Coura Fall
Coura Fall is a Coordinator for GOREeTIC, which is a francophone advocacy network for Internet access in Africa. She has been an advisory member in the IGF since 2008, and takes part in a 50 member group that advises the Secretary General of the U.N. on Internet governance issues. Ms. Fall is also the owner of Computer Frontiers, which provides staff and outsourcing consultancy services. The company has a number of U.S. partners, including a project that sees them handling U.S. visa processing in 8 countries. She is a Founder, Board member, and current Treasurer of the American (U.S.) Chamber of Commerce in Senegal.[1]
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| Country: | South Africa |
| Email: | courafall [at] orange.sn |
Association for Progressive Communication
Ms. Fall has held a number of positions and led a variety of projects with the Association for Progressive Communication (APC); the association is an activist organization that strives to bring the Internet and IT to areas of the world that it does not currently connect or those areas that can't support or afford it as of yet. They hope to build stronger, better communities through the implementation of ICT solutions.[2] She first began working with them in 2005, when she led a project that had APC support.[3] That first project was CATIA, or Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa, and she was the lead catalyst for the Senegalese area of focus, as the project touched many parts of Africa. Her position saw her bringing a civil society perspective to bear on the ICT capacity building initiatives and working closely with the media.[4]
Animator for CATIA, which is an ICT Advocacy program in Senegal.[5] She has been working the Africa ICT Policy coordinator for APC since 2007. In this position, she develops research and information dissemination strategies. She is also involved in a project named CICEWA, which is based on a Research into the Implementation of Telecom Reform Policy and Sub-Regional Connectivity in Africa.[6]
Career History
Ms. Fall has broad experience in commercial field and has worked with several companies including Access Telecom Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Telecel Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Globe Access Internet (Ivory Coast) , Sentel GSM (Senegal) Groupe Chaka and Netcom Group.[7] She also founded an IT Company providing call center solutions and Outsourcing. She actively participated in the foundation of several associations like CATIA, AfrISPA, ACSIS Senegal, SENELOGIC.[8]