Dr. Kennedy Ronoh currently works in Strathmore University as a Lecturer. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Nairobi (Kenya, 2020), MSc. in Wireless Networks and Electronics from Linkoping University (Sweden, 2012) and BSc. in Computer Engineering (Moi University, Kenya, 2008). He previously worked at Technical University of Kenya as a Lecturer before joining Strathmore University. He has working experience in the telecommunication industry having worked as a telecommunication engineer before he joined Technical University of Kenya. Dr. Ronoh also serves an expert trainer for the Internet Society.

Ronoh has expertise in spectrum management, computer networks, data communications, communication systems, computer systems security, algorithms and electronics. He currently teaches Computer Networks, Data Communication, Advanced Computer Networks, Communication Systems, Datsa Structures, Database Systems, Cryptography and Mobile/Wireless Security.

Ronoh has won grants and has participated in a number of projects related to Internet of Things, improvement of connectivity in Kenya and spectrum management. These include grants from ITU (“Covid-19 Recovery: Rebuilding Digital Inclusion for the Rural Counties of Kenya”) and FCDO/DSA (“Enhancing Broadband Connectivity through Dynamic Spectrum Access”). The research project on (“Enhancing Broadband Connectivity through Dynamic Spectrum Access” sought to allow the 6GHz band for WiFi6 by studying the coexistence between Radio LANs (RLANs) that are to operate with Fixed Services (microwave links) and Fixed Satellite Services. The study informed policy regulation by Communications Authority of Kenya on the use 6 GHz for WiFi 6E. Dr. Ronoh has also been instrumental in the country studies on TV White Spaces and was part of the team that carried out the validation exercise and site surveys in the establishment of the Kenyan regulatory framework for TV White Spaces under a project known as “Development and Validation of TV White Spaces Regulatory Framework for Spectrum Sharing for Fixed Broadband Services in the UHF Band as a Demonstration of Dynamic Spectrum Access methods in Rural Kenya” in the year 2019. In 2020, Dr. Ronoh won a grant from KENET to start an IoT Technical University of Kenya and to research on IoT teaching methodologies. In 2023, Dr. Ronoh won a grant from under IEEE Internet for All to roll out a community network in Kakuma area in Turkana County under the name “Connecting the Unconnected Refugees in Kakuma, Turkana County”. In the period 2022 – 2023, Ronoh has been part of a team developing a curriculum for Dynamic Spectrum Access under a grant from FCDO in collaboration with Dynamic Spectrum Alliance. Dr. Ronoh has recently, in the period between 2023 and 2024, been a consultant for the Communications in a project where the Frequency Spectrum Fee Schedule was being review. The outcome was a new Frequency Spectrum Schedule for Communications Authority of Kenya.

Ronoh’s current research interests include Dynamic Spectrum Access, Spectrum Management, TV White Spaces, WiFi6, Metaheuristic Algorithms, Digital Divide, Community Networks, Internet of Things and telecommunication/spectrum policy.  

Ronoh has published over 25 articles in peer reviewed journals papers, conference papers and technical articles https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kennedy-Ronoh/publications. Dr.  Ronoh is a reviewer for some Scopus indexed journals and has previously been a programme committee member and reviewer of the IEEE AFRICON (2022 – current) and ICT4DA (2022 – current) conferences.

Ronoh is a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEE) and a registered graduate engineer with Engineers Board of Kenya.