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The official website of Mr Yemba Gilbert Dodi ABEDI — DBA Doctoral Researcher, author, entrepreneur, strategic adviser, Christian scholar and Gospel teacher. Exploring strategy, project management, business ethics, leadership, entrepreneurship, lived experience and Christian thought.

Portrait of Yemba Gilbert Dodi Abedi
About

Research, Enterprise and Faith in conversation.

Yemba Abedi is a DBA Doctoral Researcher at Anglia Ruskin University, author, entrepreneur, strategic project management professional, strategic adviser, Christian scholar and Gospel teacher whose work brings together management research, executive practice, ethical reflection and Christian thought.

His scholarly interests centre on how leaders and organisations make consequential decisions under uncertainty — particularly where strategy, governance, identity, responsibility and moral commitment intersect. His doctoral research examines these tensions in founder-managed SMEs through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), with particular attention to lived experience, sensemaking and strategic project governance.

Beyond his doctoral research, his longer-term scholarly agenda spans five connected fields: Strategic Project Management; Business Ethics & Strategy; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; SME Governance & Leadership; and Christianity & Biblical Studies. Through research, writing and public scholarship, he seeks to contribute ideas that are academically grounded, practically useful and attentive to the human and ethical dimensions of management.

Yemba comes from an entrepreneurial family and has built his professional career across entrepreneurship, technology, strategic project management, business development and advisory services. He leads and participates in a portfolio of business ventures and brands, including DODITEC, Axioma Technologies, VoIPVoice Telecom, Axioma Pay and AxiomaBooks, spanning technology, telecommunications, digital infrastructure, fintech-enabled services, publishing and professional solutions.

His business and advisory interests extend beyond individual ventures to the development, structuring and strategic evaluation of complex commercial, institutional and cross-border opportunities. This provides a practitioner platform from which Yemba engages with SMEs, established corporations, investors, institutions, public-sector organisations and sovereign stakeholders on strategy, project development, governance, technology, investment readiness, organisational transformation and strategic partnerships.

This combination of entrepreneurial leadership, project expertise and doctoral research enables Yemba G D Abedi to work across the boundary between academic insight and executive practice, bringing research-informed thinking to real organisational challenges while allowing practical experience to inform his continuing work in strategy, governance, leadership and decision-making. His biblical scholarship and Gospel teaching form a distinct but complementary strand of his work, focused on Scripture, discipleship, Christian leadership and the relationship between faith and everyday life.

This website offers a concise, though not exhaustive, portrait of Yemba—his work, interests and engagements—while providing updates on his current activities and ongoing endeavours.

Research

Five research interests.

A long-term research agenda spanning management, ethics, qualitative inquiry, organisational leadership and Christian scholarship.

01

Strategic Project Management

Strategy execution through projects, governance, decision-making, uncertainty, portfolio choices and the relationship between projects and organisational purpose.

02

Business Ethics & Strategy

How strategic choices interact with integrity, responsibility, stakeholder obligations, values and moral commitments in organisations.

03

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)

Interpretative qualitative inquiry into lived experience, sensemaking, identity and how individuals understand significant professional and organisational experiences.

04

SME Governance & Leadership

Founder-managers, entrepreneurial leadership, strategic governance, accountability, identity and decision-making within small and medium-sized enterprises.

05

Christianity & Biblical Studies

Scripture, the Gospels, Christian leadership, discipleship, biblical ethics and the application of Christian thought to work, leadership and society.

Research area 01

Strategic Project Management

This stream examines projects not merely as delivery mechanisms but as instruments of strategy. Areas of interest include strategic alignment, project governance, continuation and termination decisions, organisational uncertainty, portfolio priorities and the role of leadership judgement when evidence is incomplete or contested.

Research area 02

Business Ethics & Strategy

This stream explores the point at which strategic rationality meets moral responsibility. It considers integrity, stewardship, accountability, stakeholder commitments and the ethical consequences of strategic decisions, particularly when commercially rational choices conflict with personal or organisational values.

Research area 03

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)

IPA is a central methodological interest, particularly for investigating complex experiences that involve identity, emotion, judgement and meaning. This stream follows developments in phenomenological and interpretative qualitative research and explores rigorous applications of IPA in management, entrepreneurship and leadership studies.

Research area 04

SME Governance & Leadership

This stream focuses on the distinctive governance realities of SMEs, especially founder-managed organisations in which ownership, identity and strategic authority are closely connected. Topics include founder decision-making, leadership, governance practices, accountability, organisational identity and strategic resilience.

Research area 05

Christianity & Biblical Studies

This stream engages Scripture and Christian thought with particular interest in the Gospels, discipleship, Christian leadership, biblical ethics, stewardship and vocation. It also provides a space for theological reflection on questions of work, responsibility, leadership and human flourishing.

Updates

Latest Insights & Updates

Follow Yemba's latest thinking, activities and developments across research, enterprise, leadership and faith.

Research

Research Notes

Short reflections, literature insights, methodological notes and developments from ongoing research.

Writing & Media

Articles & Reflections

Longer-form writing across management, ethics, leadership, faith and contemporary questions.

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News

Professional Updates

New publications, talks, projects, ventures, ministry activities and other announcements.

Publications & Store

Books, research and resources.

Published work and selected resources across project management, leadership, Christian thought and personal development.

Media

Watch, listen and explore.

Live & On-Demand Video

Research conversations, teaching, interviews, documentaries and selected video content.

Live Radio

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Entrepreneurship & Advisory

Enterprise, technology and strategic opportunity.

Yemba leads and participates in a portfolio of ventures and brands serving individuals, SMEs, established organisations and institutional markets across technology, telecommunications, digital services, fintech-enabled infrastructure, publishing and professional solutions.

Telecommunications

VoIPVoice Telecom

Business and residential communications solutions spanning hosted VoIP, SIP trunking, broadband and IP communications hardware.

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Axioma Technologies

Axioma Pay

A digital platform for creating and routing payment, payment-request and subscription instructions through Stripe-powered infrastructure.

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Axioma Technologies

AxiomaBooks

Bookkeeping, invoicing, reporting and Making Tax Digital preparation tools designed for freelancers and small businesses.

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Project Management Consulting & Simulation

DODITEC LTD

Project management consulting and advisory, plus proprietary simulation tools, helping organisations plan, test and deliver complex projects with greater confidence.

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DODITEC and Axioma Technologies sit within Yemba’s wider entrepreneurial and advisory portfolio, alongside specialist brands serving distinct markets.

Contact

Research, advisory, speaking and strategic collaboration.

For academic collaboration, strategic advisory engagements, project and business consultation, institutional or sovereign opportunities, speaking invitations, media enquiries, Gospel teaching invitations or business correspondence, please use the contact form.