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Dr. Kondwani Godwin Munthali

SENIOR LECTURER
Computing

Research Areas

Environmental Data Science,Geospatial Computing,

Profile

Kondwani Godwin Munthali is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Head in the Department of Computer Science, Chancellor College - University of Malawi. He has also previously served as the programme coordinator for the MSc in Informatics. Kondwani holds a PhD in Geo-Environmental Science from University of Tsukuba, Japan; Master of Science in GIS degree from the University of Leeds, England and Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Computer Science and minor Electronics from University of Malawi – Chancellor College. Kondwani has over ten years’ teaching experience in institutions of higher learning for both undergraduate and postgraduate computer science and geoinformation science students. He is also involved in the supervision of both postgraduate and undergraduate students. He has demonstrated skills in curriculum development and review through involvement in the development of undergraduate programmes for University of Malawi (BSc Computer Science, Information Systems and Computer Network Engineering), Malawi University of Science and Technology (BSc in Geoinformation Science) and postgraduate programmes for University of Malawi (MSc in informatics and Bioinformatics and PhD in Computer Science and Information Systems). Kondwani has over ten years’ experience in software development (database and system architectural design) through a number of projects where he served as lead software developer, database designer and GIS expert for the Ministry of Health (iCHIS) with support from UNICEF, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development with support from World Bank, Department of Energy Affairs with support from UNDP, Malawi Institute of Tourism with support from GIZ, MHealth4Africa, Ministry of Education with support from FEDOMA, Department of E-Government, ASI and National Aids Commission. His research interests are geospatial computing and environmental data science especially geospatial database designing and modelling with a bias in agricultural and health applications. Through this, he is keen to develop geospatial capacity in Malawi using open source software through his accumulated experience in software like Ubuntu, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, QGIS Desktop, QGIS Server, Qt, GeoServer, GeoNode Kondwani is also vastly experienced in training needs assessment, curriculum development and IT capacity development. He has previously served as a lead facilitator in trainings for the projects: NAMIS, MHealth4Africa, Ministry of Education through FEDOMA, Department of E-Government, ESCOM staff ICT capacity building

Publications

  • Journal Article
    Phiri, Y., Munthali, K. G. 2023. Primary Health Care Accessibility in Zomba, Malawi: A Spatial Modelling Approach. Procedings of the International Cartographic Association, 5, 16 (2023)
    https://ica-proc.copernicus.org/articles/5/16/2023/
  • Journal Article
    Phiri, C., Munthali K.G., and Phiri, Y. 2022. Road Traffic Accidents Severity Modelling in Malawi. The African Conference on Information Systems and Technology. 16 (2022)
    https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/acist/2022/presentations/16
  • Journal Article
    Munthali, E., Munthali, K.G., Mikeka, C., and Kunyenje G. 2022. Effectiveness of Using Digital Technologies and Digital Labour in Farm Management towards Shaping Precision Farming to Achieve Food Security: A Malawian Perspective. Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6(2), 28-35 (2022)
    https://mjbas.com/data/uploads/9635.pdf
  • Journal Article
    Kalisha, S.M.; Munthali, K.G. 2024. Multi-Factor GIS Modeling for Solid Waste Dumpsite Selection in Lilongwe, Malawi. Sustainability, 16(3), 1202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ su16031202 (2022)
    https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/3/1202
  • Conference Papers
    Kanjo, Chipo & Manda, Tiwonge & Byson, Lawrence & Twabi, Ahmed & Munthali, Kondwani. (2022). Community of Practice in Practice: Successful Implementation of Integrated Community Health Information Systems. IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa) 1-8. 10.23919/IST-Africa56635.2022.9845579 (2022) (2022)
  • Journal Article
    Sibale, K.B., Munthali, K.G. 2021. Analysing Road Traffic Situation in Lilongwe: An Agent Based Modelling (ABM). Approach. Advanced Journal of Graduate Research, 10(1), 3-15. DOI: 10.21467/ajgr.10.1.3-15 (2021)
  • Journal Article
    Nkhoma, D.B., Munthali, K.G. 2021. Investigation of Key Factors Affecting Quality of Patient Data from National Antiretroviral Therapy Electronic Medical Record System in Malawi. Malawi Journal of Science and Technology (2021)
  • Journal Article
    Phiri, Y.D.J., Munthali, K.G. 2019. FOSS Technologies in Modelling Spatial Accessibility of Primary Health Care in Malawi. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLII-4/W14, 189–195 (2019)
  • Book Chapters
    Munthali, K.G. 2017. Lilongwe Metropolitan Area. In: Y. Murayama, C. Kamusoko, A. Yamashita, R.C. Estoque, eds. Urban Development in Asia and Africa: Geospatial Analysis of Metropolises. pp319-346, Singapore: Springer Singapore, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3241-7 (2017)
  • Journal Article
    Kilembe, C., Sibale, J., Chikopa, I., and Munthali, K. 2016. Assessing the Contribution of Land Use to Floods in Blantyre City South, 2015, The Journal of Catholic University of Malawi, 2, 73 - 82 (2016)
  • Journal Article
    Munthali, K.G., and Murayama, Y. 2015. Modeling deforestation in Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Lilongwe, Malawi: a multiagent simulation approach. Geojournal, 80(5), 743 – 757 (2015)
  • Journal Article
    Munthali, K. G., and Murayama, Y. 2013. Interdependences between Smallholder Farming and Environmental Management in Rural Malawi: A Case of Agriculture-Induced Environmental Degradation in Malingunde Extension Planning Area (EPA). Land, 2(2), 158 - 175 (2013)
  • Journal Article
    Munthali, K.G., and Murayama, Y. 2012. Extending agent-based land-use/-cover change models to tropical deforestation: a focus on farm-based decision making in tropical subsistence farming, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26(10), 1881-1895 (2012)
  • Book Chapters
    Munthali, K.G. 2012. Agent based simulation in geospatial analysis. In:Y. Murayama, ed. Progress in geospatial analysis. pp143-156, Tokyo: Springer Science +Business Media B.V., DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54000-7_10 (2012)
  • Book Chapters
    Munthali, K. G., and Murayama, Y. 2012.Watershed Evaluation Using Geospatial Techniques.In:Y. Murayama, ed. Progress in geospatial analysis. pp 273- 285, Tokyo: Springer Science +Business Media B.V.,DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54000-7_17 (2012)
  • Book Chapters
    Khoi, D. D., and Munthali, K. G. 2012. Multispectral classification of Remote Sensing data for geospatial analysis. In: Y. Murayama, ed. Progress in geospatial analysis. pp 13 - 28, Tokyo: Springer Science +Business Media B.V.,DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54000-7_2 (2012)
  • Journal Article
    Munthali, K. G., and Murayama, Y. 2011. Land use/cover change detection and analysis for Dzalanyama forest reserve, Lilongwe, Malawi. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 21, 203 - 211. (2011)
  • Journal Article
    Munthali, K. G., Irvine, B. J., and Murayama, Y. 2011. Reservoir sedimentation and flood control: Using a Geographical Information System to estimate sediment yield of the Songwe River Watershed in Malawi, Sustainability, 3(1), 254 - 269. (2011)
  • Conference Papers
    Mizutani, C., Greger, K., Estoque, R., Munthali, K., Koarai, M., and Nakano, T. 2011. Spatio-temporal analysis on land use considering lifespan. In: papers and proceedings of the Geographic Information Systems Association. 20, 1-6 (CD-ROM). (2011)