A4AI is pleased to welcome seven new members to its Advisory Council. These newest members — elected by the A4AI membership in May 2018 — come from across the public, private and civil society sectors, and started their three-year term on July 1st.
As of July 1, the A4AI Advisory Council comprises the following 12 members (with the seven new representatives indicated with an asterisk):
Public Sector & Academia
- Laminou Ehl Maman, Executive Secretary, West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Association*
- John Garrity, Senior Connectivity Advisor, USAID (former Deputy representative)*
- Boutheina Guermazi, Practice Manager, Digital Development, World Bank*
- Johan Hellstrom, SIDA
Private Sector
- Barbara Baffer, Vice President, Government and Industry Relation, Ericsson*
- Kojo Boakye, Africa Public Policy Manager, Access and Connectivity, Facebook (former Deputy representative)*
- Belinda Exelby, GSMA
- Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne Cable Company*
Civil Society and Foundations
- Njideka Harry, Youth for Technology Foundation
- Jensine Larsen, World Pulse
- Osama Manzar, Director/Founder, Digital Empowerment Foundation (re-elected)*
- Paul Rowney, AFICTA
As we look forward to working together with the new iteration of the Advisory Council, we would like to take a moment to thank the outgoing members for their time, contributions, and invaluable insights:
- Jonathan Dolan, USAID
- Lakshmi Puri, UN Women
- Americo Muchanga, INCM
- Staci Pies, Google
- Ebele Okobi, Facebook
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