Dr Sonny Ako-Nai

Academic Qualifications

  • DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) 
  • MBA (Master of Business Administration) 
  • PGDip. Business Administration 
  • BSc. (Hons.) Comp. Sci. & Statistics 

Biography

Dr Sonny Ako-Nai holds a Doctorate (DBA) in Business administration and a Masters (MBA) in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business and Leadership, UKZN. Sonny has over 25 years industry experience in strategic use of IT in organisations, which include over six years within Unilever across various African countries. 

Sonny is an academic and business management consultant with focus on IT consultancy and advisory services to assist boards and senior management to effectively deploy and govern technology use in an ethical and profitable manner. This thus include corporate governance and the role of the board. 

Professional Bodies

  • Member of the Institute of Directors South Africa 
  • Member ISACA South Africa

Selected Publications

 

Book Chapters 

Book Title – Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries (Published in 2021) Chapters: 

  • IT Governance within Corporate Governance: A Conceptualized Framework 
  • The potential adoption of Second Life as a platform for learning 

Journal Articles

  • IT Governance implementation Framework for the Board: A Corporate Governance Perspective 
  • Information technology governance framework for improving organisational performance. 
  • The Potential of Second Life as a Platform for Learning: Student’s Perspective. 

Additional Information

 

Community Engagement

  • SafeCity Msunduzi (NPC) Board member 

 Special Interest

  • Fitness, Critical Thinking, Motivation & Poetr
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Dr Sonny Ako-Nai

Lecturer

Discipline

Information Systems and Technology

Email

akonaia@ukzn.ac.za

Contact

+27 33 260 5996

Campus

Pietermaritzburg

Office Address

Post Graduate Center G14, Ground floor