Category Advisory Council

Waddah Fadul

Waddah Fadul

Waddah is an experienced digital transformation consultant and currently serves as a board member for Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA) where he works in multiple initiatives and projects that aim to build the digital capacity of the continent. He is also…

Carl Elmstam

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Carl works at the unit for Global Sustainable Economic Development at Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). The overarching goal is to increase free, safe and open use of information and communication technology for development. The role combines project…

Tom Koutsky

Tom-Koutsky

Tom Koutsky is a Senior Connectivity Policy Advisor at the Center for Digital Development in the USAID Global Development Lab. As a member of the Digital Inclusion team, Tom works to build connected, digitally inclusive, and internet-empowered societies in USAID…

Boutheina Guermazi

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Dr. Boutheina Guermazi is the Director of Digital Development (DD) Department of the Infrastructure Practice Group of the World Bank. She heads a global team working on building digital economies in developing countries, to drive shared prosperity and reduced poverty.…

Funke Opeke

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Ms. Funke Opeke, is founder and CEO of MainOne. MainOne is a broadband infrastructure services provider that built West Africa’s first privately owned submarine cable system interconnecting Lagos, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; and Seixal, Portugal in 2010. In January 2015, the…

Luca Belli

Luca Belli

Luca Belli, PhD is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, where he heads the CyberBRICS project, and associated researcher at Centre de Droit Public Comparé of Paris 2 University. Luca’s work is at…