Global Advisory Leadership Board

The DotConnectAfrica Global Advisory Leadership Board are comprised of business leaders and executives, entrepreneurs, techprenuers, development experts, visionaries, media personalities and Internet and technology industry experts in various sectors and walks of life. The SALG provide strategic guidance and input to the work of DCA Group on a regular basis. The members are from different countries in Africa, where they help to champion the work of our PanAfrican organization.

Sophia Bekele Founder and Member

Sophia Bekele Founder and Member

-Founder/Spearhead of the Yes2DotAfrica campaign
-Thought leader in Corporate Governance, international policy, Business Strategy, Internet, ICT & development.
– Founder /CEO DCA Group

Country – Kenya/Mauritius/USA


Dr. Yassin Mshana Interim SAB Chair

Prof. Tan Tin Wee Member

Michael Monari Member

Salim Amin Member

Michael Macharia Member

Rt. Revd. Dr. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, Member

Barry Ryan Member

Justine Chinyata Member

Nebiyu Yosef Member

Richard Kerby Member

Eugene Nyagahene Member

Kim Guého FICA, FMiOD, IoD Member

James Sirleaf Member

Antoine Bigirimana Member

Shanil Ramtohul FCCA , ACA Member

Bilha Kinyanjui Member

Chima Onyekwere Member

Julius Maina Member

Harry Hare Member

Marakinesh Kassaye MBA and MA

John Bosley Member

T Goshu Member

Hailu Mengistu Member

Zaid Ali Member

Yoav Keren Member

Prof. S. Subbiah Member

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Phillp Corwin Member

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David Fick Member

Dr. Yassin Mshana Interim SAB Chair

-Current: Independent Consultant
-Previous: UNICEF, eThinkTankTz, DFID & Ministry of Energy&Water Resources

Country – Tanzania/UK

 

Prof. Tan Tin Wee Member

-Ass. Prof, National University of Singapore
-Co-Inventor of IDN; Inductee Internet Hall of Fame, Singapore

Country – Singapore

Michael Monari Member

– Team leader and Founder/CEO of Longitude Finance, (MSc, MBA)

Country – Kenya/UK

Salim Amin Member

-CEO Camerapix
-Founder and Chairman of The Mohamed Amin -Foundation
Chairman of A24 Media

Country – Kenya

Michael Macharia Member

-Founder and Group CEO, Seven Seas Technologies (SST), Kenya

Country – Kenya

Rt. Revd. Dr. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, Member

Rt. Revd. Dr. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba,

President of the United Independence National Party (UNIP) Zambia.

Country – Zambia

Barry Ryan Member

-CEO Fintech International Group

Country – Kenya/Australia

Justine Chinyata Member

-Chairman & Exec Director, Loita Group Africa Investment, South Africa

Country – South Africa/Zambia

Nebiyu Yosef Member

-Lead Advanced Tech Support/Analysis at Cricket Wireless

Country – USA/Ethiopia

Richard Kerby Member

-President at Richard Kerby LLC, Consulting Firm on Digital Transformation Co-Host of the radio show World Matters

Country – New York, USA

Eugene Nyagahene Member

-Serial investor in media, telecoms, finance, real estate and hospitality industry in EAC.

Country – Kigali, Rwanda

Kim Guého FICA, FMiOD, IoD Member

-Independent Director, Head of Group Corporate Affairs
-Loita; General Manager
-Management Services Company

Country – Mauritius

James Sirleaf Member

-Former CitiBank; GM Corporate Banking
-FiBank Ltd
-Banker and Member of the first family of Liberia

Country – Liberia

Antoine Bigirimana Member

-Intl. Consultant; Rwanda ICT Association (R.I.C.T.A) Advisor, Rwanda

Country – Rwanda/ USA

Shanil Ramtohul FCCA , ACA Member

-Finance Director at Loita Management Services

Country – Mauritius

Bilha Kinyanjui Member

-Managing Partner at WK Advocates LLP

Country – Kenya

Chima Onyekwere Member

-Group MD – Linkserve and Saap-Tech Group
-Father of Nigerian Internet, Nigeria ,NIRA

Country -Nigeria

Julius Maina Member

-Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Applied Accounting at Oxford Brookes University

Country – kenya

Harry Hare Member

-Executive Director at African eDevelopment Resource Center; Chairman and executive producer CIO

Country – USA

Marakinesh Kassaye MBA and MA

-Budget Analyst at USAID

Country – Washington, District of Columbia, United States

John Bosley Member

-Former Speaker of the House, Canada
-Former Sr. Legal Reform Advisor, Rwanda

Country – Canada/Rwanda

T Goshu Member

-Former Information Technology Programme Manager (Application Implementation)
-Sr. Consultant, UNFCCC
-Infrastructure and Support Services at United Nations, Germany

Country – Germany / USA

Hailu Mengistu Member

-Director-Product Engineering, NEC, USA

Country – Texas, United States

Zaid Ali Member

-GM, Azure Infrastructure
-Principle Engineer at Linked-in; ISOC-SF President, USA

Country – United States of America

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

Country – Israel

Prof. S. Subbiah Member

-Chairman and Co-Founder of i-DNS.net

Country – United States of America

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Phillp Corwin Member

-Founding Principal at VirtuaLaw LLC; Legal counsel for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) , USA

Country – United States of America

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David Fick Member

-Author of African Entrepreneurs in the 21st Century, Their Stories of Success, USA

Country- United States of America