Rafiat Ajibade Oyekunle

Rafiat Ajibade Oyekunle is a Reader in the Department of Information Technology, University of Ilorin. She holds a B.Sc. degree from ABU Zaria, M.. and Ph.D. Information Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research interests include E-business, Social Informatics, Information Systems, Internet Studies, Mobile Services and Data Analytics. She is a registered member of Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NiWIIT) and The Internet Society. She has published over thirty articles in reputable local, national and international journals, and has attended quite a number of academic conferences, trainings and workshops. She has many administrative experience to her credit including serving as the Head of Department for five consecutive years, she has also engaged in a lot of community services including Reviewer, External Examiner, Collation Officer (INEC), Resident Monitor (JAMB), and Associate Editor.

EDUCATION

B.Sc.
M..
P.hD.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction

Scopus Publications

Perceptions on the Deployment and Adoption of Implant RFID Technology to Enhance Security in Nigeria
Ismaeel Abiodun, Rafiat Ajibade, Ajibola Olasunkanmi, Modinat Abolore, A. Omololu, et al.
African Renaissance, 2024
A Smote-Based Churn Prediction System Using Machine Learning Techniques
Akinyemi Omololu Akinrotimi, Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun, Modinat Abolore Mabayoje, Rafiat Ajibade Oyekunle, Marion Olubunmi Adebiyi
2023 International Conference on Science Engineering and Business for Sustainable Development Goals Seb Sdg 2023, 2023
The financial backbone of every telecommunications company is strictly made up of the number of customers patronizing the organization. Due to the high level of competition amongst existing telecommunication companies, customers sometimes leave, dropping the services of a particular one for the other. Predicting which subscribers may want to leave a telecommunications company and providing solutions to keep them from doing so, are the main objectives of customer churn prediction. Churn prediction helps classify consumers who are likely to move from one business to another. The ability to foresee churners before they leave has been increasingly useful in recent years, especially in light of increased competition among communications carriers. To compute churners for telecommunications providers, the study described in this paper used oversampling techniques to balance churn data and applied the dimensionality reduction technique to discover optimal features with a strong predictive ability for detecting would-be churners and non-churners. The model used Logistic Regression and the Naïve Bayes Classification Algorithm to implement comparative classification strategies. The performance levels of these strategies were compared using a Telecommunications Customer Churn data set, as well as performance metrics such as accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. The Naïve Bayes Algorithm proves more efficient than its counterpart giving higher positive rate detection and a lower negative rate detection.
Interrelationships of organisation and E-business strategies with E-business readiness, intensity and impact in Nigerian Universities
Rafiat A. Oyekunle, Mutawakilu A. Tiamiyu
Heliyon, 2022
Electronic business, which involves deploying information technologies to drive business processes, promises substantial gains for institutions like universities. However, the gains can be realized only when universities invest strategically in appropriate e-business resources and processes that sync with their institutional goals and strategies. Nigerian universities have over many years been implementing several networked information resources used to support their usual, research, teaching, administration as well as public outreach activities. However, they need to know how well such investments are helping to achieve their goals. The study adopted the Technology, Organisation and Environment framework (TOE) as its research model, while descriptive survey design was implemented to collect data. Eighteen universities were selected using stratified random sampling, this comprised one private, state and federal from each of the six geo-political zones in Nigeria, data were collected from 160 management and 90 Information Technology staff using a structured and validated questionnaire which was subjected to Pearson correlation analyses and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The correlation analyses revealed moderate positive relationship between organisational strategy (OS) and e-business strategy (ES), strong positive relationship between e-business strategy and e-business readiness (ER), moderate positive relationship between e-business readiness and e-business intensity (EI), weak positive linear relationship between e-business intensity and e-business impact (EM), and weak positive relationship between e-business impact and organisational strategy (OS). The estimated inner model of the PLS-SEM showed statistically significant path correlations between OS and ES (0.48), ES and ER (0.86), ER and EI (0.60), and EI and EM (0.43), while the hypothesised path relationship between EM and OS was negative and insignificant. The study concluded that the university management needs to better synchronize their organisational objectives and strategies with their e-business (technology) strategies to improve their e-business readiness and use the resources more intensively for greater impact on their institutional objectives.
Exploring information and communication technology among rural dwellers in sub-Saharan African communities
Naeem Atanda Balogun, Fabian Aiterebhe Ehikhamenor, Omenogo Veronica Mejabi, Rafiat Ajibade Oyekunle, Olayiwola Wasiu Bello, Oluyinka Titilope Afolayan
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development, 2020
