Arsene Tungali
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| Affiliation: | Rudi International |
| Country: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Email: | arsenebaguma [at] gmail.com |
| LinkedIn: |  [Arsene Baguma, LinkedIn.com Arsene Tungali]
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Arsene Tungali B. is a Congolese (DRC) young leader and role model, passionate about issues related to youth, media, leadership and ICT among others. He is also an entrepreneur running both a nonprofit and a business. Mr Tungali has received recognitions such as the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders award, a program started by President Obama.
Has been a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Rudi International since July 2012, which provides access to education to children in conflict areas of DRC and educates youth about online safety issues. Rudi International runs a specialized program that aims to teach women and girls about the use of ICTs, in an effort to target a demographic that is still marginalized from internet usage in the DRC.[1][2]
Additionally in 2013, Mr Tungali is the Founder and Director of Mabigwa Forum, an annual gathering which brings together emerging leaders from numerous sectors to connect, inspire, and get inspired.[1] He just started (in 2016) multi-services company, Smart Services Sarl, providing services such as translation & interpretation, communication & web marketing, distribution, events, etc to individuals as well as to institutions.
Mr Tungali is involved with many non-profits and community-building programs supporting young people and women. He is an active member of the DRC chapter of ISOC, is involved with the ITU and in their Girls in ICT day events as well as their Child Online Protection Initiative.[2] He recently attended the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil (2015) after he has been selected as an ISOC Ambassador to the IGF and is mostly interested on issues of child online protection and women's participation in ICT.
His work experience includes working with UNICEF DRC as Consultant Communications and Advocacy Officer; being the Field Officer of Peace One Day, where he supported and represented the British peace-making organization's efforts in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region of Africa for their Peace Campaign 2014. He has also been an Engagement Officer for The Congo Tree, where he was in charge of all legal aspects of the organization and supports development trainings and mentoring programs for youth.[1]
ICANN 51 in Los Angeles was Tungali's first ICANN Meeting, and as an ICANN Fellow, was one of the first young people in the DRC to attend meetings like ICANN and IGF.[2] He then got interested and joined working groups, constituencies such as the NCSG and is now very interested in the African region DNS business. He then came back for the ICANN 55 meeting in Marrakech as a returning fellow.
Of what he hopes to accomplish in ICT in the future, Mr Tungali says, "My biggest plan is to engage more young people in my country in Internet related topics mainly regarding their online presence. The DRC is a fast growing internet country, so many young people have started using internet. I feel it is time to prepare them on how they can best benefit from the Internet." He is open to all new opportunities that will help young people in the DRC and hopes to engage in constructive discussions.[2]