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Emilar Vushe is APC’s Africa Projects Coordinator of the Communications and Information Policy Programme. Prior to joining APC, she worked as a researcher both in Zimbabwe and South Africa, mainly focusing on public information rights and human rights. She is a graduate of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe.

Participating in the second African Internet Governance School was incredibly useful – at a personal and professional level. Interacting with over 70 people from more than 50 countries is an experience that is… Read more

Dora B. Mawutor is a Programme Officer at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Ghana. She is also in charge of leading MFWA’s Internet Freedom and Digital Rights Advocacy in Ghana and the rest of West Africa.  She has a Masters of Philosophy Degree in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Information Studies and French, all from the University of Ghana.

The 2014 African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) was full of diverse experiences and a great platform to meet people from different parts of the continent and resource… Read more

Ayanda Lebele is a Library Manager at Botho University, Botswana. She holds a masters in library and information science and another in development studies. She is currently a library and information science Phd candidate, studying with the University of South Africa. She has vast experience in public, academic and special research libraries.

The waves of the “Tiny dot on the beach” are spreading inland towards the Khalahari desert in Botswana. I have also had similar questions “what has internet governance got to do with librarians?”

Being invited to attend… Read more

Seaparo Phala is Chief Information Officer at the South Africa Department of Arts and Culture, where he is responsible for information and communication technologies including providing leadership for ICT services for the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa as well as the National Film, Video and Sound Archives. He has a Bachelor in Commerce (Law).

As we land at OR Tambo International Airport on our return from Mauritius, I cannot help but feel as big as a Baobab Tree. We left from various parts of the African continent as just… Read more

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 2013 Cyber Security and IT Policy Scholar at the United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) in Washington, DC,USA. He also studied with World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy (WIPO) and the International Intellectual Property Crime Investigators… Read more

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 project and is a part of the Women’s Rights Programme. Tarryn is also responsible for the weekly section of GenderIT.org, DJ’s Choice.

The beginning and lessons… Read more