebooks, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 41 − 46. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  62. Modeling and Practise of Integral Development in rural Zambia. Case Macha. Jasper Bets, Gertjan van Stam, and Anne-Marie Voorhoeve (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  63. Community Radio Provides Elderly a Platform to Have Their Voices Heard in rural Macha, Zambia. Fred Mweetwa and Gertjan van Stam (2012), Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 8, no. 1. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  64. Technology Retains Talent, Gertjan van Stam (2011), ICT-Update, vol. 62, pp. 4–6. Magazine Article.
  65. VillageShare: Facilitating content generation and sharing in rural networks. Elizabeth Belding, David Johnson, Veljko Pejovic, and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Second annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV 2012), Atlanta, GA, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  66. Network traffic locality in a rural African village. Elizabeth Belding, David Johnson, and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, pp. 268–277, Atlanta, GA, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  67. Information and Knowledge Transfer in the rural community of Macha, Zambia. Gertjan van Stam (2013), Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  68. Traffic Characterization and Internet Usage in Rural Africa. Elizabeth Belding, David Johnson, Veljko Pejovic, and Gertjan van Stam (2011), 20th international conference companion on World Wide Web, pp. 493-502. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  69. A Rural Implementation of a 52 Node Mixed Wireless Mesh Network in Macha, Zambia. Jonathan Backens, Gregory Mweemba, and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in E-Infrastructures and E-Services on Developing Countries (Africomm 2010), pp. 32–39, Maputo, Mozambique. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  70. Relatio: An Examination of the Relational Dimension of Resource Allocation. Kevin Sheneberger and Gertjan van Stam (2011), Economics and Finance Review, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 26 – 33. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  71. ePiano, a case of music education via internet in rural Zambia. Kristin Shoemaker and Gertjan van Stam (2010), in WebScience10, Raleigh, NC, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  72. Macha Works! Gerard van Oortmerssen and Gertjan van Stam (2010), in WebScience10, Raleigh, NC, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  73. Internet Usage and Performance Analysis of a Rural Wireless Network in Macha, Zambia. Kevin Almeroth, Elizabeth Belding, David Johnson, and Gertjan van Stam (2010), in 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions, San Francisco, CA, USA. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.
  74. Opportunities and challenges of E-learning in Zambia: Experiences and Reflections. S. Banda, M. Labib, Juul Schurgers, and Gertjan van Stam, (2009), Medical Journal of Zambia, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 119–124. Peer-reviewed Journal Article.
  75. Bringing Internet connectivity to rural Zambia using a collaborative approach. Karel Matthee, Gregory Mweemba, Adrian Pais, Marijn Rijken, and Gertjan van Stam (2007), in IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2007), Bangalore, India. Peer-reviewed Conference Paper.

