(by Martha Kamukama) Multistakeholderism… what an alien word to a regulator! I walked into the African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) 2017 with this exact mindset. Working for a regulator gives you false confidence; that you call all the shots,
The African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) was announced this week as the winner of a 2017 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize, awarded by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in a ceremony at the Geneva International Conference
Loyce Kabahima works with Isis-WICCE, a feminist organization whose mandate is to strengthen women’s leadership and potential in post conflict settings. She hold a Master’s degree in Development Studies. She has over six years of managing and communicating women’s rights
Zoe Titus is a former print journalist who has branced out into media development work in which she has been engaged with for the last 16 years. She currently works for the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) which is
Dr. Sami Salih, founder and chair of the Sudanese IPv6 Task Force (SDv6TF) since 2010. During his position at the telecom regulatory authority (NTC Sudan) as head of R&D he participated in many events organized by ICT related organizations such
Sellina Khumbo Kapondera is a lecturer in the Department of Library and Information science (LIS) at Mzuzu University, Malawi, since 2010. She is also the head of LIS Department. She holds a Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of the
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. Almost everybody loves Wikipedia, and
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
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
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