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'''Katim Touray''' (also Katim S. Touray) is an independent development consultant and a Managing partner at Real Time Consulting Gambia. A follower of the early Internet, he is a well-known advocate for the network and its uses across a range of media and to a wide variety of audiences for over 15 years.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katim-touray/8/2a3/47b linkedin.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.gvepinternational.org/en/community/directory/2780 gvepinternational.com]</ref>
'''Katim Touray''' (also Katim S. Touray) is a Managing partner at Real Time Consulting Gambia.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katim-touray/8/2a3/47b linkedin.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.gvepinternational.org/en/community/directory/2780 gvepinternational.com]</ref>


=== Education ===
=== Education ===
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=== Career History ===
=== Career History ===
Touray was a researcher for the Ministry of Agriculture in The Gambia, and served as Chairman of the National Agricultural Development Agency (NADA). He has conducted consultancies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the media, strategic planning, project evaluations, HIV/AIDS, and other subjects for non-governmental organizations, as well as government and UN agencies.
Touray was a researcher for the Ministry of Agriculture in The Gambia, and served as Chairman of the National Agricultural Development Agency (NADA).


Touray has significant experience as a producer and host of African music, educational, and public affairs talk shows on community radio in the US, and national radio in Gambia. He also served on the Board of Directors of a public access cable TV channel in the US. Touray has written articles about the Internet and [[ICT]], and helped found the Consumer Protection Association of The Gambia ([[CPAG]]). Largely self-educated about the Internet and ICT in general, Touray has been an Internet user since the early 1990's, and an advocate for leveraging ICTs for development. He is also a free and open source software enthusiast, and serves on the Council of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa ([[FOSSFA]]).<ref>[http://www.idlelo.net/content/idlele-4-conference-speakers idlelo.com]</ref>
He also served on the Board of Directors of a public access cable TV channel in the US. He played a significant role in the establishment of [[CPAG]]. Touray has been an Internet user since the early 1990's, and an advocate for leveraging ICTs for development. He is also a free and open source software enthusiast, and serves on the Council of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa ([[FOSSFA]]).<ref>[http://www.idlelo.net/content/idlele-4-conference-speakers idlelo.com]</ref>


Katim Touray was selected for the [[ICANN]] Board by the [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]]. His current term, which started after the 2008 annual meeting, will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2011.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/touray.htm icann.org]</ref>
He was selected by the [NomCom|Nominating Committee]] for the [[ICANN board]]. His current term, which started after the 2008 annual meeting, will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2011.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/touray.htm icann.org]</ref>
 
=== Publications ===
Touray has written several articles about the Internet and [[ICT]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 12:25, 15 February 2011

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Katim Touray (also Katim S. Touray) is a Managing partner at Real Time Consulting Gambia.[1][2]

Education[edit | edit source]

He holds a B.Agric from the university of Nigeria, an MS from the university of Montana State, and PhD degree in Soil Science from the university of Wisconsin-Madison.[3]

Career History[edit | edit source]

Touray was a researcher for the Ministry of Agriculture in The Gambia, and served as Chairman of the National Agricultural Development Agency (NADA).

He also served on the Board of Directors of a public access cable TV channel in the US. He played a significant role in the establishment of CPAG. Touray has been an Internet user since the early 1990's, and an advocate for leveraging ICTs for development. He is also a free and open source software enthusiast, and serves on the Council of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA).[4]

He was selected by the [NomCom|Nominating Committee]] for the ICANN board. His current term, which started after the 2008 annual meeting, will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2011.[5]

Publications[edit | edit source]

Touray has written several articles about the Internet and ICT

References[edit | edit source]