Posters

  1. eHealth in Zimbabwe: UHC and a case of local techno-social development, Trymore Chawurura, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2019), Peer-Reviewed Abstract, in Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2019), Kigali, Rwanda
  2. Universal Health Coverage – shifting the national Human Resource training, monitoring and evaluation paradigm towards eHealth in Zimbabwe, Tsitsi Apollo, Albert Mulingwa, and Gertjan van Stam (2019), Peer-Reviewed Abstract, in Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2019), Kigali, Rwanda
  3. Developing eHealth apps towards Universal Health Coverage – a bottom-up approach in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Joseph Bishi, Ronald Manhibi, and Gertjan van Stam (2019), Peer-Reviewed Abstract, in Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2019), Kigali, Rwanda
  4. Framing “ICT Access in Rural Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2014), in 11th CIRN Conference, Prato, Italy (paper) (presentation)
  5. Assessing the potential of eAgriculture in Zimbabwe. Joseph Bishi, A. M. Gamundani, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi (paper)
  6. Building capacity for remote, rural knowledge exchange: a global health collaboration. K. Afari-Dekyi, E. Ansotinge, J. Antwi, L. Chifwaila, F. Fraser, A. C. Mason, P. Moyo, Consider Mudenda, C. Turner, G. Urquhart, J. M. Vallis, Gertjan van Stam, and A. Wales (2013), in NHSScotland Event, Glasgow, Scotland (paper)
  7. Constraints for Information and Communications Technologies implementation in rural Zambia. David Johnson, Consider Mudenda, V. Pejovic, Austin Sinzala, Darelle van Greunen, and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon (paper)
  8. Progressing Services in African Mobile Networks utilizing Big Data Research. Gary Brooking, Gilford Hapanyengwi, Salomon Kembo, and Gertjan van Stam (2013), in Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), Blantyre, Malawi (paper)
  9. ICT Training in Rural Zambia, the case of LinkNet Information Technology Academy. Consider Mudenda and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon (paper)
  10. Modeling and Practise of Integral Development in rural Zambia. Case Macha, Jasper Bets, Gertjan van Stam, and A. Voorhoeve (2012), in Fourth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), Yaounde, Cameroon (paper)
  11. Network traffic locality in a rural African village. Elizabeth Belding, David Johnson, and Gertjan van Stam (2012), in Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, Atlanta, GA, USA (paper)
  12. ePiano, a case of music education via internet in rural Zambia. Kristin Shoemaker and Gertjan van Stam (2010), in WebScience10, Raleigh, NC, USA (paper)
  13. Macha Works! Gerard van Oortmerssen and Gertjan van Stam (2010), in WebScience10, Raleigh, NC, USA (paper)

Abstracts, Working Papers, Briefing Notes, Reports

  1. Circular economy, people, and ecology: A case for just transition, inclusive and regenerative
    business models. Kees Klomp, Antony Otieno Ong’ayo, Gertjan van Stam (in press), in NBM 2024. Peer-Reviewed Extended Abstract.
  2. Data-sovereignty and clinical-research, a case of mental health research with data-handling and repository in Zimbabwe. Stephanie Hossman, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke H van Dijk, Gertjan van Stam (2021), in 7th International Conference on Public Health 2021 (ICOPH 2021). Peer-Reviewed Abstract. Presentation.
  3. Transnational Framework Digital Health in International Cooperation. Gertjan van Stam (2021). Medicus Mundi Switzerland.
  4. Rolling out Laboratory Information Management System and Viral Load information flow management beyond Masvingo Provincial Hospital in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Ronald Manhibi, Tendai Shamu, Ravai Simbi, Janneke H van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2020). In Public Health Conference (ICOPH 2020). Peer-reviewed conference abstract. Presentation
  5. Stocktaking the digital health infrastructure in Zimbabwe. Trymore Chawurura, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke H van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2020). In Public Health Conference (ICOPH 2020). Peer-reviewed conference abstract. Presentation
  6. Teleophthalmology in rural Zimbabwe, a case of platform development using a bottom-up approach. Ronald Manhibi, Marvelous Mashamba, Adrian Musengi, Alvern Mutengerere, Janneke H van Dijk, and Gertjan van Stam (2020). In Public Health Conference (ICOPH 2020). Peer-reviewed conference abstract. Presentation
  7. Community networks in the African context: opportunities and barriers. Carlos Rey-Moreno, Josephine Miliza, Fred Mweetwa, Gertjan van Stam, David Johnson (2016), Nairobi, Kenya: AfriCHI (pp. 237–241). Peer-reviewed Abstract.
  8. Terms of Endearment: sustainable ICT development. Gertjan van Stam (2013), Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa: HSRC
  9. The positioning of IEEE to validate Blended Learning, and Case Africa. Gertjan van Stam (2013), IEEE Board of Directors Ad Hoc Committee for Humanitarian Activities, Seattle, WA, USA
  10. Towards Positioning Gateway in the Education Revolution. Gertjan van Stam (2013), Harare, Zimbabwe: Gateway
  11. Connecting rural Zambia. Gertjan van Stam (2008), Lusaka, Zambia: CAZ
  12. An Inclusive World. Gertjan van Stam (2008), IEEE GOLDRush
  13. LinkNet Masterplan, Communications for rural Zambia. Gertjan van Stam (2006), Macha: LinkNet
  14. Non-Monetary Incentives for Human Resource Retention in the Health Sector, Gertjan van Stam (2006), Lusaka: EU

