Professor Benon C Basheka, PhD, FCIPS is the founder, CEO and Managing Director of Radix Management Consulting (U) LTD. He in this role provides overall leadership and oversight roles on the firm’s strategic, tactical and operational levels. He oversees the business strategy of the firm and with his extensive experience and diverse academic qualifications, he provides team leadership to most consultancy assignments. Beyond management consulting, Basheka is a practicing academic, research and administrator. He currently serves as a Professor of Governance and Deputy Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs at Kabale University in Uganda. He is also a visiting Professor of Governance and Public Policy as well as a Research fellow at the School of Public Governance and Administration at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Professor Basheka is also an Extra-Ordinary Professor of Governance at the Business School of the North-Western University in South Africa. He has written, researched and consulted extensively within his fields of specialisation.
Prof Basheka has a multidisciplinary academic background with two PhDs, two Master’s Degrees, Two postgraduate Diplomas and One Bachelor’s Degree. He has a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration (coursework and dissertation) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where he specialized in Public Governance, Policy Management and Public Financial Management. His second PhD is in Educational Administration, Planning and Management (coursework and dissertation) obtained from Makerere University where he specialized in Higher Education Governance and Reforms. Professor Basheka has a Master’s Degree in Social Sector Planning and Management from Makerere University with a specialty in University Quality Assurance Management systems and a second Master’s degree in Project Management and Evaluation from Uganda Management Institute with a specialty in Program design and evaluation. Basheka equally has a Postgraduate Diploma in Project planning and Management from Uganda Management Institute and a graduate diploma in procurement and supply from the Chartered institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS-United Kingdom). Basheka had his undergraduate training in Political Science and Public Administration from Makerere University where he obtained a second-class upper division degree. He is a final fourth year Law student in his pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB).
Basheka has received a number of international awards and recognitions. He is extensively travelled and is versed with changing dynamics in his fields of study and consulting. He specialises in Strategic management, Public Policy, Public Procurement, Public sector management, Education sector reforms and policy, ICT and e-learning adoption, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management and formulation, Human Rights, Democracy and Constitutional law, Human Resource Management, Organisational change and Development, among others. In the consulting and advisory services realm, he has been a team leader and specialist for more than 50 high level consultancy assignments for Government, national and international organizations and Civil Society Organizations. He has consulted for leading organizations like the World Bank, DFID, GIZ, UNICEF, UNDP, SIDA, and ADC among others. He has excellent communication, team leadership and report writing skills.
Email: bbasheka@gmail.com/bbasheka@yahoo.co.uk
Cell Phone: +256782459354