Pria Chetty is the founder and director of EndCode, a network of tech law and policy stakeholders in various African cities. She is a technology law and policy advisor to public and private sector organisations, developing country governments and international organisations. In 2007, Pria founded
AfriSIG 2014: The journey
Tarryn Booysen is Administrative Assistant at the Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa. She is a South African Bachelor of Arts graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology who currently works on APC’s End Violence: Women’s rights and safety online
A tiny dot on the beach
Michael Ilishebo is a Law Enforcement Officer at the Zambia National Police. For the last six years he has been working under the Information and Communication Technology Department. He did his Information Technology studies at the Copperbelt University and was also a
WOUGNET Staff at the 2nd Africa School on internet governance – Mauritius
The 2nd School on Africa Internet Governance (AfriSIG2014) has just concluded. The five days intensive training brought together practitioners, actors and non actors in the civil society fraternity, academics and Government to discuss the future of internet, the evolution,policies, management
AfriSIG: The real deal
Dorothy Mudavanhu is a Human Rights Researcher at the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, a non- profit organisation which aims to establish a society that respects all human rights, free from organized violence, torture and cruel inhumane degrading treatment. She holds
Interview with Wellington Radu, from Media Monitoring Africa, at AfriSIG 2014
APC interviewed Wellington Radu, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, and a participant in the African School on Internet Governance, which took place between 21-26 November 2014 in Mauritius. Wellington Radu is Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa. He is interested in information
Interview with Nhlanhla Ngwenya, from the Media Institute of Southern Africa, at AfriSIG2014
APC interviewed Nhlanhla Ngwenya, Director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Zimbabwe), and a participant in the African School on Internet Governance, which took place between 21-26 November 2014 in Mauritius. Nhlanhla Ngwenya is the Director of the Media Institute
African School on Internet Governance 2014: Defining priorities and Addressing Capacity Gaps
Gbenga Sesan is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, a social enterprise that connects Nigerian youth with ICT-enabled opportunities. This is his reflection on AfriSIG 2014: “Thank you, Madam Chair”, he said, before going ahead to make a point about which
My first Internet Governance experience
Brenda Kite is the rural projects manager of the Women of Uganda Network, an NGO that focuses on the use of ICTs among women, women organizations and youth to address issues of sustainable development. Having been selected to take part in
Peer-to-peer name services – a potential game-changer?
Michael Graaf, from the Right to Know Campaign (South Africa) is a lifelong activist in anti-apartheid, antimilitarist, green, and information liberation fields. His education background is some science, some humanities, some media studies, and some IT. He is the author of this