Lectures, Presentations, Webinars

  1. Resonance @ Spoorzone, Gertjan van Stam, Unconference, Zwolle, the Netherlands, 24 april 2024
  2. Van Doem- naar Doenscenario, Waarden en relaties als fundament om te verbinden (From a Scenario of Doom to a Scenario of Doing, Values and relationships as the foundation for connecting), Marcus Popkema, Gertjan van Stam, Versnellingshuis, Hillegom, The Netherlands, 11 April 2024
  3. Gedrag en Circulaire Economy (Behaviour and Circular Economy), Gertjan van Stam, Arleen Westerhof, CMBC, Nijkerk, The Netherlands, 12 October 2023
  4. Digital Health in low income countries: how do we proceed, Symposium “Crossing borders to improve global treatment in Plastic Surgery”, Universiteit van Amsterdam (UMC), 30 September 2021
  5. Data and Technical Sovereignties in the context of European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and FAIR Data for Youth-Employment in Africa, a Zimbabwean Perspective, EADI ISS 2021 (online), 7 July 2021 (presentation)
  6. Lectures at University of Western Cape, Erasmus University, and various other universities during 2020.
  7. eSaúde @ Masvingo Zimbábue. Universidade Católica de Moçambique, Pemba, Mozambique, 5 December 2019 (presentation)
  8. Information and .Communication Technologies. A Social-Digital Narrative on ICTs .from an African positionality, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa, 16 October 2019 (through Skype, presentation)
  9. Health in a Diverse World. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 27 August 2019 (presentation
  10. Use of Information and Community Technologies to Amplify Zimbabwean Intent – an Ethnographic Analysis. Masvingo eHealth Day, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 3 August 2019 (presentation)
  11. African Culture and Apps Design. Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, 13 March 2019 (through Skype, presentation)
  12. eHealth – setting the scene. .”Digital Health, a Matter of Perspective”. Zimbabwe College of Public Health Physicians, Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2019 (presentation)
  13. Commission, Technology, and Africa. Indigitous Nairobi Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 6-7 July 2018 (presentation)
  14. Decolonisation of ICT. Computer Society of Zimbabwe, Harare Chapter, Harare, Zimbabwe, 27 June 2018 (presentation)
  15. eHealth, a Perspective from Masvingo. Computer Society of Zimbabwe Summerschool 2017, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 16 Nov 2017
  16. ICT in an African Place. University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, 6 Nov 2017 (presentation)
  17. Non-Western Culture. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Minor Global Health lecture series, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 14 Sep 2017 (presentation)
  18. Professional Health Education, a case of implementation of eHealth in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. ZIMA Conference, Harare, Zimbabwe (presentation)
  19. eHealth: Perspectives from Masvingo Province. Computer Society of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, 9 May 2017
  20. Icônes de Super-Colonialisme. Université de Ouagadougou I, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 8 Dec 2016
  21. Introduction to Cultural Diversity. Hanze University, Groningen, Netherlands, 5 Oct 2016
  22. Social/Political Rights, An African Toolkit. Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 14 Sep 2016
  23. Embodied and Disembodied Presence. Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, 12 Sep 2016
  24. Cultural Diversity. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Minor Global Health lecture series, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 8 Sep 2016
  25. Murambinda Works. Chinhoyi University of Technology, 1st Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Conference, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, 4 Aug 2016 (presentation)
  26. Towards an African Expression of ICT. University of Cape Town, through Skype in Cape Town, South Africa, 16 May 2016
  27. Remittances and Health, African Reality Check. Leiden University, Advisers Research Group Globalisation, Ageing, Innovation and Care (GAIC), The Hague, Netherlands, 15 Apr 2016
  28. Paradigm Clash. Carnegie Mellon University, Rwanda, Kigali, 9 Nov 2015
  29. Coloniality and the Big Five. Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo, 22-23 September 2015
  30. Cultural Diversity. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Minor Global Health lecture series, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10 Sep 2015
  31. Contextual Strategy and Leadership, Africa’s Big 5. Hospital Management Teams, Morgenster and Gutu Missions, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 28 Aug 2015
  32. Health, ICT Enabled, case Brown Bag. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 6 Aug 2015
  33. Paradigm Clash. Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 23 Jun 2015
  34. Paradigm Clash. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 Feb 2015
  35. Paradigm Clash. University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, 25 Feb 2015
  36. Exchange in Health Care between Europe and Africa – a critical perspective from Southern Africa. Tilburg University, Advisers Research Group Globalisation, Ageing, Innovation and Care (GAIC), Tilburg, Netherlands, 16 Jan 2015
  37. Vision and Overview on IEEE and Africa. IEEE Head Quarters, IEEE Management Team, Piscataway NJ, USA, 6 Jan 2015
  38. ZIMASSET and Opportunities for African ICT, What Shall We Be? Computer Society of Zimbabwe, Summerschool on IT-Governance: A Pillar for Development, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 14 Nov 2014
