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
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
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
Maggie Hazvinei Mapondera works in Communications for Just Associates Southern Africa, a global network of activists, popular educators and scholars in 27 countries working to strengthen and amplify the voice, visibility and collective power of women for a just and sustainable world
Collection of tweets that have been part of today’s conversation around AfriSIG2014: It came down from the planner to the pilot, to the stakeholder and now the ironyist. #AFRISIG2014 pic.twitter.com/Ar31sPgo8l — Nnenna (@nnenna) November 23, 2014 Interesting and poetic breakdown of
It is our first day at this year’s African School on Internet Governance, which is taking place in the beautiful Mauritius island between 21-26 November. More than 40 participants have arrived from all over Africa to take part in the school,