Attlee Munyaradzi Gamundani, PhD (Prof A.M.G) is a lifelong learner, a student of life, a friend, a colleague, a caring parent, a loving husband, a team player and a problem solver. With his solution-oriented personality, he believes in lessons learnt rather than focusing on mistakes from the crucibles of life. Every moment in his life is an opportunity to unlearn, learn and relearn. 

As an Associate Professor: Cyber Security in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics under the Cyber Security Department at Namibia University of Science and Technology his engagements involves Teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate levels), Research (supervising Honours, Master and PhD Students, research grants application, administering and being a principal investigator for research projects in his specialisation), Mentoring (junior staff members, colleagues and students), Administration and Community engagement (creating awareness, serving in boards, delivering keynote addresses, consultancy services and serving in various community relevant roles as requested). He is the lead for the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) & ICT4D Research cluster.

As an ICTD Fellow (Postdoc Researcher) at United Nations University Institute in Macau. His work on AI Governance and Ethics was under the Sustainable Decision-Making Tech research project. He is driven by the passion to implement participatory AI Ethics and Governance in the Health and Education sectors. He was part of the organising team for the establishment of the AI Africa Expert Network in support of the UN Secretary General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation to enhance multi-stakeholder efforts on global AI cooperation.

Prof Gamundani is also serving as the country (Namibia) representative for Responsible AI Network-Africa (RAIN-Africa). On November 2020, he was appointed as an Advisory Board Member and Operations- Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) committee for the Pan African Information Communication Technology Association (PAICTA).

Attlee’s long CV consists of a list of his wide research publications featured in International Journals and International Conference proceedings in the field of Information Security covering IoT Security, Cloud Computing Security, ICT4D and Data Security. Prof A.M.G delivered keynote addresses on security issues at national and international forums as well as co-authored junior-level ICT Teacher’s Textbooks (Grade 4, 5, 6 and 7) in Namibia. He has received several awards in teaching, presentation and research throughout his career

He was elevated to the Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE) status as a testimony of his wide contributions to the computer science domain. He is also a Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) and part of the initial team mandated to establish the CheckPoint Secure Academy in Namibia. 

Among his main community engagement activities is the annual Namibia National Cyber Security Competition (NNCSC), which he is part of the co-founding team members and has been running yearly since 2015 to date. Prof Gamundani served as the NNCSC Chairperson in 2019 and is now serving on the same position since 2021. NNCSC is an initiative earmarked at raising cybersecurity awareness in an engaging and practical way. To date, he is serving as part of the Steering Committee for the Africa Region to International Cybersecurity Competition (AFRICC) which is an extension of the NNCSC grassroots. He is also a committee member for the International Cybersecurity Competition which successfully hosted its first competition series in Greece in June 2022.

Personal Motto: Its better to light the candle than to curse the darkness