  39. Experience in Research and Development in (rural) Africa: Towards an African Expression of Technology. University of Zimbabwe, RAE Workshop 4 on Enriching Engineering Education in Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe, 6 Nov2014
  40. An Introduction to Imperialism & Rural African Experiences. Amsterdam University College, Minor The Changing World of International Relations,  Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23 Oct 2014
  41. Social Innovation. Amsterdam University College, Minor HR and International Law, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23 Oct 2014
  42. Social Innovation in Zimbabwe. University of Zimbabwe, Department of Engineering, Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 Sep 2014
  43. An introduction to Social Innovation in (rural) Africa. Erasmus University, Minor International Health & Tropical Medicine, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 26 Aug 2014
  44. Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development, Informatising Zimbabwe. Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC), , Harare, Zimbabwe, 26 Jun 2014
  45. Research, Context and Implementation. University of Western Cape (UWC), Computer Science Dep., Cape Town, South Africa, 17 Apr 2014
  46. Thoughts on African content and implementation strategies involved in ICT access in (rural) Africa. Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC),  Pretoria, South Africa, 5 March 2014, (paper)
  47. ICT, Health Care and Big Data. Medical and Health Expo – Digitalisation of Medical Industry Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 Dec 2013
  48. ICT Opportunities in Development. African Agriculture/Health/Social Services. Computer Society of Zimbabwe Summerschool 2013, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 15 Nov 2013
  49. Liberating Technologies, from Research to Progress. Computer Society of Zimbabwe Summerschool 2013, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 14 Nov 2013
  50. African e-Learning, a Call for Exploring MOOCs and All. Technology For Teaching And Learning Forum 2013, Sandton, South Africa, 17 Oct 2013
  51. Lessons Learned from the African Culture: Global Impact?. International Symposium on Infectious Diseases in Resource-Limited Environments in Africa, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 Sep 2013
  52. An Introduction to Social Innovation. Via Skype. Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology, Chikkarayapuram, India, 18 Jan 2013
  53. Sustainable Progress in Rural Africa. Community Organisation Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon, 16 Nov 2012
  54. Observations from rural Africa: An engineer involved in ICTs and critical ethnography in Macha, Zambia, ” UCSB Center for Information Technology and Society,  Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 7 Oct 2012, (paper)
  55. Need for Social Innovation. Via Webex. IEEE SIGHT, Webinar, 2 Jul 2012
  56. IT (in Healthcare) & African Culture: Best of Both Worlds?. Grenzenloos II, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 27 Jun 2012
  57. Context and Culture affect ICT deployment, a case from rural Africa. University of Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands, 27 Jan 2012, recording
  58. Internet Access in Rural Africa,” IEEE Humanitarian Technology Webinar Series,  0 October 2011, WebEx (presentation) (recording)
  59. Informatizing Africa. Google, Mountain View, CA, USA
  60. Introduction to Ubuntu Culture. Erasmus University, Minor International Health & Tropical Medicine, Macha, Zambia, 7 Oct 2011 
  61. An Holistic Approach at Macha Works. Erasmus University, Minor International Health & Tropical Medicine, Macha, Zambia, 21 Sep 2011
  62. Presentation Series: Evolving of the Internet. University of Zambia (UNZA), Lusaka, Zambia, Jan-Mar 2011
  63. Providing infrastructure in rural Africa, and How Electricity is part of that! ITEC, Montoursville, PA, USA, 24 Apr 2010
  64. International Association of Mission Aviation (IAMA 2010), Tucson, AZ, USA, 19-23 April 2010
  65. Macha Works!, via Skype, ICT Delta, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19 Mar 2010
  66. Investments in ICT transforms Rural Economy. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, London, United Kingdom,10 Dec 2009
  67. Experience in ICT roll out in Rural Zambia, It is all about the Local Talent. Africomm 2009, Maputo, Mozambique, 3 Dec 2009
  68. Progress in African Rural Areas. IEEE, Zambia Section, Macha, Zambia, 22 May 2009
  69. A Vision for Sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Rural Areas. House of Chiefs, Lusaka, Zambia, 14 May 2009
  70. A Vision for Sustainable Progress in Rural Areas. Brethren in Christ Church, Macha, Zambia, 21 Feb 2009
  71. A Vision for Rural Telecommunications Connectivity in Zambia. Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ), Lusaka, Zambia, 18 Dec 2008
  72. Rural Development with ICT as Key Enabler. Innovation Across Borders – Workshop: ICT as Catalysor for Social and Economic Development, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3 Dec 2008
  73. Have You Got What IT Takes @ Rural Africa? University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 23 Oct 2008
  74. Have You Got What IT Takes? Case: Village Turn Around in Rural Zambia with ICT as engine of change, IEEE Humanitarian Workshop, Boston, CT, USA, 18 Oct 2008, (recording)
  75. ICT in African Rural Areas. CodeCamp LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 25 Oct 2008
  76. Have You Got What IT Takes? BarCamp LA, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 25 Oct 2008

