Paul Rowney, AfICTA Deputy Chairman

Key driver is inclusion and ICT4Development toward unlocking the digital potential of the African continent.  As co-founder and director of the MyDigitalBridge foundation he was instrumental in a 2014 trial of TVWS in Namibia. He had supported local and global NGO's and IGOs in connectivity for development, engaged regulators, internet service providers, and companies on last mile connectivity and financial inclusion.  He is the current chairperson of the Namibian e-Money interoperability PCH, founding director of the ICT Professionals Association of Namibia, former advisory council member to the Alliance 4 Affordable Internet (www.a4ai.org), board member of the Africa ICT Alliance (www.aficta.africa), board member of the ISOC Namibia chapter, and current MAG member of the UN Internet Governance Forum.  Through business and voluntary engagement, he has been fortunate to garner a global glimpse of the challenge ahead, that of bringing equitable opportunity to all in this new digital age.