Africa

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… 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… 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… Read more

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 a leading South African technology law firm which was acquired by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in 2011. She currently serves as a member of regional and international expert groups and advisory boards … 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… 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… Read more

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 and governance structures. The School was held in Mauritius from the 21st- 26th of November 2014. WOUGNET was represented by two of its staff…

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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  a Bachelor of Science and Honors Degree in Psychology awarded by the University of Zimbabwe. 

Although I am a proud owner of an Honors degree in Psychology, I… Read more

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 and communication technologies, human rights and sustainable development.

APC: Why did you decide to join the African School on Internet Governance?

Wellington Radu: While the future… Read more

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 paragraph – in a statement various groups worked on over the past few days – he thought required some form of revision. This form of language is not new to actors within the United Nations system, or similar platforms, but today, delegates… Read more