Simone Toussi is CIPESA’s Francophone/Central Africa Project Officer. a strategic communication’s specialist and consultant, with experience in international organizations, NGOs and the private sector. She holds a BA in Modern letters and a MA in Strategies with a major in Advertising from the University of Yaounde 1 (Cameroon), a MA in Development Studies with a major in Media and Communication, from Senghor University of Alexandria (Egypt). She has worked in Canada, Eastern Europe, and Africa. She joined the CIPESA Fellowship program as Researcher on ICT, democracy and human rights in Francophone/Central Africa.
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Ray is an Africa Correspondent for the Global South Development Magazine. He was also the first journalist in the world to win the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) Global Migration Fair Reporting Prize in addition to being a nominee for the European Union Lorenzo Natali Media Award and the 2016 Digital Censorship Fellow of the Karlsruhe Institute for Media Excellence, Germany.
James is an African Entrepreneur and ICT professional with vast experience garnered over the last 18 years. He is a blogger at wirejames.com as well as a small business consultant and mentor for upcoming entrepreneurs. As one of the pioneer internet practitioners in Uganda, he has seen the evolution of the Internet from a time when it was considered “of no significance” by the politicians to its current state where it is looked at as a strategic resource.
Juliet has a background in journalism and has worked in the fields of communications strategy, publicity, branding and market research across East and Southern Africa. A lot of her work has involved the exploration of avenues for African development through the intersection of heritage, rights and digital technologies. She has utilised these skills in the advocacy of rights including for access to medication and for online rights. More recently she explores connections between online rights and social innovation in Africa.