Ms Ann Numi
Researcher
Ann Numi is a researcher at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) under the Science Technology, Innovation, Knowledge and Society (STIKS) programme. Ann has over seven years of experience in transdisciplinary research and project management, specializing in innovation & sustainable development. Her research interests include innovation and sustainable development, agricultural biotechnology, environmental sustainability, clean energy, gender equality, and inclusion. She is currently pursuing a PhD in innovation and sustainable development at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) under the DSI/NRF Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development (TRCTI). She holds an MSc. in Environmental science, specializing in Limnology and Wetland Management which was a Joint degree programme conducted in BOKU (University of Natural resources and Life Science) Vienna, Austria, Egerton University, Kenya and UNESCO-IHE (Institute for Water Education) Delft, The Netherlands. She also possesses a BSc. in Biotechnology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya. Ann has also pursed several short courses including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, Innovation and Sustainable Development at Lund University among others.
Dr Charles Saba
Senior Research Fellow
Charles Shaaba Saba (PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow at the DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development (UJ-TRCTI). His work spans development economics, AI and the digital economy, innovation, poverty and inequality, energy and environmental economics, and peace and defence economics, grounded in policy-relevant statistical and econometric evidence. He has published extensively in internationally peer-reviewed outlets and maintains a high-impact bibliometric footprint, reflected in substantial citation counts across major indexing platforms. Alongside his research, he serves on the editorial teams of leading international journals and acts as a referee for a wide range of high-quality journals, strengthening scholarly standards in economics and related fields. Dr Saba has won research awards, provides research leadership through project workstreams and postgraduate supervision, and offers advanced research expertise, supported by strong proficiency in statistical, econometric, and programming tools.