<div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings to all the members of the of the mailing list and to you <span class="gmail-gD" name="Arsène Tungali">Arsène</span>, </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the welcome message, and it feels great to be part of an African group which is passionate and involved in Internet Governance in different respects. </div><div><br></div><div>My name is Yolanda Mlonzi, based in Pretoria, South Africa. I am currently finishing off my Honours degree in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (two more weeks left and I will be officially done 😊)</div><div><br></div><div>My interest in Internet Governance started last year as a Google Policy Fellow, where I was hosted at the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), since then I have never looked back! My interest within IG lie in human rights/internet rights especially the intersections between of the right to privacy, surveillance, freedom of expression and political freedom. As a result, I am currently finishing off a research paper focusing on exactly that, with my case study being South Africa. </div><div><br></div><div>Other areas within IG that I am interested in, is youth participation, gender and IoT. </div><div><br></div><div>I really look forward to hearing from you all, and possibly meeting some of you at the upcoming global IGF in Mexico. </div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards, </div><div>Yolanda. </div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Arsène Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear colleagues,<br><br></div>I would like to start this tradition and hope to be doing it once a month to welcome new members who joined throughout the month. I am approving new membership requests on a daily basis and i would like the community to get to know you.<br><br></div>Special welcome to the young Internet Governance actors from Africa who just took the African School on Internet Governance. We hope to learn from you and benefit from your fresh energy to help this group beome more and more vibrant as it used to be in the past. Do not hesitate to start a discussion or contribute to any discussion.<br><br></div><div>You can check our website (<a href="http://igcaucus.org" target="_blank">igcaucus.org</a>) which still needs a lot of updates but there you have access to the list archives. These may give you a sense of past discussions we have had in this group.<br></div><div><br></div>For now, if you feel comfortable, please <b>do introduce yourselves</b> in few lines so that we know you and your interests in the IG environment. You can also add in your introduction any pressing question you have and hopefully some experienced members can chim in and help. <br><br>This is not only for those who just joined but to anyone else willing to introduce themselves, please go ahead and use this thread.<br><br></div>Best regards,<br></div>Arsene, IGC Co-Coordinator<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="m_1387805013422516035gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>------------------------<br>*<b>Arsène Tungali</b>*<br></div>Co-Founder & Executive Director, <span><i><a href="http://www.rudiinternational.org" target="_blank">Rudi international</a></i>,</span><br>CEO,<i> <a href="http://www.smart-serv.info" target="_blank">Smart Services Sarl</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.mabingwa-forum.com" target="_blank">Mabingwa Forum</a></i> <br>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B243%20993810967" target="_blank" value="+243993810967">+243 993810967</a><i><br></i></div><div>GPG: 523644A0<i><br></i></div><div><u>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</u><i><br><br></i></div><div><a href="http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html" target="_blank">2015 Mandela Washington Felllow</a> (YALI) - <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/2015Ambassadors" target="_blank">ISOC IGF Ambassador</a><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/2015Ambassadors" target="_blank"> </a><font face="monospace,monospace">- <br></font><a href="http://tungali.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Blogger</a> - <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en" target="_blank">ICANN Fellow</a>.<i> </i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/liza-bel/drc_b_8958150.html" target="_blank">The HuffingtonPost UK</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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