Hey there! I'm Wallace

Software Engineer & Researcher

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet!

I'm a tech researcher working on making African digital finance and digital governance safer and easier to use. Building robust, secure and user-centric solutions? Count me in! You can find me on LinkedIn or shoot me an email.

Education:  BSc. Computer Science, MSc. Information Technology

Email:  wmsagusa[at]andrew.cmu.edu

Location:  Kigali, Rwanda

Affiliation:  Researcher - Upanzi DPI Network, SUPERgroup

Wallace Msagusa

About Me

I hold an MSc. in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and a BSc. in Computer Science from Ruaha Catholic University. I have experience in designing, implementing and supporting enterprise VAS applications. My work spans areas of System Design, DevOps, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Distributed Systems, Data Science, Responsible AI, Auditing, Privacy, Regulation and Quality Assurance.

I'm currently a Research Associate at the Upanzi DPI Network and the University of Chicago's SUPERgroup (Security, Usability, & Privacy Education & Research group) supervised by Blase Ur. My research interests are in Usable Privacy and Security, System Reliability, Responsible AI and HCI, most recently focused on:

  1. Implementing and assessing web authentication protocols for e-government services in low-resource environments.
  2. Quality assurance for Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs) and Digital Public Goods (DPGs).
  3. Studying the security, privacy and usability concerns for mobile money services in Africa.

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