African ICT Foundation rebrands

As part of its rebranding and re-engineering process, which began few months ago, the African ICT Foundation has begun the search for a new Board of Trustee to position the Foundation to meet its key objective beginning for 2019.

African ICT Foundation is an independent not-for-profit and non-partisan empowerment and educational organisation, whose mission is to formulate, evaluate, and promote policy solutions that accelerate innovations and boost productivity to spur growth, opportunity and progress in the ICT ecosystem Africa.

According to statement issued in Lagos recently, South West Nigeria, by the Executive Secretary of the Foundation, Mr Emmanuel Bassey, the African ICT Foundation was established in 2009 to discover new opportunities in ICT that will have positive impact on the African economy, tackle attended challenges and avoid potential pitfalls.

He disclosed that a key aspect of the rebranding is the inauguration of a new Board of Trustee to drive the affairs of the Foundation in the coming years, saying that  the Foundation is rebranding for effective delivery of its objective hence the need for a new board.”

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He said: “At inception, it had as its board member: Dr Samuel I. Ikiddeh – NNPC as Chairman, Engr. Emmanuel E. Ekuwem-PhD –Teledom group,(now SSG to the Akwa Ibom State government) . Engr. Lanre Ajayi, former ATCON President, Mr. Aliyu D. Ibrahim – (NCC), Dr. Olufunsho Olusanya, Rector,D S Adegbenro Ict Polytechnic Polytechnic,  Itori Ogun state(Former ICT gateway Polytechnic, tori Ogun State)  and Rev. Oke Omezi, Legal Practitioner and Pastor of the Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM).

Mr Usman A. Rufai, Faculty of Science, Computer science Department,University of Lagos, and Prof. Effiong Johnson- University of Uyo.

Bassey explained that the Foundation is poised towards providing policymakers in the continent with high-quality information, analysis, and recommendations they can trust.

While expressing confidence on the new Board of Trustee to meet the objectives of the Foundation, he promised that in all ramifications, it will adhere to a high standard of research integrity with an internal code of ethics grounded in analytical rigor, policy pragmatism and independence from external direction or bias.

The Foundation, according to him, “will be led by a board of experts in the ICT industry in Africa and African descent that are internationally recognised in policy issues and have recognised footprint in the industry.”