Doctor Ayanda Magida

Courses and Disciplines taught at WBS:

• Research Methodology
• Leadership Quest
• Digital transformation and change management
• Digital business.

Other Teaching Experience:
Research Methods; Systematic and Meta Reviews, in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Research Interests:
Digital transformation and employee wellbeing and health, digital divide, digital inclusivity.

Recent Publications and Scholarly Contributions: 

Magida, A. (2022). Theorizing digital transformation, digitization and digitalization in Africa emerging research in digital business: A critical review of the current scholarship. ICDBEC001 2022: 16. International Conference on Digital Business and E-Commerce, January 28-29, 2022, New York, USA. (Accepted for oral presentation).

Magida, A. (2019). First and second level digital divide in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross country analysis. Wits Business School, August 29-30, 2019. Paper presented at African Review of Economics and Finance Conference. 

Magida, A., & Armstrong, B. (2019). Digital financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional study.  International Conference on Financial Services, 9–10 October, 2019, Durban, South Africa.

Other Scholarly Contributions: 

Member of the Golden Key Society.

Recipient of the Female Academic Leaders Fellowship (2021).

Jakes Gerwel Fellowships (2021).

Mail and Guardian Young South African (2019).

Recipient of the Early Career Academic Development Program Grant (2019).

WBS Ethics Committee member. 

Recent Media: 

June 2019, article in Mail and Guardian: Technology in the classroom.

In partnership with the Mail & Guardian, Kagiso Trust held a Critical Thinking Forum on July 2 2019, at the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Johannesburg: (https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/mail-guardian/20190712/282776358107816)