Wasswa Shafik

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Wasswa Shafik is a Ugandan computer scientist, engineer, author, researcher, information technologist, and educator. He serves as Team Lead for the Dig Connectivity Research Laboratory (DCRLab) in Uganda, registered with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau in 2019. 

Background

He was born at St. Francis Hospital - Nsambya in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.

Education 

Wasswa holds a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Ndejje University, a master's degree in Information Technology Engineering (Computer and Communication Networks) from Yazd University in the Islamic Republic of Iran and a PhD in Digital Science (Computer Science) from Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Brunei Darussalam. His PhD research was on the application of artificial intelligence and computer vision for biotic plant stress detection, identification, and classification. 

Work experience 

He is an academic and industry professional with experience spanning teaching, research, and data-driven leadership. He lectured at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (2023–2025) in cybersecurity, physical computing, and mathematics for digital science, and previously at Yazd University (2018–2021), teaching research methodology, cyber-physical system security, and soft computing security. Since 2019, he has been Founder and Lead Head of the DCRLab in Kampala. Earlier, he worked as a data analyst and researcher with PSI-Uganda, Mercy Corps, TechnoServe, and Plan International, and served as Acting Managing Director of Asmaah Charity Organisation, supporting evidence-based decision-making and community-focused programmes across Uganda.