Papers by Assoc. Prof. Musa B. Moya
uly Issue 2019, 2019
eHealth Interoperability appears to be in its infancy in developing countries including Uganda. T... more eHealth Interoperability appears to be in its infancy in developing countries including Uganda. The study investigated the Semantic Layer as the mediator on the relationship between Technical and Information Infrastructure with eHealth interoperability in Ugandan Public Hospitals using a quantitative approach. Stratified and simple random sampling were used to select respondents. The study used descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling approach for data analysis. The findings further revealed that all hypotheses, H1, H2, and H3, significantly explained eHealth Interoperability in Ugandan Public Hospitals. Thus, all the objectives of the study (Objective 1 and 2) were achieved. It is recommended that stakeholders implementing eHealth Interoperability should consider Technical and Information Infrastructure, and Semantic Layer as key factors explaining eHealth Interoperability in Ugandan Public Hospitals. The study further recommends that software developers should adopt Semantic Layer to improve information exchange in Ugandan Public Hospitals. Further, the Ugandan government should adopt key factors of eHealth Interoperability proposed in this study to achieve sustainable development goals and Uganda Vision 2040 goals.
Purpose – This paper to examine the relationship between performance expectancy and behavioural i... more Purpose – This paper to examine the relationship between performance expectancy and behavioural intention to use mobile-based communication technologies for agricultural market information dissemination in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive field survey method was adopted. A total of 302 commercial farmers and agribusiness traders in Eastern Uganda participated in the study from whom data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, correlation and regression analyses were used in the study. Findings – The findings reveal a significant positive relationship between performance expectancy and behavioural intentions to use mobile-based communication technologies for agricultural information access and dissemination. This implies that, commercial farmers' behavioural intentions to use mobile-based communication technologies for agricultural market information dissemination and access will be influenced if they anticipate mobile-based communication technologies to offer greater performance in their daily transactions. Research limitations/implications – This study was conducted in the context of resource constrained countries particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, however reflecting knowledge from other contexts. The study was conducted with a structured questionnaire being the main data collection tool, and this limited the study from collecting views outside the questions asked in the questionnaire. The variables studied could not be analysed for a long time, given that the study was cross-sectional in nature. Practical implications – The study provides recommendations on how to further boost farmers' behavioural intentions to use mobile-based communication technologies for agricultural information dissemination. Policy makers need to ensure that policies are put in place that encourage third party software developers and telecommunication companies to provide software products and solutions that are beneficial to the commercial farmers and can enable them complete their agricultural transactions in time. Social implications – The study provides critical literature on the influence of performance expectancy on commercial farmers' behavioural intentions to use mobile-based communication
This study proposes a mobile-based communication adoption model for agricultural marketinformatio... more This study proposes a mobile-based communication adoption model for agricultural marketinformation dissemination in Uganda. An extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model was used to guide the study. A survey was conducted on 302 commercial farmers and agribusiness traders in Eastern Uganda using self-administered questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; Structural Equation Modelling was also used to perform confirmatory tests analyses on study variable relationships and to develop the proposed model. Findings reveal a positive significant relationship between Performance Expectancy a nd Behavioral Intentions to use; Effort Expectancy and Behavioral Intentions to use; Social influence and Behavioral intention to use; Behavioral intention to use and adoption of mobile-based communication technologies. However, the relationship between affordability of mobile-based communication technologies and behavioral intentions to use and the relationship between facilitating conditions and adoption of mobile-based communication technologies were dropped by the structural equation model because they had negative path coefficients. Effective adoption of Mobile-Based Communication Technologies for Agricultural Information Dissemination in Uganda can be achieved with stakeholders increasing on the functionality and the ease of use of these mobile-based communication technologies ; provide nationwide sensitization campaigns on benefits of using mobile-based communication technologies ; ensure provision ofaccurate and reliable agricultural market information by using mobile based communication technologies , provide benefits to members of society so as to convince others to use mobile-based communication technologies.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2014