Forums

  1. Implications of European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and FAIR Data for Youth-Employment in Africa, EADI ISS 2021, online 7 July 2021 (presentation)
  2. Decolonizing Information & Communication Technologies for Development, Forum, The Information School, Sheffield University, online, 7 October 2020
  3. e-learning and African culture, Panel, e/merge 2018: Festival of e-Learning, online, 11 July 2018
  4. Community Networks” in the African Context: Opportunities and Barriers, Panel, African conference for Human-Computer Interaction (AfriCHI), Nairobi, Kenya, 24-25 Nov 2016
  5. Decolonising technology design. Panel. African conference for Human-Computer Interaction (AfriCHI), Nairobi, Kenya, 24-25 Nov 2016
  6. The Future of Local Infrastructure. Panel. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, Forum 2015, Nairobi, Kenya, 16 Sep 2015
  7. International Colloquium on Women’s Leadership in Peace Building, Leiden, Netherlands, 17-18 Oct 2014
  8. The Next Steve Jobs may be from Africa. Forum. South by South West Interactive (SXSW 2014), Austin, TX, USA, 7 Mar 2014
  9. Business Cases. Panel. Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2012), Seattle, WA, USA, 23 Oct 2012
  10. Best practices of Public-private partnership in delivering Universal Service/access. Panel. 10th Forum on Telecom/ICT Regulation and Partnership in Africa (FTRA 2009), Lusaka, Zambia, 20 May 2009
  11. Technology Roadblocks. Panel. 1st Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research, Brussels, Belgium, 26 Mar 2009
  12. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) – Experience and lessons learned. Roundtable Discussion. 1st Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research,  Brussels, Belgium, 25 Mar 2009