The study used survey design and collected data using a questionnaire. Stratified random sampling was employed to identify 12 rural communities evenly spread across the three senatorial districts of Kwara State, Nigeria. From each community, 125 respondents were purposively sampled, resulting in a sample size of 1500. Data collected were analyzed using frequencies and cross-tabulations. The results show the presence of ICT in the rural communities of a sub-Saharan African country and the need for the government to educate, train and implement policies that would help rural dwellers make effective and efficient use of ICT tools and infrastructures available in their domain.
An overview of e-government technological divide in developing countries
Rafiat A. Oyekunle, H. B. Akanbi-Ademolake
International Business Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications, 2016
This chapter presents an overview of e-Government technological divide in developing countries. Technological divide here does not consist simply of telecommunications and computer equipment (i.e. ICTs), but it is also e-Readiness (i.e. the available capacity as indicated by workforce capacity to build, deploy, and maintain ICT infrastructure), ICT literacy (using digital technology, communication tools, and/or networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information), e-Inclusion and/or e-Exclusion (i.e. no one is left behind in enjoying the benefits of ICT), etc., which are factors also necessary in order for people to be able to use and benefit from e-Government applications. Most of the currently published works on e-Government strategies are based on successful experiences from developed countries, which may not be directly applicable to developing countries. Based on a literature review, this chapter reveals the status of e-Government technological divide in developing countries and also underscores the challenges associated with e-Government in developing countries, thus bringing to the limelight the factors that influence the growth of the technological divide and different approaches that have been put in place to overcome the divide. In conclusion, this chapter advocates education and training, local content development, enhancing network infrastructure, and capacity building, among others, as ways of bridging the divide.
An Overview of E-Government Technological Divide in Developing Countries
Rafiat A. Oyekunle, H. B. Akanbi-Ademolake
Politics and Social Activism Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications, 2015
This chapter presents an overview of e-Government technological divide in developing countries. Technological divide here does not consist simply of telecommunications and computer equipment (i.e. ICTs), but it is also e-Readiness (i.e. the available capacity as indicated by workforce capacity to build, deploy, and maintain ICT infrastructure), ICT literacy (using digital technology, communication tools, and/or networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information), e-Inclusion and/or e-Exclusion (i.e. no one is left behind in enjoying the benefits of ICT), etc., which are factors also necessary in order for people to be able to use and benefit from e-Government applications. Most of the currently published works on e-Government strategies are based on successful experiences from developed countries, which may not be directly applicable to developing countries. Based on a literature review, this chapter reveals the status of e-Government technological divide in developing countries and also underscores the challenges associated with e-Government in developing countries, thus bringing to the limelight the factors that influence the growth of the technological divide and different approaches that have been put in place to overcome the divide. In conclusion, this chapter advocates education and training, local content development, enhancing network infrastructure, and capacity building, among others, as ways of bridging the divide.
Attitude, perceptions and motivation towards knowledge sharing: Views from universities in kwara state, nigeria
African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science, 2014
An overview of e-government technological divide in developing countries
Rafiat A. Oyekunle, H. B. Akanbi-Ademolake
Technology Development and Platform Enhancements for Successful Global E Government Design, 2013
This chapter presents an overview of e-Government technological divide in developing countries. Technological divide here does not consist simply of telecommunications and computer equipment (i.e. ICTs), but it is also e-Readiness (i.e. the available capacity as indicated by workforce capacity to build, deploy, and maintain ICT infrastructure), ICT literacy (using digital technology, communication tools, and/or networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information), e-Inclusion and/or e-Exclusion (i.e. no one is left behind in enjoying the benefits of ICT), etc., which are factors also necessary in order for people to be able to use and benefit from e-Government applications. Most of the currently published works on e-Government strategies are based on successful experiences from developed countries, which may not be directly applicable to developing countries. Based on a literature review, this chapter reveals the status of e-Government technological divide in developing countries and also underscores the challenges associated with e-Government in developing countries, thus bringing to the limelight the factors that influence the growth of the technological divide and different approaches that have been put in place to overcome the divide. In conclusion, this chapter advocates education and training, local content development, enhancing network infrastructure, and capacity building, among others, as ways of bridging the divide.
Patterns of information products advertising in newspaper media in Nigeria
African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science, 2010