Prof Abraham Waithima holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and is an Associate Professor of Economics at Daystar University. He boasts of 25 years of experience at the university level. On a leave of absence from Daystar University, Prof Waithima took up VC’s position at the University of Kigali, Rwanda. As the Vice Chancellor, he chaired the Senate, Management Board, Finance and Human Resource sub-committee and Secretary to the University Council. As the VC, Prof Waithima led the restructuring of the finance and human resource functions of the University and the formulation of the University’s 2019-2023 Strategic Plan. He has consulted for several organizations including APHRC, Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Stafford International University in Juba, Australian Council for Education Research (ACER), TJRC/UNDP, FHI360, MESPT, Practical Action and Farm Concern International, among others. Prof Waithima is currently consulting for the Inter-University Council of East Africa in a project titled “Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on higher education, its business implication and proposed recovery strategy”. The project objectives are to: Identify the varied responses to the COVID-19 pandemic at the institutional, national, and regional levels, assess the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on higher education activities within the EAC region, develop strategies for mitigating the impact of the pandemic in the short, medium, and long terms. In 2017, Prof Waithima concluded a continent-wide market feasibility study funded by APHRC aimed at determining the feasibility of an online alumni tracking system. Prof Waithima was the Project Manager in a project funded by Australian Council for Education

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Research. The project aimed at assessing the levels of numeracy and literacy among children in 5 counties in Kenya. Prof Waithima has spearheaded the development of numerous curricula; he has supervised over 100 masters as well as several PhD theses. Prof Waithima is the Board Chairman for Daystar Institute of Disability Studies (DIDS). He is a member of the Academic and Student life committee of the Africa International University Council. He is a member of Daystar University Ethics Review, a Board member in CITAM Christian Education and Discipleship, vice chairman of Private University Research Consortium of Kenya (PURCK). He is a member of council for Starford International University College in Juba. He was a member of the Academic committee of the council for Pan-African Christian University. At Daystar University, Prof Waithima has played several key roles including being member of Senate, Management board, job evaluation committee and a member of Council. Prof Waithima has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters. Prof Waithima’s latest publication is a November 2020 book titled “Introduction to Inferential Statistics and Data Analysis for Decision Making”. Prof Waithima an active member of CITAM Ngong. He is a retired member of the deacon board for CITAM having served 2 terms.