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Executive Dean SECOMS
Dr Kizito Elijah Kanyoma
The Office of the Executive Dean, School of Education, Communication and Media Studies provides the strategic academic and administrative leadership for the School of Business and Economic Sciences. Acting as the chief academic and operational officer, the Executive Dean reports directly to the Deputy Vice Chancellor and is responsible for leading the Heads of Academic Departments and Centre Managers within the school.

Before he became the Executive Dean of the School of Education, Communication, and Media Studies (SECOMS) at Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) in February, 2023, Dr. Kizito Elijah Kanyoma was the Dean of the School of Business and Economic Sciences at the same University from December 2020 to January 2023. He previously served as Head of the Department of Business Administration twice from November 2019 to November 2020, and in 2013, respectively, when the University was a constituent college of University of Malawi known as The Polytechnic.


Between February 2017 and August 2019, Dr Kanyoma worked as a lecturer and web-learn facilitator on a number of undergraduate academic programmes at the University of Newcastle’s School of Human and Social Futures, formerly known as Newcastle Business School, Australia. He has also facilitated online MBA programme at the University of Newcastle. Dr Kanyoma brings to SECOMS valuable expertise and the much-needed global perspective as MUBAS repositions itself as an inclusive, engaged, entrepreneurial, innovative and research-intensive institution of higher learning.


A business administration graduate from the University of Malawi—The Polytechnic (2005), Kanyoma obtained a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management from the University of Bolton, United Kingdom in 2012. He later secured two fully funded PhD scholarships, courtesy of the Turkish Government, and the Commonwealth of Australia. In 2018, he successfully completed his doctorate in Supply Chain Management at the University of Newcastle, Australia.


Dr Kanyoma is a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transportation (CILT), and the Malawi Institute of Procurement and Supply (MIPS). As a scholar, Dr Kanyoma has published his research in top ranked journals in the field of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, including in the revered International Journal of Logistics Management.

Before joining the Polytechnic in 2008, Dr Kanyoma worked as a Management Trainee and, later, as Assistant Property Manager (Commercial) with Knight Frank Malawi Limited.

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Background

The School of Education, Communication and Media Studies is responsible for providing teaching, learning, research, consultancy and outreach services in applied education, communication, and media studies. Principally, the School services other programmes across Schools by providing language and communication; business communication; and social and behavior change programmes. It also provides pedagogical skills in the fields of mathematical sciences, business studies and technical sciences, among others. Finally, the School has 3 departments namely: Language and Communication, Applied Education and Journalism and Media studies.

Academic Members of Staff

Besides teaching students in their own respective department, the academic members of staff in the school also teach students in other departments. Just as every student at the university must learn how to write academically, they must also improve their numeracy skills. It is the dedicated members of staff who teach the writing modules to students in other departments, and some of the mathematics and statistics courses are taught by staff in the Department of Technical Education. Not surprisingly, these members of staff teach many hours and grade many papers. Yet they still find time to conduct serious academic research and engage the wider community. 

Centres 

The Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) formerly, Continuing Education Center (CEC) is officially under the school. Still, it offers programs that are taught by academic members of staff in the various other departments at the university. Students from various walks of life and academic backgrounds can enroll in these programs provided they meet the basic criteria required. Qualifying students may be awarded a diploma, which is the highest qualification awarded by the ICE.  Further, the ICE offers students the opportunity of enrolling in programs that are facilitated by internationally recognized examination bodies, such as ABMA Education. Besides operating from the MUBAS main campus and Chichiri campus, it also operates in Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Salima and is in the process of establishing another campus in Mangochi.

On the other hand, the Raphael Tenthani Centre is based at Chichiri campus. It was established with the generous support of the British government in memory of Raphael Tenthani, an acclaimed print and electronic media journalist who was also a correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It is a centre for holding lectures, workshops and conferences and other such activities.