About the Author

Extended Biography of the Author

Daniel Mugisha was born at the Maternité Port-Royal in Paris 14, France, to Burundian parents who were pursuing higher education in France. His family heritage, however, extends across the Great Lakes region of Africa, with ancestral roots connected to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. He was born under the name Dunia Nyambarza and later adopted the name Daniel Mugisha during a difficult period marked by ethnic conflict in the Great Lakes region. Committed to a non-ethnic understanding of national identity, he maintained that people should identify first as Burundians or Rwandans rather than be divided by ethnicity. This conviction eventually contributed to his decision to leave Uganda, where he had later become Ugandan.

His father, a distinguished historian, earned his first university degree at the University of Lovanium in Leopoldville, Congo-Belge, before continuing his studies in France, where he obtained a doctorate from the Sorbonne University. He later served as Professor of Contemporary History at the Sorbonne and as a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States. His mother also pursued her studies in France. Growing up within this academic environment, Daniel developed a lifelong appreciation for learning, historical research, disciplined inquiry, and intellectual curiosity. From an early age, his father encouraged him to cultivate a scientific mindset through mathematics, astronomy, scientific exploration, books, and independent study

At the age of twelve, he made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, beginning a spiritual journey that would shape his life and future ministry. He was raised within a Pentecostal family whose spiritual heritage is closely connected with the early expansion of Pentecostal Christianity across Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. During the colonial period, Swedish missionaries who had established Pentecostal work in Uganda also travelled into the kingdoms of Rwanda and Urundi (present-day Burundi), where they planted and developed Pentecostal churches. They travelled with African co-workers from Uganda, among them members of Daniel's ancestral family; his ancestors, including forebears several generations removed from him, were involved in this early Pentecostal work.

Daniel is the fourth generation of ministers of the Gospel in his family. This cross-border heritage shaped his understanding of Christian ministry and exposed him to suspicion and persecution in an environment where ethnic and national identities were deeply contested.

Before entering full-time Christian ministry, Daniel devoted more than two decades to public service, gaining extensive experience in law enforcement, public administration, and strategic planning. He graduated from the Hellenic Naval Academy in Greece (B.A.), where his education combined military leadership with rigorous training in the applied sciences, including mathematics, physics, astronomy, statistics, computer science, navigation, and engineering fundamentals. He later completed advanced studies in Naval War Tactics and Operations at the Greek Naval War School in Salamis, strengthening his strategic and operational expertise.

His professional career included significant responsibilities in regional cooperation. He served as Project Director for the establishment of the Regional Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) System for Lake Tanganyika, working closely with national institutions and regional experts, including the Ugandan National Lake Rescue Institute (NLRI) founded by Tim de Wet, to strengthen maritime safety in accordance with international standards. He also served on an expert team appointed by the East African Community (EAC) to develop a regional strategy for combating piracy in the Indian Ocean. The team produced strategic recommendations based on international maritime law and United Nations conventions, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), for consideration by African Union peace and security structures. He also participated in implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code at the ports of Lake Tanganyika, contributing to the modernisation of maritime security.

Although his professional life was rooted in safety and security services, public administration, and strategic leadership, Daniel increasingly sensed that his long-term calling extended beyond government institutions into Christian ministry, leadership development, and biblical teaching.

During a period marked by political instability and ethnic conflict in the Great Lakes Region, he experienced persecution that eventually forced him into exile. Through these difficult years he endured assassination attempts, imprisonment, the loss of personal possessions, prolonged separation from his children, and the tragic death of his first wife.

In time, he came to understand that these struggles were not merely socio-political but spiritual. Through prayer and biblical reflection, he became convinced that many visible conflicts have unseen spiritual dimensions. This understanding would later become one of the central themes developed throughout the Rebuild My House series.

During an extended period of prayer and fasting on the WTM Prayer Mountain in Uganda (2002–2003) founded by Apostle John Mulinde, Daniel sensed a clear call from God to write a series of books inspired by the prophetic message of Haggai concerning the rebuilding of God's spiritual house. During this season he served at the Kampala Pentecostal Church (KPC) under the leadership of Senior Pastor Gary Skinner, where he received significant ministry formation. In 2003 he continued his theological studies in Nairobi, Kenya, and was ordained as a Minister of the Gospel (Reverend). He later pursued additional ministerial training through the International School of Ministry (ISM) in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. His studies were sponsored through a philanthropic organisation associated with Tsitsi Masiyiwa, the Zimbabwean philanthropist and co-founder of Higherlife Foundation.

Rather than pursuing public recognition, Daniel has devoted much of his ministry to missionary work in remote and often challenging regions of East and Southern Africa. Through the Word of Prophecy Ministry (WPM — Tanzania) and HigherLife Church (Uganda), he has ministered in communities where open evangelism can be difficult and dangerous. His work has included preaching in predominantly Muslim communities, training church leaders, and encouraging believers through biblical teaching, discipleship, and testimonies of healing, deliverance, and spiritual renewal.

In 2013–2014, during Zambia's Jubilee celebrations, Daniel was invited by Bishop Billy Mfula, Founder of Jesus Anointed Ministries (JAM) and Chairperson of Advocates for the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation, to teach “The Biblical Jubilee” on national television.

Surprisingly, it was during this period that he discovered for the first time that Zambia had been declared a Christian nation under President Frederick Chiluba in 1991. This revelation profoundly influenced his ministerial direction, awakening a particular spiritual burden for Zambia and strengthening his conviction that the nation could play a significant role in a future worldwide Christian revival.

That growing conviction eventually inspired him to write the RMH Companion Book, The Little Cloud of Zambia, expressing his belief that a great spiritual awakening could emerge from Zambia and extend far beyond its borders.

The experience also reinforced his understanding that the prophetic message of Haggai extends beyond individual churches to the rebuilding of communities, institutions and even nations—a vision that would later shape the broader scope of the Rebuild My House series.

Alongside his theological ministry, Daniel has maintained a longstanding interest in science, technology, and strategic leadership. His early exposure to computer programming, academic heritage, and commitment to biblical scholarship eventually converged in the writing of AI REVOLUTION: Understanding the Age of Artificial Intelligence—A Biblical Perspective.

Recognising that Artificial Intelligence represents far more than a technological innovation, he has increasingly focused on the relationship between faith, leadership, ethics, public policy, and Africa's technological future. From this broader vision emerged the African Institute for Sovereign Technologies and Innovation (ASTI), an independent multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to advancing Artificial Intelligence, autonomous systems, and emerging technologies for Africa's future while promoting scientific excellence, technological sovereignty, responsible innovation, and ethical leadership. Building on this work, he is developing complementary initiatives, including the proposed Africa AI Initiative, Africa AI Manifesto, and Church AI Initiative, intended to encourage informed, responsible, and collaborative engagement with Artificial Intelligence.

Today, Daniel continues to pursue a multidisciplinary vision bringing together Christian ministry, strategic leadership, Artificial Intelligence, institutional development, and Africa's future. Through the Rebuild My House series, AI Revolution, and the vision of ASTI, he seeks to encourage biblical faithfulness, scientific excellence, responsible innovation, and leadership capable of serving both the Church and society.

He believes that faith and knowledge are not opposing forces but complementary gifts from God. While the Church proclaims the unchanging Gospel of Jesus Christ, it must also understand the changing world in which that Gospel is proclaimed. His continuing mission is to help prepare future generations spiritually, intellectually, and technologically to serve God faithfully and responsibly in an age increasingly shaped by Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies.