Browsing by Author "Basuta, James"

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    Conceptualizing digital finance as a precursor for financial inclusionand financial service usage in Uganda
    (Taylor & Francis group, 2025-01-03) Nagaaba, Nickson; Batamuriza, Rehema; Basuta, James; Owomugisha, Maryvian
    This study conceptualizes digital finance as mobile banking, mobile money, and agent banking in the context of Uganda, and quantifies their influence on the usage levels of financial services. Data were collected from 290 lead households from 15 districts of Uganda, benefiting from the Uganda Multi-Sectoral Food Security and Nutritional Project (UMFSNP). Confirmatory factor procedures confirmed the digital finance structure, and individual path coefficients were determined to explain their relationship with financial inclusion and usage of financial services. These results indicate that mobile money and agent banking are significantly associated with financial inclusion. The results indicate that only agent banking influences the usage of financial services. Mobile banking does not impact financial inclusion and the usage of financial services. This study implicates financial institutions, funding interventions, and the government of Uganda to embrace the appropriate financial services that are affordable to vulnerable people.
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    Evaluating a framework for implementing IT governance in Uganda’s higher institutions of learning
    (International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE), 2023) Ndagire, Lillian; Maiga, Gilbert; Oyo, Benedict; Basuta, James
    The reliance on IT in day-to-day organization activities raises concern about how to deal with its increasing complexity. Managing IT necessitates implementing IT governance to realize the benefits of IT use. However, there is a lack of suitable frameworks to implement IT governance. For higher institutions of learning (HILs) in Uganda, the case is not different; hence, there is need to provide a framework to implement IT governance in Uganda’s HILs. This paper therefore applies design science research principles to evaluate a framework for implementing IT governance in HILs in the context of Uganda. It was mainly achieved using a previous study in this environment as a basis. Framework evaluation was conducted using case study and expert opinion methods. Contrarily, the evaluation criteria was based on the framework understandability, ease of use, usefulness, and completeness. Results from the evaluation showed the framework satisfactorily implements IT governance in Uganda’s HILs.
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    The State of IT governance in Uganda's higher institutions of learning
    (IGI Global Publisher, 2022-10) Ndagire, Lillian; Basuta, James
    Information technology (IT) has become an integral part of development in any organization. Dependence on IT brings concerns in organizations to handle its increasing complexity which necessitates the implementation of IT governance. However, IT governance is lacking in the public sector organizations of developing countries, leading to failure to realize the full potential value of IT. For Uganda's higher institutions of learning (HILs), implementation of IT governance is unexplored. Therefore, in this paper, the authors investigate the state of IT governance among the eight HILs in Uganda. Interviews were used to collect data which was categorized into structures, processes, and relational mechanisms. The results showed that the relational mechanisms like training were fairly implemented, while structures and processes like the IT steering committee and IT performance measurement respectively were poorly implemented.