2023 SIG – GhanaSIG

2023 FELLOWSHIP

Pioneer Fellows of Ghana School on Internet Governance (GhanaSIG) 2023.

Today, 31st March 2023, the E-Governance and Internet Governance Foundation for Africa (EGIGFA), the organizer of the Ghana School on Internet Governance (GhanaSIG) announced the 41 applicants selected to participate in the 4th annual edition of the GhanaSIG fellowship programme.

For this year’s fellowship, 281 applications were received from 21 countries.

The selected Fellows represent participants from various stakeholder groups, as shown in the list.

The aim of GhanaSIG is to create an avenue for people from diverse sectors and backgrounds to acquire the requisite skills in Internet Governance to enable them to participate meaningfully to discourse at the community, national, regional and the international levels.

The hybrid fellowship is made up of one month online learning sessions and followed by a one week face-to-face training. The face-to-face programme which was scheduled to take place in Accra from 27th 30th June to 1st July 2023.

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Ghana School on Internet Governance 2023 Fellows

ID	Full Name	Gender	Position	Stakeholder Group
GSIG2301	Abeilekpor Julius Kwabla	Male	Graduate Student	Internet End User
GSIG2302	Abusah Daniel	Male	BSc. Information Technology	Civil Society
GSIG2303	Agbemenu Comfort	Female	Unemployed	Internet End User
GSIG2304	Agbenyo Franklin Wolanyo	Male	ICT Depart supervisor	Government
GSIG2305	Ahotor Dennis	Male	Student	Academia
GSIG2306	Akwetey Bright	Male	Business owner	Business and Commerce
GSIG2307	Alhassan Alhassan Sulemana	Male	Internet Governance Professional	Civil Society, and Government
GSIG2308	Ali Faisal	Male	Co-founder	Civil Society
GSIG2309	Ampofo Henrietta	Female	Senior House Officer (Medical Doctor)	Government, and Technical Community
GSIG2310	Antwi Jemima	Female	Executive Director	Civil Society, and Internet End User
GSIG2311	Anzagra Lea	Male	Senior Lecturer	Academia
GSIG2312	Appiah Richard	Female	Protocol Officer	International Organization
GSIG2313	Asante Obed Ntiamoah	Male	System’s programmer	Security Services
GSIG2314	Bennor Deborah Mensah	Female	Student (MPhil Mathematical Statistics)	Academia
GSIG2315	Boatri Freeman Elikplim	Male	CEO	Business and Commerce, and ISPC
GSIG2316	Chinful Ishmael	Male	Data Protection Practitioner	Government
GSIG2317	Damenshie-Brown Ruby	Female	Snr. Programs Officer	Civil Society
GSIG2318	Duah Isaac Kwame	Male	Assistant Registrar	Government
GSIG2319	Effah Kelvin Danso	Male	Graduate Trainee	ISPC
GSIG2320	Fosua Josephine Akua	Female	Nurse	Internet End User
GSIG2321	Gbedemah Shika Susan	Female	Information Security Advisor	Government, and International Organization
GSIG2322	Godzo Lisa	Female	Social Media Manager	Business and Commerce
GSIG2323	Gyan Emmanuel Kwadwo	Male	Wikipedian	Civil Society
GSIG2324	Kitsi Desmond	Male	Executive Director	Civil Society
GSIG2325	Kplorfia Bridget Eshun	Female	National Service Person	Academia
GSIG2326	Kubi Godsway	Male	IT Support Specialist	Civil Society, and Technical Community
GSIG2327	Kwakwa Stephen Osei	Male	Communication Specialist	International Organization
GSIG2328	Larkai Benjamin Valentine	Male	Human Resources Officer and Teacher	Civil Society
GSIG2329	Litor Mawusenam	Male	Project Management/Business Development	Business and Commerce, and International Organization
GSIG2330	Mane Elias Zoramwine	Male	IT Officer	Government
GSIG2331	Martin Addison	Male	Sales Manager	Business and Commerce, and Civil Society
GSIG2332	Nyamadi Makafui	Male	Lecturer	Academia
GSIG2333	Nyarkoh Rabbi	Male	Data Analyst	Business and Commerce, ISPC
GSIG2334	Odoi Francis	Male	Bank Operations Officer	Business and Commerce
GSIG2335	Ohene Charlotte Emefa	Female	Student - Governance Studies	Academia, and Civil Society
GSIG2336	Okunor Nellie	Female	Student - LLM in IT Law	Academia, and Technical Community
GSIG2337	Omedu-Baba Rebecca	Female	Professional Law Student	Government
GSIG2338	Rogers Alieu	Male	Student, MPhil. Power Systems Engineering	Technical Community
GSIG2339	Sackey Bernard	Male	Global IT Officer	Civil Society, and International Organization
GSIG2340	Sam Kingsley	Male	Administration/Maintenance Officer	Security Services
GSIG2341	Syanseke Levy	Male	President	Civil Society
GSIG2342	Williams Calvin	Male	Software Developer	Technical Community
GSIG2343	Yentumi Persis	Female	Assistant laboratory scientist	Government

Faculty and Speakers

Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong, AFRALO Secretary
Abdulkarim Oloyede (Dr), EGIGFA Board Member
Brice Abba, Community Development Manager, AFRINIC
Edilson Osorio Jr, CEO and Founder, OriginalMy
Emmanuel Gadasu, Vice President, EGIGFA
Emmanuel Vitus, Policy Analyst & IG Expert
Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative
Jacob Odame-Baiden (EGIGFA Co-Founder), Africa Regional Coordinator, IRP Coalition
Jacqueline HansonKotei, Information Security and Governance expert, Senior Manager, MTN Ghana.
Kenneth Adu-Amanfoh, Executive Director, Africa Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Organization
Raymond Mamattah, Founder and President, EGIGFA
Sarata Omane (EGIGFA Co-founder ), GhanaSIG Fellowship Manager
Siranush Vardanyan, Fellowship Programme Manager, ICANN
Maureen Hilyard, Immediate Past ALAC Chair, ICANN
Robertson Nii Nortey, Game Developer, LetiArts
Maud Ashong Elliot, Lecturer, IT Studies Department. UPSA
Maxwell Beganim (GhanaSIG Fellow) Knowledge Manager and Co-Founder, Wiki Green Initiative.

Invited Guests

Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative (joined virtual)
Seun Ojedeji, Chair, African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) – joined virtual
Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong, AFRALO delegate
Abdulkarim Oloyede (Dr), AFRALO delegate

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