Joel S. Mtebe is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the Principal of College of Information and Communication Technologies (CoICT) at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He has been working as a consultant at Pan African Virtual and E-University (an Umbrella of African Union) leading a team of Experts to  implement online, blended, and self paced courses across Africa. Some of the courses and programs developed include Mini-Grid, Digitalization and Entrepreneurship,, Internet Givernamence, and Health Communication Skills for Journalism, and Online Health Fact-Checking, and Media and Information Literacy. He also works as Consultant for the EdTechHub supporting the use of technology in supporting teachers' continuous professional development project for primary education in Tanzania. Prof Mtebe is also an adviser to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on the Digital technology portfolio of  the Higher Education for Economic Transformation Project (HEET) ​ Project. He has been involved in several consultancy works including the Assessment of the Performance of  Government e-Payment Gateway (GePG), performance of Tanzania Revenue Authority ICT Systems in Revenue Collection, and Feasibility study for National Human DNA Database in Tanzania. Mtebe has been involved in several educational technology projects and innovations such as, data mining from online learning systems in schools (the Halostudy system), games-based learning and the use of digital diaries for parental engagement. Prof Mtebe has supervised a number of Masters, and PhD students and he has examined a number of Masters and PhD thesis and dissertations.