Conferences

  1. NBM 2024, 4-5 July 2024, Donostia, Spain (presentation 1) (presentation 2) (presentation 3).
  2. ACIST 2022, online, 25-26 August 2022 (keynote)
  3. IFIP 9.4 Virtual Conference, online, 25-27 May 2022 (presentation).
  4. 13th Annual AIS SIG GlobDev Pre-ICIS Workshop, online, Austin, USA, 2 December 2021 (presentation)
  5. Africomm 2021, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 1-3 December 2021 (presentation 1) (presentation 2)
  6. European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes and International Institute of Social Studies conference (EADI ISS 2021), online, The Hague, Netherlands, 5-8 July 2021 (presentation)
  7. AfriCHI (Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design (IxD) in Africa), online, Mozambique, 9-12 March 2021
  8. AHAIC 2021 (Africa Health Agenda International Conference), online, Kenya, 8-10 March 2021
  9. The 6th International Conference on Public Health (ICOPH 2020), Sri Lanka, online, 23-24 November 2020 (presentation 1) (presentation 2) (presentation 3)
  10. The 12th ACM Web Science Conference 2020, Sheffield and Amsterdam, online, 6-10 July 2020 (paper 1) (presentation 1) (paper 2) (presentation 2) 
  11. IST-Africa 2020, online, 18-22 May 2020 (presentation)
  12. The 15th Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Development Countries (IFIP WG9.4 2019), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1-3 May 2019 (paper presentations)
  13. Africa Health Agenda, International Conference (AHAIC 2019), Kigali, Rwanda, 5-7 March 2019 (poster presentations)
  14. e/merge 2018: Festival of e-Learning, online, 9-20 July 2018 (panel)
  15. Indigitous Nairobi Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 6-7 July 2018, (presentation)
  16. Computer Society of Zimbabwe, Harare Chapter, 27 June 2018 (keynote)
  17. Second EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas (InterSol2018), Kigali, Rwanda, 24-25 March 2018, (keynote)
  18. Computer Society of Zimbabwe (2017), Nov 2017, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
  19. Strategic Narratives of Technology and Africa, Fungal, Madeira, 1-2 Sep 2017 (paper) (presentation)
  20. Zimbabwe Medical Association Scientific Congress and Health Expo, Harare, Zimbabwe 16-20 Aug 2017 (presentation)
  21. EAI International Conference for Research, Innovation and Development for Africa (ACRID), Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 20-21 Jun 2017 (keynote)
  22. Computer Society of Zimbabwe Harare Chapter function, Harare, Zimbabwe, 9 May 2017 (presentation)
  23. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Jahresprogrammkonferenz 2017, Bern, Switzerland, 26 Apr 2017 (presentation)
  24. Africomm, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 6-8 Dec 2016 (general co-chair) (paper 1, 2, 3), (presentation 1, 2, 3)
  25. African conference for Human-Computer Interaction (AfriCHI), Nairobi, Kenya, 21-25 November 2016 (co-chair proceedings) (briefing note) (forum 1, 2)
  26. Chinhoyi University of Technology, 1st Institutue of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies International Conference, 2-5 August 2016, Chinoyi, Zimbabwe (keynote), (paper 1, 2), (presentation 1, 2)
  27. IEEE PES PowerAfrica Conference 2016, 28 June 28 – 2 July 2016, Livingstone, Zambia (keynote)
  28. Leiden University, Advisers Research Group Globalisation, Ageing, Innovation and Care (GAIC), 15 April 2016, The Hague, Netherlands (presentation) (paper)
  29. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, Forum 2015, “A Strategy to make ICT accessible in rural Zambia”, 14-16 September 2015, Nairobi, Kenya (presentation)
  30. Africon 2015, “Recognising African Achievements”, 14-17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (presentation)
  31. Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Conference, “How Should Christian Schools Be Using The Internet”, 2-4 September, Harare, Zimbabwe (presentation)
  32. Computer Society of Zimbabwe, Summerschool, 12-15 November 2014, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (presentation)
  33. University of Zimbabwe, RAE Workshop 4 on Enriching Engineering Education in Southern Africa, 6-7 November 2014, Harare, Zimbabwe (presentation)
  34. The Africa Works! Conference and International Colloquium on Women’s Leadership in Peace Building, 16-17 October, Leiden, Netherlands (book chapter)
