Sarah Kiden

Sarah Kiden
Born
Sarah Kiden
EducationUganda Christian University (BSc, MSc Information Systems)
Alma materUganda Christian University
OccupationsTechnologist, Researcher
Years active2015–present
EmployerUniversity of Southampton
Known forBroadband performance research, Internet measurement in Africa, Digital infrastructure research
AwardsMozilla Open Web Fellow; Ford-Mozilla Fellow; Marie Curie Research Fellow

Sarah Kiden is a Ugandan technologist and researcher appointed to the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, in 2024. She specializes in technology-based solutions for community development, broadband performance, and Internet measurement in Africa.

Kiden holds a Bachelor's degree and a Master of Science in Information Systems from Uganda Christian University. She was a Ford-Mozilla Fellow (2017–2018), a Mozilla Open Web Fellow, and a RANITP Fellow hosted by Research ICT Africa. Between 2019 and 2024, she conducted doctoral research at Northumbria University and served as a Marie Curie Research Fellow from June 2020 to June 2022.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Kiden headed the Systems Department at Uganda Christian University and worked with the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU). She has also served as an Internet Society Ambassador and as a member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) At-Large Advisory Committee.

Sarah Kiden is a Ugandan technologist, appointed as a researcher at Southampton University in United Kingdom in 2024. Kiden focuses on technology based solutions for community development.[1] She was a RANITP fellow and Mozilla Open Web Fellow, a program hosted by Research ICT Africa and holds a bachelor's degree and Masters of Science in Information Systems from Uganda Christian University.[2][3][4] Between 2017-2018 she was a Ford-Mozilla fellow hosted by Research ICT Africa. She undertook research for her PhD at Northumbria University between 2019 and 2024. She was a Marie Curie Research Fellow during part of this time (June 2020 until June 2022).[5][6]

Kiden's interventions focus on broadband performance and Internet measurements in Africa.[7] In 2017, she headed the systems department at Uganda Christian University and was at the time, a facilitator for Research and Education Network (RENU), a Ugandan-based organisation working on improving Internet service provision for learning institutions in Uganda.[8] Kiden participated as an Internet Society Ambassador and also served at Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as the At-Large Advisory Committee member.[9][10]

Publications

Kiden is the author or co-author of 18 book chapters, conference contributions and reports. They include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Doctor Sarah Kiden | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Sarah Kiden, Author at Research ICT Africa". Research ICT Africa. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Kiden - Advisor at IlluminAid". THE ORG. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Kiden Sarah (Ms), Christian University, Uganda | Internet Governance Forum". www.intgovforum.org. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  5. ↑ "Sarah Kiden Marie Curie Research Fellow". Northumbria University. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Sarah Kiden – Northumbria School of Design | Research". northumbria.design. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  7. ↑ "eLearning Africa". www.elearning-africa.com. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Events". Internet2. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  9. ↑ "Past IGF Ambassadors". Internet Society. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  10. ↑ "Sarah Kiden SOI - ALAC - Confluence". icann-community.atlassian.net. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
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