− | Bonface Witaba is an award winning multi-disciplinary Internet professional with a background that includes experience working in digital inclusion, ICT policy, Citizen Journalism, Sustainable development, [[Internet governance]], e-Learning. | + | Bonface Witaba is an award winning multi-disciplinary Internet professional with a background that includes experience working in digital inclusion, ICT policy, Citizen Journalism, Sustainable development, [[Internet governance]], e-Learning.<ref name="website">[https://bonfacewitaba.wordpress.com/about/ About], bonfacewitaba. Retrieved 2015 November 4.</ref> He works as an e-learning tutor and is a Consultant in technology and policy-related facets of internet governance.<ref name="website"></ref> |
− | He is passionate about Internet & Governance, Technology & Innovation, Policy & Research, Arts & Media, Environment & Urbanization. Witaba's first [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN meeting]] was [[ICANN 49]] in Singapore, where he was an [[ICANN Fellow]]. He was also an Fellow at [[ICANN 54]] in Dublin.
| + | Bonface founded Centre for Youth Empowerment and Leadership (CYEL), an initiative that has won several international ICT awards for its concerted efforts to empower youth through digital inclusion, and has been nominated by Yuan Ze University in Taiwan as a 2015 African young scholar and fellow in Communication Policy Research.<ref name="website"></ref> |