  35. 11th Prato CIRN Conference, 13-15 October, Prato, Italy (paper) (poster) (presentation)
  36. Participatory Networks Workshop at PDC 2014, 6 October, Windhoek, Namibia (paper)
  37. 8th International Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis and Prevention Research in Resource-poor Settings (INTEREST 2014), 5 – 9 May 2014, Lusaka, Zambia [extempore]
  38. National Dialogue on ICT for Education for Sustainable Development (ICT4ESD), Juliasdale, Zimbabwe (paper)
  39. Medical and Health Expo, Digitalisation of Medical Industry Workshop, 4 December 2013, Harare, Zimbabwe (presentation)
  40. Fifth International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2013), 25–27 November 2013, Blantyre, Malawi [general chair] (keynote) (paper 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) (poster 1,2)
  41. Computer Society of Zimbabwe (2013), “ICT-Creating Africa’s Quantum Leap”, 14-15 Nov 2013, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (keynote) (paper) (presentation 1,2)
  42. Technology for Teaching and Learning Forum 2013, 17-18 October 2013, Sandton, South Africa (presentation)
  43. International Conference on ICT for Africa 2013 (ICT4Africa 2013), 20-23 Feb 2013, Harare, Zimbabwe (paper 1,2) (presentation1,2)
  44. International Symposium on Infectious Diseases in Resource-Limited Environments in Africa, 2 September 2013, Rotterdam, Netherlands (presentation)
  45. 8th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Training (eLearning Africa 2013), 25-28 May 2013, Windhoek, Namibia (paper)
  46. Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF 2013), 21-22 May 2013, Washington, DC, USA
  47. 4th International IEEE EAI Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2012), 12–14 November 2012, Yaounde, Cameroon (keynote) (paper 1,2) (poster 1,2)
  48. Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2012), 21-24 Oct 2012, Seattle, WA, USA (keynote) (recording) (paper) (forum)
  49. Conference at University of Edinburg, Edinburgh, Scotland
  50. Conference on health in Macha, Zambia
  51. 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), 22-27 July 2012, Washington DC, USA [extempore]
  52. Grenzenloos II (2012), 27 Jun 2012, Rotterdam, Netherlands (presentation)
  53. 6th International Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis and Prevention Research in Resource-Poor Settings (INTEREST 2012), 8-11 May 2012, Mombasa, Kenya [extempore]
  54. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2012), 12-15 Mar 2012, Atlanta, GA, USA (paper) (poster)
  55. 2nd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (ACM DEV 2012), 11-12 Mar 2012, Atlanta, GA, USA (paper) (presentation)
  56. The Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association Conference (SAMSA 2011), 28 Nov- 2 Dec 2011, Livingstone, Zambia (abstract)
  57. IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications (ICPCA2011), 20-21 October 2011, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (key note)
  58. 6th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Training (eLearning Africa 2011), 25-27 May 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  59. 2nd International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2010), 25-26 November 2010, Cape Town, South Africa
  60. Conference on ICT for Rural Economic Development, 18-19 Nov 2010, Berlin, Germany (interview)
  61. 5th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Training (eLearning Africa 2010), 26-28 May 2010, Lusaka, Zambia (demo)
  62. International Association of Mission Aviation (IAMA 2010), 19-23 April 2010, Tucson, AZ, USA (presentation)
  63. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, 10 Dec 2009, London, United Kingdom (presentation)
  64. 1st International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2009), 3-4 December 2009, Maputo, Mozambique (paper) (presentation)
  65. 10th Forum on Telecom/ICT Regulation and Partnership in Africa (FTRA 2009), 20-22 May 2009, Lusaka, Zambia (forum)
  66. Health Conference in Lusaka
  67. 1st Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research, 25-26 March 2009, Brussels, Belgium
  68. Innovation Across Borders, 3 Dec 2008, Rotterdam, Netherlands (presentation)
  69. IEEE Humanitarian Workshop, 18 Oct 2008, Boston, CT, USA (presentation)

