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Magdallen Nafula Juma was Senior Manager of Academic Programs for the African Virtual University. Magdallen Juma held senior positions at the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta University as Director, Institute of Distance Education and AVU. She published widely on education issues in over forty journals and books and presented scholarly papers at over fifty international conferences. Her research interests centred on education in relation to gender, ICT, Distance Education, and HIV/AIDS. She also carried out consultancies commissioned by UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, the Commonwealth Secretariat, CODESRIA, OSSREA and FAWE. Dr Juma sadly passed away early in 2006.
Kenyatta University- African Virtual University, Kenya
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