Dr. Fatuma Simba Ikuja
Head of Department
Biography
Dr. Fatuma Simba Ikuja is a Tanzanian scholar, with PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), in collaboration with Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden, and Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland. Her doctoral research focused on developing viable connectivity technologies for e-learning in rural secondary schools in Tanzania. Her research interests include connectivity technologies, digital learning and cyber security .
Over the years, Dr. Simba has built a distinguished career combining academic, leadership, and consultancy roles. She contributed in corporate governance as a board member of the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and served on the Executive Committee of the Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET).
Her professional expertise extends into consultancy, where she participated in consultancy service to conduct assessment for establishment of digital technology institute (DTI), zonal soft centers (ZSC) and ICT equipment refurbishment centers (FABLABS), consultancy service to scan and analyse technical, policy and legal requirements for utilization of Television White Space (TVWS) to provide broadband services in Rural Areas of Tanzania.
Dr. Simba is also an active member of IEEE and ACM, and has engaged internationally, in 2023, she contributed to Dagstuhl seminar of Quality of Sustainable Experience (QoSE)- (https://www.dagstuhl.de/seminars/seminar-calendar/seminar-details/23042), she delivered keynote speeches in QoMEX 2024 in Sweden (https://qomex2024.itec.aau.at/) and served in organizing committee of the ACM MMSys 2025 in South Africa (https://2025.acmmmsys.org/organisers.html).
Dr. Simba is multilingual, fluent in English and Swahili, and continues to dedicate her career to advancing broadband connectivity technologies, and digital learning for social and economic transformation.