Conference Technical and Program Committee

  1. Africomm 2021, Zanzibar
  2. ICOPH 2021, Sri Lanka
  3. AfriCHI 2021, Mozambique
  4. Africomm 2020, Mauritius
  5. ICOPH 2020, Thailand
  6. InterSol 2019, Egypt
  7. 2019 IFIP WG 9.4 (The 15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries), Tanzania
  8. Africa Health Agenda, International Conference (AHAIC 2019), Rwanda
  9. ICTDX 2019 (The 10th Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development), India
  10. Africomm 2018, Senegal
  11. AfriCHI 2018, Namibia
  12. Africomm 2016, Burkina Faso (General Co-Chair)
  13. AfriCHI 2016, Kenya (Proceedings Chair)
  14. IDIA 2014, South Africa
  15. ACCC 2014, South Africa
  16. Africomm 2013, Malawi (General Chair)

Education

  • Lived-life and encountered-teachings so-far (1965-now)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (2017), Tilburg University, Netherlands (thesis)
  • Master of Technology (2014), Information Technology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (dissertation)
  • Bachelor of Science (1987), Engeering degree Electrical Engineering (telecommunications), Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Hilversum, Netherlands

Residences

  • the Netherlands (1965-1993, 1995-2002, since 2022)
  • Zimbabwe (Harare 2013-2022, Masvingo 2015-2021)
  • Zambia (Macha, 2003-2012)
  • Zimbabwe (Murambinda, 2000-2003)
  • India (Hyderabad, 3m, 2002)
  • Belgium (Brussels, 1993-1995)
  • Eswatini (Manzini, 7m, 1987)

Selected Experiences

  • Researcher Circular Economy Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
  • Member Technical Working Group Digital Health (MoHCC, Zimbabwe)
  • Member Technical Working Group on Blended Learning and Clinical Monitoring (MoHCC, Zimbabwe)
  • Member UN SG Working Group 3C on Artificial Intelligence
  • Research Fellow Macha Works
  • Senior Member IEEE
  • Member Research Group Globalisation, Ageing, Innovation and Care (GAIC)
  • Technical Director MIAM
  • Director PrivaCom
  • Strategist KPN

Biography

Gertjan van Stam is a non-eurocentric pracademic, grounded in both humanities and natural sciences, in Europe and Africa. At the intersection of society and materiality, dr van Stam focusses on gaining understanding of economic life from witnessed practices, celebrating diversity in worldviews, meaning making, and knowing.

Media

  1. Laat mensen hun verhaal vertellen, Marcel Hulspas (2024), Win’, magazine voor Windesheim.
  2. A Perspective on Africa: Community is Key. Kathy Pretz, (2015), IEEE: The Institute
  3. Africa: Why Can’t the West Approach IT Delivery Like Local HIV Treatment? Kathryn Cave (2013), IDG Connect
  4. Why Macha Works Works. Kentaro Toyama (2011), ICT-Jester
  5. Gertjan van Stam @ ICT4D-Berlin 2010. Oliver Hanschke (2010) Berlin, Germany: GTZ
  6. Careers with Impact: van Stam. Tryengineering (2010), IEEE: IEEE-TV
  7. Gertjan van Stam: Macha’s Link to the World. Susan Karlin (2009), IEEE: The Institute
  8. Helpende Hollander. Nederland Helpt (2007), EO (part 1,2)
  9. Werken in de haarvaten van Africa. Mark Wallet (2007), Reformatorisch Dagblad

Blogs and Columns

  1. Sociale Gerechtigheid. Gertjan van Stam (2014), Ubuntu Magazine, Woord en Daad
  2. http://edukator.nl/author/gertjan-van-stam/
  3. http://gertjanvanstam.blogspot.com/

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