[kictanet] Google appoints Kenyan Ory okolloh to manage its Africa policy

[warigia bowman]

Ory

That is amazing news. Huge congratulations!

Rigia

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Alice Munyua <alice at apc.org> wrote:

>   Congratulations Ory!
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> best
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> alice
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> Google recently appointed Ory Okolloh, an online activist and co-founder of
> Ushahidi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushahidi>, as Policy Manager for
> Africa. Ushahidi <http://www.ushahidi.com/> is a famed crowd sourcing site
> dedicated to information collection, visualisation and interactive mapping.
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> Google’s appointment shows its confidence in Africa’s digital growth and
> recognises the continent as a future tech giant.
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> Okolloh is a TED <http://www.ted.com/> fellow, Global Voices contributor
> <http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/author/ory/>and a Harvard-educated
> lawyer. She is a regular speaker at prestigious conferences such as TED, World
> Economic Forum <http://www.weforum.org/>, Poptech<http://www.poptech.org/>,
> CGI, Techonomy <http://www.techonomy.com/>, Mobile Web Africa<http://www.mobilewebafrica.com/>,
> and the Monaco Media Forum <http://www.monacomediaforum.org/>on issues
> around citizen journalism. She has been very active in building Africa’s
> technological landscape.
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> Okolloh comes into the role with a strong background in law having worked
> as a corporate lawyer for an organisation in support of entrepreneurs in
> South Africa. She has also been at the helm of Ushahidi for the last three
> years. Okolloh steps down as Ushahidi’s Executive Director and will take up
> her new position in Johannesburg, South Africa mid January.
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> According to a recent post on her blog Kenyan Pundit<http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2010/12/23/stepping-down-as-ushahidi-executive-director/>she writes “the role will involve developing policy/strategies on a number
> of areas of relevance to Google and the Internet in Africa and will involve
> working with different parties including government leaders, policy makers,
> regulators, industry groups and so on.
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> “It is a huge opportunity to bring Google’s resources to bear as far as the
> growth and development of the internet in Africa. I’m very excited about the
> move and I hope I can continue to lean on your support and insight in my new
> role.”
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> ReadWriteWeb<http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_hires_kenyan_activist_to_shape_africa_polic.php>noted that Okolloh’s portfolio will include the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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> “Overall, I’ll be working to get more people online and policies favourable
> to that, also (cultivate) support for local content and an environment which
> supports innovation,” she tells ReadWriteWeb.
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
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The Department of Public Policy Leadership
The University of Mississippi

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