Global Strategic Advisory Leadership Group
The DotConnectAfrica Global Strategic Advisory Leadership Group are comprised of technology analysts, visionaries, Internet domain industry experts, entrepreneurs, business executives and leaders in various sectors and walks of life, to provide strategic guidance and input to the work of DCA on a regular basis. The members presently thirty (30) are from different countries in Africa, where they help to champion the work of DCA.
The core staff and members are also very active members of Internet Society and the global internet debates. The members have provided written letters in support of DCA’s application and its proposed initiative.
Name | Profile | Links | Support Letter |
![]() Dr. Yassin Mshana Interim SAB Chair | -Current: Independent Consultant -Previous: UNICEF, eThinkTankTz, DFID & Ministry of Energy&Water Resources | LinkedIn Icannwiki Circleid | Support Letter |
![]() Sophia Bekele Member | -Founder/Spearhead of the Yes2DotAfrica campaign -Thought leader in Corporate Governance, international policy, Business Strategy, Internet, ICT & development. | SophiaBekele.Com Wikipedia Circleid Icannwiki | Support Letter |
![]() Prof. S. Subbiah Member | -Chairman and Co-Founder of i-DNS.net | IDNs | Support Letter |
![]() Tan Tin Wee Member | -Ass. Prof, National University of Singapore -Co-Inventor of IDN; Inductee Internet Hall of Fame, Singapore | Internet Hall of Fame Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() Yoav Keren Member | -EX-ICANN President Advisory Mem-IDN -ICANN gNSO Advisor (2012) -Ex Sr. Advisor to M-PM Off, Israel | ICANN Wiki ICANN | Support Letter |
![]() Anita Soni Member | -Ex MD, World Space -Chairperson, International Marketing Council -Trustee of “Brand SouthAfrica”, South Africa | Aitecafrica Brand SA Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() Phillp Corwin Member | -Founding Principal at VirtuaLaw LLC; Legal counsel for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) , USA | vlaw Circleid Icannwiki | |
![]() Salim Amin Member | -CEO Camerapix -Founder and Chairman of The Mohamed Amin -Foundation Chairman of A24 Media | Camerapix Aitecafrica Weforum Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() Michael Macharia Member | -Founder and Group CEO, Seven Seas Technologies (SST), Kenya | Seven Seas Tech Weforum Aitecafrica | Support Letter |
![]() Barry Ryan Member | -CEO Fintech International Group | Loita Group Aitecafrica | Support Letter |
![]() Prof. S. Subbiah Member | -Chairman and Co-Founder of i-DNS.net | IDNs | Support Letter |
![]() Anita Soni Member | -Ex MD, World Space -Chairperson, International Marketing Council -Trustee of “Brand SouthAfrica”, South Africa | Aitecafrica Brand SA Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() Justine Chinyata Member | -Chairman & Exec Director, Loita Group Africa Investment, South Africa | Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Loita Group Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() David Fick Member | -Author of African Entrepreneurs in the 21st Century, Their Stories of Success, USA | LinkedIn Amazon | Support Letter |
![]() Nebiyu Yosef Member | -Lead Advanced Tech Support/Analysis at Cricket Wireless | LinkedIn | Support Letter |
![]() Harry Hare Member | -Executive Director at African eDevelopment Resource Center; Managing Editor CIO, Kenya | Camerapix Demo Africa Vc4Africa CIO | Support Letter |
![]() Yoav Keren Member | -EX- ICANN President Advisory Mem-IDN -ICANN gNSO Advisor (2012) -Ex Sr. Advisor to M-PM Off, Israel | ICANN Wiki ICANN | Support Letter |
![]() Chima Onyekwere Member | -Group MD - Linkserve and Saap-Tech Group -“Father of Nigerian Internet”, Nigeria | NIRA Bloomberg | Support Letter |
![]() Antoine Bigirimana Member | -Intl. Consultant; Rwanda ICT Association (R.I.C.T.A) Advisor, Rwanda | thvf.com Startup: Rwanda | Support Letter |
![]() David Teklit Member | -Chief Executive Officer Teklogix, LLC. -Vice President Group Director, Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations, UAE | Jumeirah Group | Support Letter |
![]() James Sirleaf Member | -Former CitiBank; GM Corporate Banking -FiBank Ltd -Banker and Member of the first family of Liberia | Support Letter | |
![]() Tan Tin Wee Member | -Ass. Prof, National University of Singapore -Co-Inventor of IDN; Inductee Internet Hall of Fame, Singapore | Internet Hall of Fame Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() Jean J Subrenat Member | -Former Diplomat; France -Member of the Board of Directors, [ICANN] (2007–2010), | Internet Hall of Fame Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() John Bosley Member | -Former Speaker of the House, Canada -Former Sr. Legal Reform Advisor, Rwanda | Support Letter |
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![]() T Goshu Member | -Former Information Technology Programme Manager (Application Implementation) -Sr. Consultant, UNFCCC -Infrastructure and Support Services at United Nations, Germany | Support Letter | |
![]() Hailu Mengistu Member | -Director-Product Engineering, NEC, USA | Linkedin ICTET | Support Letter |
![]() Zaid Ali Member | -GM, Azure Infrastructure -Principle Engineer at Linked-in; ISOC-SF President, USA | ||
![]() Tan Tin Wee Member | -Chief Executive National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) -Ass. Prof, National University of Singapore -Co-Inventor of IDN; Inductee Internet Hall of Fame, Singapore | Internet Hall of Fame Youtube | Support Letter |
![]() Yoav Keren Member | -CEO BrandShield Ltd. -CEO Domain The Net Technologies Ltd. -EX-ICANN President Advisory Mem-IDN -ICANN gNSO Advisor (2012) -Ex Sr. Advisor to M-PM Off, Israel | Support Letter | Support Letter |
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![]() Phillp Corwin Member | -Founding Principal at VirtuaLaw LLC; Legal counsel for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) , USA | vlaw Circleid Icannwiki | Support Letter |