Farell Folly

Affiliation:	Africa 2.0 Foundation
Country:	South Africa
Email:	farell@benin2point0.org
Website:	[www.africa2point.org www.africa2point.org]
LinkedIn:	Farell Folly
Google+:	https://plus.google.com/+FarellFolly
Twitter:	@__f_f__

Farell FOLLY is a communications & computer networks specialist who is actually pursuing a Ph.D. at the Federal University of Munich in Germany. He's been part a member of the NCSG since 2016 and has contributed so far in drafting many public comments for the community as well as many operating procedures documents for the community. He is also the Technology champion of the www.africa2point0.org, which was founded in 2010 around the belief that with a unifying vision and a focused “ coalition of the willing”, Africans can accelerate the development of their continent. Africa 2.0 is a Pan-African Civil Society Organisation made up of a community of emerging and established African leaders who share a collective vision for Africa and a commitment to finding and implementing sustainable solutions that will drive forward the transformation of the continent.

ICANN Involvement

Farell Folly participates in the following groups

• Member of the Next-gen RDS PDP Working Group
• Serves as the NCUC representative to the NCSG Policy Committee
• Member of the AfriCANN discussions mailing-list and part of the Africa Internet Registry (AFRINIC) community

Involvement in other International Organizations

• Farell worked for the United Nations as an IT manager from 2016 to 2017
• He has also contributed many times to recommendations and guidelines drafting at the ITU
• Farell was also part of the team of Dr. Thierry Edoh who was awarded by the WHO for designing an ICT solution to mitigate drugs delivery problems in developing countries

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of non-commercial entities of the Internet (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the At-Large Advisory Committee.