First name Last name Organization Country Specific topic(s) of interest
Georges Macaire Eyenga University of the Witwatersrand South Africa technoscapes in Africa, telesurveillance, drones and biometrics
Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah University of Cape Town South Africa digital infrastructure
Amir Anwar University of Edinburgh United Kingdom AI-Value-Chains
Norbert Kersting Muenster University Germany Online-participation
Bidisha Chaudhuri University of Amsterdam Netherlands Digital Sovereignty
Zaid Abubakari SDD-UBIDS Ghana digitalization of land registration, land tenure, legal pluralism, interface of formal and informal institutions
Mennatullah Hendawy Technical University of Munich , and Center for Advanced Internet Studies Germany collective intelligence, smart cities, Digital innovation, AI ethics, urban planning, serious games, computational media, online safety
Nnabugwu Oscar Uluocha University of Lagos, Akoka Nigeria Education, Geography, Digital Technology, Environmental Management, Maps
Adio Dinika Distributed AI Research Institute Germany Artificial Intelligence, Digital labour, Decoloniality, platform governance
Guidance Mthwazi University of Cape Town South Africa Electronic-Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Entrapment.
Durix Esronne Njiha Kouatchou Cameroon "Critique of high technological modernism in education in Cameroon.The Paul Biya Higher Education Vision (PB HEV) Project"
Gaudencia Mudada University of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe AI and ethics, digital sovereignty
Raymond Onuoha Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Digital sovereignty, Digital Cooperation
Tsosheletso Chidi University of Pretoria South Africa Digital exclusion and low resource languages
Johannes Machinya Wits University South Africa Digital health technologies
Glen Maimela University of Venda South Africa Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Digitisation, Participatory Action Research
Tevin Tafese German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Germany Digitalisation, Tech sector, AI, Development, Labour Markets
Chanda Nkholoma School of Law, University of Zambia Zambia Digital rights and Digital governance
Kauna Ibrahim Malgwi African Content Moderators Union/Digital rights and Mental Health Initiative Kenya Content moderation, Unionizing tech workers and mental health
Habtamu Woldeyohanis Dilla University Ethiopia AI regulation, governance and Ethics
Achim Kemmerling Willy Brandt School - Erfurt University Germany labour market, social security, platforms, artificial intelligence
Gift Mwonzora University of Erfurt Germany Digitalization, automation, public policy, social policy, employment, trade unionism
Maxine Rubin German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Germany Human rights and digitalisation
Mercy King'ori Independent Kenya AI in society
Alena Thiel IT University Denmark Ghana, biometrics, population statistics
Ayite Sewa-Nyo Togolese National Assembly Togo Human Rights and Digital Freedoms: Misinformation, identification, politics and security
Hougnon Wilfried Serge Ouitona Université d'Abomey-Calavi Benin Le code du numérique au Bénin : un instrument efficace de lutte contre la criminalité en ligne ou un outil de restriction des libertés ?
Bashman Mohammed University of Aberdeen Nigeria Harmonizing the Regulation of Digital Labour Platforms (DLPs) in Africa: Lessons from the European Union
Martin Munyoto Strathmore University Kenya Artificial Intelligence, Digital Sovereignty, Human Rights
Catherine Kiprop Moi University Kenya Higher education Leadership, digital policies and learning
Andrew Crawford German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Germany AI policy