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Ida Ng'ang'a is the former Chairman, Membership & Outreach for Kenya for the Internet Society (the organization that sets the standards on how the internet operates). She was elected in September 2016, the first woman to hold this position. 

She is the Chief Executive Officer for The Regional Consortium for Development (RCD Africa) and the Regional Partner for ComTecDev, UNESCO Chair for Emerging Technologies based at Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France.
She is leading research on the impact of emerging technologies in the era of cyberthreats (artificial intelligence, IoT, block chain and big data).

She is passionate about technology and has vowed to make internet opportunities, digital learning, computer programming and mobile application development skills accessible to as many youth and women as possible. She is the Founder of Fem-Hub Africa, a coaching and business accelerator for women in STEM. 
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She leads Internet for Education discussions globally for the Internet Society. She sits on the boards of Internet for Development, Women in STEM and Africa Gender Taskforce Networks. She is on the UN Women Young Women's Leadership Taskforce and Youth4Gender team based in New York, as well as Women@Facebook Roundtable. She was recognized by Mara Foundation and the United Nations on International Women's Day (Prolific Woman, 2015) for mentoring young entrepreneurs in Africa. 

She is the winner of the Future of Tech Award 2019, Internet of Things Innovator 2018,
Internet Society African Fellow 2017, Timeless Woman Governance Award 2016, Leaders in Kenya Award 2015 & 2014, African Leadership Top Award 'Outstanding Mentor', amongst other recognitions.

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'''Accreditation''': 
1) Post Graduate:
✓ Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
✓ Mobile Information Technology

2) Under Graduate: 
✓ Public Policy & Governance 

Other: Harvard Business School – Executive Development

'''Occupation''': CEO - The Regional Consortium for Development (RCD Africa)

'''Interest areas''':  Emerging Technologies - IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain Technology
Cyber security and building of resilient ICT teams.
Governance, Education, Youth, Gender Diversity & Digital Inclusion

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The 2016 winner of the African Leadership Top Award 'Outstanding Mentor', Ida Ng'ang'a, champions Sustainable Development initiatives, provides technical expertise, and connects partners and funders to aid this process, for the Regional Consortium for Development (RCD Africa). FOCUS: Sustainability, Digitalization, Emerging Technologies, Professional Management, Employee Development, Gender Mainstreaming & Youth/Women Empowerment. She acts as consulting advisor to government, academia, civil society & private sector.

She has sat in various committees including the World Health Organization – Mobile App Development for Sexual & Reproductive Health, the National AGOA Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Women@Facebook roundtable on Online Safety and Child Online Protection by Communications Authority. She is Co-Chair of the Internet for Development Global Community that's contributing to the development of a non-formal digital literacy curriculum as well a supporting the tech start-up ecosystem.

She has represented Kenya and Africa in numerous regional and global conferences such as the State of the Union Consultations in Rwanda, African Union High Level Dialogue in Senegal, UN Financing for Development in Ethiopia, Tana Forum in Ethiopia on invitation by the Chair and former president of Nigeria H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, the 1<sup>st</sup> Global Forum on Youth Policies in Azerbaijan, the 2<sup>nd</sup> World Human Rights Forum in Morocco, ECOSOC Forum UN Headquarters in New York, Open Square Summit in Washington DC, UNESCO Mobile Learning Week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, COMTECDEV conference by Chaire UNESCO in Bordeaux, France, eCommerce Week UNCTAD in Geneva, the AU's Innovating Education in Africa Exposé in Botswana, the Korea Africa Dialogues in Seoul among others.

She is a mentor for the Presidential Digitalent Program (www.digitalent.co.ke), Judge, Nairobi Innovation Week and a partner to the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Digital Innovation Framework. She is also a member of African Telecommunications Union as well as ICANN Strategy and AfriNIC Governmental Advisory Committees.

She is currently working on a project that promotes the digital economy and interventions for regulators and government (with the help of the private sector); as well as promoting wireless community networks as an affordable solution for internet access.

'''Other recognition''':

'''-''' Runner-Up to an eminent first woman high court judge in the '''Timeless Woman Governance Award 2016.'''

'''- Prolific Woman 2015''' by Mara Foundation & the United Nations for her work in mentoring youth in Africa.

'''- Leaders in Kenya 2014 & 2015.'''

- Formerly appointed '''Director for Leadership, ICT & Entrepreneurship,''' by the Global Peace Foundation.

'''Personal profile:''' <nowiki>https://about.me/ida.mentor</nowiki>  

'''Twitter''': @Mentor_Ida

'''Facebook''': www.facebook.com/ida.mentor  

'''Skype:''' ida.mentor