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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

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Faculty and Speakers

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

Invited Guests

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

Mentors

  1. Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi
  2. Bright Edujih Kuleke
  3. Carine Lesley Malor
  4. Emmanuel Dabbie Botchway
  5. Faiza Seidu-Adam
  6. Frank Anati
  7. Jessica Dadzie Asare
  8. Mohammed Amin Saeed
  9. Prince Andrew Livingstone Zutah
  10. Rebecca Kwofie
  11. Wisdom Issouf Alan Ouedraogo

Time with high-flying GhanaSIG fellows featured the following:

  1. Abraham Fiifi Selby, 2020 GhanaSIG Fellow
  2. Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi, 2021 GhanaSIG Fellow
  3. Frank Anati, 2020 GhanaSIG Fellow
  4. Lavish Mensah, 2020 GhanaSIG Fellow
  5. Stephen Dakyie, 2020 GhanaSIG Fellow
  6. Prince A. L. Zutah, 2021 GhanaSIG Fellow
  7. Jessica Dadzie Asare, 2020 GhanaSIG Fellow
  8. Alhassan Awal Mohammed, 2022 GhanaSIG Fellow, session moderator 

 

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