Ojelanki Ngwenyama is a globally recognized scholar in the fields of information systems and innovation management. He currently serves as Professor of Global Management and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology Management at the Ted Rogers School of Management. He is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, reflecting his significant contributions to research and thought leadership in technology and society.
Ojelanki Ngwenyama holds numerous international academic appointments and honors, including Emeritus Professor of Information Systems at the University of Cape Town; Visiting Professor at Université de Nantes (France) and the University of Münster (Germany); and Docent in Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) since 1996. He has also served as Professorial Research Fellow at Deakin University Business School (2017–2020), NRF Professorial Research Fellow at the University of South Africa (2019–2020), Andrew Mellon Professor in South Africa (2011), and Velux Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School (2012).
Ojelanki Ngwenyama has also held academic positions at Aalborg University, Aarhus University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. He has served on the faculties of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and the Schulich School of Business at York University. He is frequently invited to speak and teach around the world, bringing a critical and globally informed perspective on the role of digital technologies in shaping organizations and society.
