June Tessy Okal

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June Okal is a legal professional passionate about the law and technology. She is co - founding organizer of Nairobi Legal Hackers. [1]

Career[edit | edit source]

She has served as a team leader in several youth-led organizations including the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) NextGen@ICANN program, the esteemed Google Student Ambassador Programme in Sub Saharan Africa and the world's largest youth run organization AIESEC.[2]

ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]

June was a participant at ICANN 55 in Marrakesh, Morocco.[3] She was a member of Next Gen at ICANN. She also attended ICANN 57 in Hyderabad, India. She served as Next Gen Ambassador.[4]

June is actively involved in Outreach and Capacity Building within the African Community. She also is a member of the ICANNwiki Swahili translation team.

Internet Governance Involvement[edit | edit source]

June is a member of the Internet Society. She is a member of ISOC Kenya Chapter, women in Tech and Youth Special Interest Groups. She is a Youth @IGF fellow for Global IGF 2016.

Education[edit | edit source]

June hold a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Hons) from University of Nairobi, Kenya.[5]

References[edit | edit source]