Philise Nyanchama Rasugu

Philise Rasugu is Programs Officer responsible for coordinating the AVU Academic Programs in Anglophone Africa. She is also nominated as Manager of the AVU Scholarship Fund that provides scholarships on merit to females and disadvantaged Learners undertaking the AVU Programs.

Philise has represented the AVU in the Steering Committee of the Pan-African eNetwork Project of the African Union and Government of India, the Technical Committee on Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training (ITLET) – Kenya, and the ECBCheck quality label for eLearning. She is a member of ScienceConnect and UNESCO IIEP Forum.

Prior to joining the AVU, Philise worked in the NGO sector in Kenya and acquired invaluable experience in managing systems and implementing activities. She has keen interest in the provision of access to higher education in Africa, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and an ardent supporter of eLearning as an alternative to face to face learning. She has participated and made presentations in various international conferences and workshops.

Philise, a Kenyan national, holds a Master of Online Education from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia; a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University, Kenya; a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management; Diplome Supérieures d'Etudes Commerciales from Alliance Française, Nairobi and has undertaken a number of professional and continuing courses in various areas of Management and eLearning.