Agenda

Josephine Miliza is a passionate advocate for digital inclusion, driven by a passion for fostering collaborative and inclusive approaches to advance comprehensive digital inclusion and equity in Africa. As a pioneer in the community networks movement on the continent, Josephine actively contributes to research, capacity building, and advocacy for policies and regulations on a global, regional, and local scale, all aimed at nurturing inclusive and people-centred digital ecosystems. Currently, Josephine is the Policy and Regulation lead for the Association for Progressive Communications Local Access Networks Initiative. Josephine also co-chairs the Africa Community Networks Summit and is a member of the UN Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group.

Executive Director of Globethics, international organization, which head office is in Geneva, Switzerland, working for ethical leadership through higher education and global engagement. Prof. Fadi Daou is Laureate of the Elevate Prize 2020 for Global thinkers and change-makers. Daou is a Policy advisor and Professor in geopolitics of religions, inclusive development, and peace. Having lead pioneer projects for countering online extremism, he now leads the engagement of Globethics in ethics of AI and emerging technologies, with the recent publication: Inclusive AI for a better future. 

Elizabeth Orembo has joined RIA as a research fellow. She is a tech public policy enthusiast who works at the intersection of technology and human development. Liz has vast experience in Internet governance and stakeholder engagement in Africa. Previously, she was with the University of Oxford’s Global Cybersecurity Capacity Centre as the communications and engagement officer, where she worked with governments and the cybersecurity capacity community to carry out national cybersecurity capacity assessments in different regions. Liz is also active in the Kenyan tech policy space. She is currently part of the board of trustees for KICTANet and has been recognised by CIO East Africa as one of the 100 most influential women in tech in 2021.

Paloma Lara Castro is Public Policy Coordinator at Derechos Digitales. She is a lawyer and candidate for a Master's degree in International Human Rights Law at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Her work focuses on processes linked to the universal and inter-American system, research and analysis regarding public policies at regional and global level. She also monitors issues related to gender and technology. 

Sarah Macharia is a gender justice and media specialist at the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), a non-governmental organisation that builds on communication rights in order to promote social justice. She leads the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), a longitudinal research and advocacy initiative for gender equality in and through the news media running since 1995 in more than 100 countries. Sarah also serves as the General Secretary of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG). Sarah holds a PhD in Political Science from York University, Canada.