Such an impressive profile Emmanuel has. I support his nomination On Mon, May 25, 2020, 7:43 AM Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I would like to nominate Emmanuel Vitus to join Secretariat as part of the NPOC EC. I have known him for over 3 years now and I believe he is best suited for this position, pending he accepts this nomination.
See his profile bellow:
Emmanuel Agbenonwossi is a Web Journalist and Internet Policy Researcher.
Based in Accra (Ghana), Emmanuel is the head of communications of Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African non-governmental organisation working to advance digital rights and digital inclusion.
Emmanuel is also the Executive Director of Afrotribune in Togo. Under his leadership Afrotribune has contributed to several Internet public policy and advocacy activities in Togo. The organisation led the drafting of Togo’s first Digital Rights and Freedom Bill in 2019.
Emmanuel has started his career in Togo as a speech writer and communication officer at the office of the Prime Minister of Togo and later as editor of State-owned website republicofgtoftogo.com. He has been a freelance contributor to Radio France International, BBC (French desk) and the North Africa Post.
Emmanuel is the convener of Togo Internet Governance Forum and contributed to several Internet governance research and contributions. He is an active member of Internet Society, ICANN, IGF Academy. He is Togo’s focal point of the African Union flagship project, PRIDA.
Emmanuel is an alumnus of the University of Greenwich (UK), the Central University of Tunisia, the University of Malta, Stanford school of public policy (UK) and the Busan University of Foreign Studies (Korea.)
He holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism, a postgraduate diploma in Cyber-Security, a bachelor degree in Finance and BSc (Hons) in Business Information Technology. He is currently a PhD candidate with the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington (USA) with a topic focus of information controls and Internet shutdowns in Africa.
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