The purpose of the study was to investigate empirically which factors contribute to the adoption ... more The purpose of the study was to investigate empirically which factors contribute to the adoption of Short Message Service (SMS) banking in the West Nile region in Uganda based on student mobile users who own bank accounts. Respondents were drawn from 3 University Campuses in the West Nile region in Uganda where students and mobile users who own bank accounts were identified. Through purposeful sampling, a selfadministered questionnaire was administered to a sample of 90 graduate students from the three selected University Campuses with 60 questionnaires returned hence a response rate of 70%. Quantitative statistics that includes means, frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the data. The results reveal that there is strong positive relationship between financial cost, quality of Internet connectivity, complexity and trialability as far as SMS banking adoption is concerned. Age and gender also played a significant influence in SMS banking at different categories of students. Whereas perceived ease of use, security and trust influence were not significant for SMS banking adoption. Consequently, the study conclude that in order to increase adoptability of SMS banking, banks in liaison with telecom service providers, are advised to improve on the Internet connectivity and affordability to support usage of mobile money platform. 35 technology (ICT) innovations have revolutionalized the financial sector in Uganda resulting in novel delivery channels for financial products and services such as automated teller machines (ATMs), cell phone banking, personal computer (PC) banking and Internet banking. These developments are at par with the traditional banking services in other countries especially in the use of SMS Banking and Mobile Banking services to the extent that the SMS banking service is being used by all the commercial banks in Uganda. The business models in Uganda follow the Smart Money of Smart Communications of the Philippines where a telecommunication company collaborates with a commercial bank to offer mobile money services (MMS) . In Uganda, this business model is dominated by the mobile operators, regulated by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) that do most of the marketing as well as opening up and maintaining accounts for the subscribers who choose to register for the MMS. Currently, there are five major mobile network operators (MNOs) in Uganda: MTN Uganda, Orange Uganda, Uganda Telecom (UTL), Warid Telecom and Airtel Uganda. By the end 2012, MTN Uganda alone had 7.7 million subscribers across all five MNOs; and the subscriber base has been steadily increasing to MNOs who offer m-money services with over 15 million mobile users by end of 2011 (UCC Report) representing a 26% coverage given Uganda's population of 32 million people (Mulira, 2009). Intermediate report indicated that there appears to be a great deal of potential for reaching bottom-of-the-pyramid (BOP) populations in Uganda because the majority of surveyed households even those below the poverty line and the unbanked-have access to at least one mobile phone and own at least one active SIM card. SMS usage grew by 28% in first quarter 2010 to about 176 million messages (compared to 138 million in fourth quarter 2009) as MNOs encourage use through campaigns and innovative services. To comply with financial services regulation, the MNOs have partnered with commercial banks in Uganda supervised by Bank of Uganda ). On the other hand, as at December 2009, the number of bank accounts in the country was estimated at slightly over 5 million representing a 16 percent penetration.
Accepted For Publication, 2011
This study involved the use of systems dynamics approach to develop a pricing model for telecommu... more This study involved the use of systems dynamics approach to develop a pricing model for telecommunication goods and services in Uganda. Primary data were collected from four telecommunication service providers and Uganda Communications Commission, a regulatory body of telecommunications in Uganda. Descriptive statistics and factor analysis with principal component and varimax rotation methods were used to determine the most important factors that affected the pricing decisions made by telecommunication firms. These factors were further analyzed and modeled using Vensim PLE simulation and modeling software, to develop a new pricing model for telecommunications goods and services. The findings indicate that demand and market based pricing approaches are the significant approaches used to set prices for telecommunication products and services in Uganda. The main factors affecting prices of telecommunication goods and service include operating costs, forces of demand and supply, foreign...
This paper tests and assesses the effect of Real Effective Exchange Rate on Gross Domestic Produc... more This paper tests and assesses the effect of Real Effective Exchange Rate on Gross Domestic Product of Uganda. Two theoretical views have been put forward; first view states that, a real appreciation of domestic currency lowers the cost of imported raw materials leading to an expansion of output while the traditional view states that a real appreciation lowers international competitiveness, which, in turn, causes net exports to fall and hence a reduction in the aggregate demand. It's on this basis that an empirical study capturing the effect of REER on both the demand and supply side of GDP was done. Econometric analysis was applied on Time series annual data of Uganda for a period of 33years (1975-2007). Findings suggest that, the depreciation of Real Effective Exchange Rate does not favor the growth in Gross Domestic Product of Uganda thus depreciation of REER has a contractionary effect on GDP. The study also shows a significant negative relationship between Real Effective Exc...
