NGOAKO has published several books, chapters and articles in different national and international publications and presented conference papers. His research interest includes knowledge, archives, and records management, especially on patients and hospital records, electronic records, artificial intelligence, internet of things, cloud computing, Blockchain technology, enterprise content management, big data management and police case records security. The other field of his interest includes library management and marketing as well as Open Distance electronic learning (ODeL). His professional industry background includes working as an information and records manager as well as librarian in several public and private institutions over 13 years. He has been in the academic industry over five years so far. He holds Bachelor of Information studies and Bachelor of Information Studies honour from University of the North (UNIN)-now known as University of Limpopo (UL), Master of Information Science and Doctor of literature and philosophy from University of South Africa (UNISA). He serves as external examiner for master’s and doctoral research studies for over seven universities.
Ngoako was born and bred at Ga-Sekgopo Village and he is the 7th son of Sekedi (Mamaropeng) Marutha and the late Mr Frans Marutha.
Upon his birth he found both his parents survived as farmworkers in the then apartheid government vegetable farmers at Mooketsi in Limpopo province, The income from the farmwork was only from hand to mouth.
Prof Marutha's father passed away in the first year when he was just started his Sub A (Grade 1) in 1981 at Mantšha Primary School. His mother then started working in the surrounding tomato and cotton farms in which farmers transported her with other workers in truck daily from Monday to Saturday, until she started qualifying social grants in the year 1999 when she was 60 years old.
