Mr. David Kirop

Mr. David Kirop

Faculty

Mr. David Kirop has worked with companies in the Telecommunication and Information Technology (IT) industry as technical support, field engineer and electrical manager.
He championed the Riara University iCentre and Virtual Accelerator activities, coordinated programmes in Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, Ethical Hacking and Computer Programming, Internet of Things (IoT), Storage, Responsible Computing and Entrepreneurship. In addition to the Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electrical and Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), he earned a Master of Science in Computer Systems from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), is currently pursuing Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Information Technology in the same institution.
As a team lead, he created unique startup empowering platforms and have successfully delivered phase 1 and 2 of Accelerating Entrepreneurship Support in Universities in Kenya (AESU), an educational partnership among Riara University (Kenya), The Open University (UK), Ashoka East Africa and Africa Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) that was funded by The British Council. Furthermore, he led a partnership programme RAPID Computing Using Problem-based Learning approach, a multi-disciplinary approach to implement Responsibility, Accountability, Professionalism, Integrity, and Diversity Inclusivity (RAPID) to create social innovations that could address societal challenges, an initiative that was funded by Mozilla Foundation.
As a researcher, Mr. Kirop published and shared findings in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer Vision (CV) in predicting incidences, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) talent cultivation for Kenya’s digital economy and on exploiting digital platforms for mainstreaming entrepreneurship education in a Kenyan University.

He participates in stakeholder engagement sessions and shares knowledge and experiences as a practitioner, facilitator, mentor and leader. Mr. Kirop is passionate about innovation,  entrepreneurship, impactful partnership engagements and projects that involve all the processes of the development cycle.

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