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 a Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer for The Regional Consortium (of Experts) for Development - RCD Africa and former Regional Head , Anglophone Countries at UNESCO Chair for Emerging Technologies which is based in Bordeaux, France. She was leading research on the impact of emerging technologies on development - artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, and big data analytics - (currently in an Advisory role).
Ida is passionate about technology and innovation and has vowed to make internet opportunities, digital learning, computer programming, and mobile application development skills accessible to as many youths and women as possible. She is the Founder of Fem-Hub Africa, a coaching and business accelerator for women in STEM.
She leads Internet for Education discussions and engagements regionally for the Internet Society. She sits on the boards of the Internet for Development Global Community, Women in STEM Leaders, and Africa Gender Taskforce Networks. She has contributed to the Women@Facebook Roundtable as well as been recognized by Mara Foundation and the United Nations on International Women's Day (Prolific Woman, 2015) for mentoring young entrepreneurs in Africa.
She is has been lauded for her great work severally, eg. Global Women in Leadership 2021, Facilitators' Excellence Award 2020, 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: ✓ Plitical Science and Government (Public Policy & Governance) and French Studies
Other: Dale Carnegie Master Certification - 2 year Leadership and Management Development (professional Equivalent of MBA)
Occupation:
Director, AI & STEM Partnerships Hub
Regional Consortium (of Experts) for Development - RCD Africa
Interest areas: Emerging Technologies for Development - IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, Cyber Security and building of resilient ICT teams. Governance, Education, Youth, Gender Diversity & Digital Inclusion.
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Winner of the African Leadership Top Award 'Outstanding Mentor' and Global Women in Leadership Award, 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 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 Global Forum on Youth Policies in Azerbaijan, 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 Conference in Botswana, the Korea Africa Dialogues in Seoul among others.
She is a mentor for the Presidential Digitalent Program (https://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 the 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 LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ida-nganga
https://gcpit.org/speaker/ida-nganga/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mentor_ida
Email: idanganga@gmail.com