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Welcome to the 2016 Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology! Below you’ll find the schedule for both days of the event, as well as details regarding session speakers, locations, and content. We’re excited you’ve joined us here to further this important work, and hope you’ll join in the online conversation around the event using #TechWomenAfrica! 
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Tuesday, September 13
 

11:30 GMT

Group Picture
Tuesday September 13, 2016 11:30 - 11:40 GMT
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11:30 GMT

Tea/Coffee Break
Tuesday September 13, 2016 11:30 - 11:50 GMT
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  Meal / Break / Other

13:45 GMT

Lunch
Tuesday September 13, 2016 13:45 - 14:30 GMT
  Meal / Break / Other

16:30 GMT

Wrap-Up
Speakers
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Sonia Jorge

Executive Director, Head of Digital Inclusion, Alliance for Affordable Internet, Web Foundation
Sonia Jorge is Executive Director of A4AI and Head of Web Foundation's Digital Inclusion Program. Sonia manages policy, advocacy, partner and country engagement, and all other work across A4AI and the Web Foundation’s access policy focused programming. An expert in the confluence... Read More →

Tuesday September 13, 2016 16:30 - 17:00 GMT
  Meal / Break / Other
 
Wednesday, September 14
 

11:00 GMT

Tea/Coffee Break
Wednesday September 14, 2016 11:00 - 11:15 GMT
  Meal / Break / Other

13:45 GMT

CLOSING LUNCHEON
Moderators
avatar for Onica N. Makwakwa

Onica N. Makwakwa

World Wide Web Foundation, Head of Africa, A4AI
Onica N. Makwakwa is the Head of Africa for the Alliance for Affordable Internet at the World Wide Web Foundation where she leads the multi-stakeholder engagement across Africa focusing on advancing good practices in policy and regulatory frameworks for affordable access and meaningful... Read More →

Speakers
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Shikoh Gitau

ICT Specialist, African Development Bank
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Anne Githuku-Shongwe

Representative, South Africa Multi-Country Office, UN Women
Anne Githuku-Shongwe is the newly-appointed Representative for UN Women's South Africa Multi-Country Office (SAMCO), which is responsible for women's empowerment and gender equality in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia as well as South Africa, where the office is based. Anne... Read More →
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Dorothy Gordon

Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
Dorothy K. Gordon is a specialist in technology for development. She works with governments, private sector and civil society to drive projects and programmes to move Africa from technology consumption to technology creation. She joined Government of Ghana in 2003 as the first Director-General... Read More →
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Sonia Jorge

Executive Director, Head of Digital Inclusion, Alliance for Affordable Internet, Web Foundation
Sonia Jorge is Executive Director of A4AI and Head of Web Foundation's Digital Inclusion Program. Sonia manages policy, advocacy, partner and country engagement, and all other work across A4AI and the Web Foundation’s access policy focused programming. An expert in the confluence... Read More →
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Lucy Quist

CEO, Airtel Ghana
Lucy Quist is an international business leader. She is a technology professional who advocates for greater participation of young people in STEM for development. She is a highly sought after public speaker and multiple award winning personality. She is the Managing Director (CEO... Read More →
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Nanjira Sambuli

Senior Policy Manager and HLP on Digital Cooperation, World Wide Web Foundation

Wednesday September 14, 2016 13:45 - 15:15 GMT
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