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MOTHERS OF THE INTERNET GUEST FEATURE BY BONFACE WITABA
An often frail point of our portrayals of the earliest and current Internet pioneers resides in who we believe to be the main drivers of the Internet. Often we turn to familiar faces, “fathers” and “godfathers” of this precious and essential resource, but when we look closer we see that the Internet grew with contributions from women and men alike, and from around the world—not just from the United States alone. This article presents the faces, words and spirits of the women who have been foundational to the development of the Internet in Africa. Their experience ranges from law enforcement, policy and hands-on engineering, and ICT development, but what stands true of all of them is how important their contribution has been and is to our lives