Alice Wanjira Munyua

Alice Wanjira-Munyua serves as the Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTS (CATIA). She is also the convener of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET).

Country:	Kenya
Email:	alice [at] apc.org
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She is Head of the .ke ccTLD, the Vice-Chair of the GAC, and was Chair of the Organizational Committee 2011 Nairobi IGF.

Education

• Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy.

Career History

• During the first WSIS Prep Com held in Geneva in July 2002, She chaired the Civil Society Caucus.
• She worked with the African Women's Development and Communication Network. She was the program officer in charge of communication.
• She has also worked as a project manager with Ndizathuzomwe Project Malawi.
• She joined the CCK board in May 2005 and after completion of her first term in 2008, she renewed it.
• At several institutions she has trained students in gender mainstreaming, Internet law and negotiation skills.

Researches and Publications

Alice has over the years been engaged with the civil society on a number of initiatives involving research and development communication

• In 2008 she published a research that was titled Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: examining and contextualizing women’s choices Read here
• She also wrote a report named as Harnessing The Power Of The Cell Phone By Women Entrepreneurs. Available online
• She also wrote Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Development of African Women in 2004. Read here

Videos

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Alice is interviewed by Gray Chynoweth at ICANN 42 in Dakar, Senegal, on the engagement of Africa in the development of the Internet.