2012 e-Leadership Conference on Sustainable e-Government and e- Business Innovations (E-LEADERSHIP), 2012
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: The article uses the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework to exami... more ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: The article uses the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework to examine Internet diffusion in Rwanda along six dimensions: pervasiveness, geographical dispersion, sectoral absorption, connectivity infrastructure, organisational infrastructure, and sophistication of use. Internet access was launched in 1996, but it was only in 2004 that significant Internet penetration occurred, when the privatisation of Rwandatel to Terracom brought in new investments and technology and the ISP market was opened to competition. Access to the Internet grew to approximately 24% of the population in 2012 or 2.7 million subscribers. Internet growth is hampered by factors which include poor resource mobilisation, unrealistic implementation plans, shortage of qualified human resources, a miniscule private sector, low level of private sector involvement and low Internet usage awareness. Despite these challenges, Rwanda has attained Level 4 (pervasive) for pervasiveness, Level 3 (broad) for connectivity infrastructure, Level 2 (controlled) for organisational infrastructure, Level 3 (highly dispersed) for geographic dispersion, Level 3 (common) for sectoral absorption and Level 3 (transforming) for sophistication of use. This limited progress is due partly to the policy focus on addressing Internet access (Vision 2020), and financial support from multilateral and bilateral agencies. Further policy and regulatory action and heightened awareness of the Internet are required to translate the statistics for GDI into greater access.
Despite the numerous benefits of Social Media in health, such as reduced costs, greater patient t... more Despite the numerous benefits of Social Media in health, such as reduced costs, greater patient to medical worker and patient to patient interactions, increased access to tailored consultations, and improved chronic disease management among others, there is still laxity by healthcare institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt this technology. Consequently, patients cannot access medical information easily and in an affordable manner. The failure by healthcare institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt Social Media may be due to inadequate implementation policies, standards and frameworks among other factors. The existing health technology adoption and implementation frameworks do not address the needs of most of the resource constrained countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study proposes to develop a framework that will guide proper adoption of Social Media in health within the Sub-Saharan Africa countries context.
This study proposes to use a mixed research approach in which both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be applied. A survey research design will be implemented by use of questionnaire while case studies will be conducted using interviews with a well designed interview guide. Data will be analyzed and presented using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Purposive sampling techniques targeting only those respondents relevant to the study shall be used. The respondents will include staff and patients of selected hospitals in three Sub-Saharan Africa countries that will be selected purposively to include at least one country from East Africa, one country from Central Africa and one country from West Africa. The proposed countries include Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. One hospital will be selected from each of the participating countries; Mulago hospital, Lagos University Teaching hospital and Mbingo Baptist Hospital will be used from Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon respectively. A total of sample for both the survey and interview will be 330, 110 coming from each participating hospital.
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Papers by Assoc. Prof. Musa B. Moya
This study proposes to use a mixed research approach in which both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be applied. A survey research design will be implemented by use of questionnaire while case studies will be conducted using interviews with a well designed interview guide. Data will be analyzed and presented using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Purposive sampling techniques targeting only those respondents relevant to the study shall be used. The respondents will include staff and patients of selected hospitals in three Sub-Saharan Africa countries that will be selected purposively to include at least one country from East Africa, one country from Central Africa and one country from West Africa. The proposed countries include Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. One hospital will be selected from each of the participating countries; Mulago hospital, Lagos University Teaching hospital and Mbingo Baptist Hospital will be used from Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon respectively. A total of sample for both the survey and interview will be 330, 110 coming from each participating hospital.
This study proposes to use a mixed research approach in which both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be applied. A survey research design will be implemented by use of questionnaire while case studies will be conducted using interviews with a well designed interview guide. Data will be analyzed and presented using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Purposive sampling techniques targeting only those respondents relevant to the study shall be used. The respondents will include staff and patients of selected hospitals in three Sub-Saharan Africa countries that will be selected purposively to include at least one country from East Africa, one country from Central Africa and one country from West Africa. The proposed countries include Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. One hospital will be selected from each of the participating countries; Mulago hospital, Lagos University Teaching hospital and Mbingo Baptist Hospital will be used from Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon respectively. A total of sample for both the survey and interview will be 330, 110 coming from each participating hospital.