Nnenna Nwakanma
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Born | Nigeria |
Nnenna Nwakanma is a Nigerian FOSS activist, community organizer, development adviser . She worked for the United Nations for 15 years and she was the Interim Policy Director for the World Wide Web Foundation
Life[]
Nwakanma worked with the United Nations for 15 years.[1]
She is the co-founder of the which she co-chairs.[citation needed] She is a former member of the board of the Open Source Initiative.[2] She co-founded , and the [3] which she serves on[when?].[4] She is also a Vice President of the Digital solidarity fund.[citation needed] Previously, she served as the Information Officer for Africa of the .
Nwakanma has spoken at conferences on Open Source and Free Software and other topics including O'Reilly's OSCON, the (FOSDEM),[5] Yale University's ,[6] the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT,[7] the Open World Forum,[8] and The Internet Governance Forum.[9]
As of 2019, she was the interim Policy Director for the World Wide Web Foundation[1] where she supports work on the Alliance for Affordable Internet[10] and the Web We Want.[11]
Fluent in English, French and a handful of African languages, based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire,[when?] having lived in at least 5 different African countries.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Nnenna Nwakanma". World Wide Web Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "OSI Emeritus Members | Open Source Initiative". opensource.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ "Board – Annotated | Open Source Initiative". opensource.org. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Activities". www.acsis-africa.org. African Civil Society on the Information Society. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Public Meeting of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) 09". archive.fosdem.org. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
- ^ "A2K2 Conference Panels". research.yale.edu. Yale University. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009.
- ^ "ICT Innovation creating new Markets: Web2.0 and Beyond" (PDF). iweek.aiti-kace.com.gh. The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.
- ^ "FLOSS, innovation and competitiveness". Open World Forum. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "IGF Internet governance Forum: 2013 Opening Ceremony and Open Session Speakers". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Team | Alliance for Affordable Internet". a4ai.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ "Team | Web We Want". Web We Want. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Ivorian activists
- Community activists
- Igbo activists
- Members of the Open Source Initiative board of directors
- People from Abidjan