Ali Cheema has two decades of experience working in ICT policy advocacy, technology standardization, mobile broadband networks, and radio spectrum harmonization with the aim to facilitate cost effective connectivity. Cheema is motivated by a strong belief in the catalytic role…
Titi Akinsanmi is a Public Policy thought leader on the digital economy focused on shaping an enabling environment needed for innovation. She has spent the last two decades – globally – advising and delivering on laws and policies connecting the…
Anir Chowdhury is the Policy Advisor of the a2i Programmme of the ICT Division and the Cabinet Division of the Government of Bangladesh supported by the UNDP. In this capacity, he leads the formation of a whole-of-society innovation ecosystem in…
Sebastien Codeville is CEO of KaiOS Technologies, the company behind an ecosystem of affordable digital products and services empowering people around the world through technology. In 2016, Sebastien led the company in the development and delivery of their flagship product,…
Kemly Camacho is co-founder and current general coordinator of the Sulá Batsú Cooperative, a self-managed associative company that works on the issue of digital technologies for local development and that in turn encourages, supports and promotes the development of technology-based…
Prior to joining Smart Africa, Phil served successively as Cabinet Minister of Youth and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Government of Rwanda for six years. In that capacity, he spearheaded several flagship initiatives including TransformAfrica, Smart Africa and…
Dean Mulozi has over 20 years of work experience in rural donor aided development and micro projects worldwide. He is currently the Regional Facilitator of the Southern Africa Telecentre Network (SATNET), a regional ICT non- profit organization whose objective is…
He is the founder and president at Institute of Tomorrow, a think tank that works to tackle the top-ranked challenges in East Africa in health, education, energy, peacebuilding & food security. The Institute has been selected by University of Pennsylvania…
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 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…
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.…
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…