| dc.description.abstract | HIV has been an epidemic that has taken a toll on our communities and our country in
general. There are 1.6 Million people in Kenya living with AIDS. This has led to the loss
of lives amounting to 36,000 AIDS related deaths in 2016 and not to mention 62,000 new
infections in the same year. General productivity of the country has also dwindled (WHO,
2019) because many are sick from HIV related infections. Kenya Aids Non-governmental
consortium as a Non-governmental organization itself has been at the forefront in
combating this epidemic (KANCO, 2018). KANCO as a membership company was started
in Kenya and is operating in the Eastern Africa region. Its membership consists of other
Community Based Organizations (CBOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and
Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), Private Sector actors, Research and Learning organs
having a focus on health advocacies and implement health programmes. KANCO over the
years has implemented and have ongoing key populations programs through various
projects that have contributed positively to key populations service uptake as at June 2013.
All these projects are measured in scope, time, and quality of delivery as a measure of
performance. The study investigated the influences of technological innovations on
projects performance of Non-governmental organisations, and in this case, KANCO. The
study research objectives focused how Project Management Software can contribute to
project collaboration, better scheduling and planning, efficient resource management and
project budgeting. It explored how Mobile Communication Networks contribute to remote
coverage, increased frequency of communication, variety of data being transmitted and
reduced cost of communication. Finally, it explored how Information Databases assist store
project data and documents, enable information retrieval, backups and efficient and
effective reporting. These were the independent variables of the research. The study
explored literature and empirical reviews that will be supported/anchored in theories of
Rogers’s innovation diffusion theory, systems theory and theory of change to support the
topic of influence of technology on projects performance. The study implemented
descriptive survey designs and gathering of data was by way of questionnaire. Moreover,
the population of research was KANCOs 71 staff who formed the census population. The
census included project managers, project members and office managers. The data analysis
for this study was done through Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) and outputs
presented in form of frequencies and inferential statistics, notably bivariate correlation. The
study findings were that project management software, mobile communication networks
and information databases influence the performance of non-governmental organisation
projects. NGOs should embrace the use of project management software for easier
collaboration, improve on the use of mobile communication networks and use of
information databases in their projects. A study should be done on influence of
technological innovations on governmental entities as a further area of study. | en_US |
