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Founder & Executive Director, AFRISTEMI | IT Support Specialist | Fellow DWeb 2024, Hackathon@AIS, AFRINIC 31, ICANN 72 & ICANN77.

Accra, Ghana
Joined October 2015
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@ITUAfrica Bootcamp 2026, in line with the Blended ICT Training Programme, concluded on 2 March 2026 at @AFRALTI Nairobi ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช with a graduation ceremony and certificates, strengthening participantsโ€™ skills in network management, emergency comms, and sustainable ICT solutions .
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theirworld.org/educate-all-gโ€ฆ Girls deserve a fair chance at a brighter future. Add your name if you agree all girls should receive an education
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๐ŸŒŸ Opportunity Alert ๐ŸŒŸ Working with data but don't know coding? We are looking for you! @okfn is inviting organisations to express interest in participating in a four-month funded pilot to integrate the #OpenDataEditor into their work. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ Learn more: blog.okfn.org/2025/01/29/calโ€ฆ
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Shadrach Ankrah retweeted
๐Ÿซ 6 ways to keep schools safe when disaster strikes 1B+ children live in high-risk climate zones & 242M students faced disrupted education in 2024. ๐Ÿ‘‡ Here's how we keep classrooms open & students learning โžก๏ธ ow.ly/Gf6Q50UR4Ic
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ARE YOU A NIGERIAN-BASED EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION focused on advancing access to quality foundational skills for children? Then this is for you! AREAi is quite pleased to invite qualified and eligible applicants to apply for its FastTrack Innovation Scale Fund Accelerator (FIS-Fund Accelerator) which represents a ground-breaking opportunity to transform foundational learning for marginalized learners in Nigeria and Africa at large. By fostering innovation, collaboration, and impact, the Accelerator will empower millions of children to unlock their full potential and break the cycle of educational disadvantage. Together, we can build a more inclusive and equitable future for all. This initiative provides hands-on training in evidence-based practices and targeted funding to accelerate our mission of ensuring all children have equal access to quality education through foundational learning experience. Selected organizations will participate in a series of training workshops focused on components of the FastTrack Method; an accelerated foundational learning opportunities that provides participants with insights on how to apply these pedagogical practices in their organizationsโ€™ education programs. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Eligible Applicants: NGOs and nonprofit community-based organizations situated in Nigeria, with focus on advancing foundational learning / or early grade education. Local Leadership: Organizations must demonstrate local leadership with the majority of the leadership team in the state of operations. Operational History: Organizations must have a demonstrated track record of working in country of operation in sub-sahara Africa for a minimum of two years. Impact: Organizations must demonstrate impact through at least one past project or program. Due Diligence: โ€ฆ Find more details in the application. APPLY HERE: bit.ly/ApplyFISfund2025 or use the link in our bio. Application Deadline: March 17th, 2025. 11:59 WAT. #AREAi #AREAi4Africa #LearningWithoutBarriers #FoundationalLearning #FoundationalSkills #FastTrackInnovationScaleFund #Opportunities #Partnership #Literacy #Numeracy #EducationForAfrica #EducationInIDPs
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Shadrach Ankrah retweeted
This #InternationalDayOfEducation, let's reflect on the theme โ€œAI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in a World of Automation.โ€ Join us in supporting the Prang Senior High School Sopala Project, which brings education to rural communities without the Internet! #EdTech #OER
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CALL FOR APPLICATION! AREAi is quite pleased to reveal its latest program: Women Techies Africa!๐ŸŽ‰ Women Techies Africa is a sub-program under ourย Digital Skills Accelerator (DSA) interventionย by Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi)ย and is open ONLY toย adolescent girls, young women or female students in their final year of undergraduate studies across African universities between the ages of 16 - 30. Girls who want to build technology-based and in-demand skills for the creative economy.ย  Digital Skills Development under the Women Techies Africa Program will cut across the following areas:โ€จ โ€ขCybersecurity โ€ขAnimation โ€ขIllustration โ€ขProduct Design โ€ขContent creation & Development โ€ขMotion Graphics & Visual Effects (VFX) โ€ขDigital Marketing & E-commerce. This hybrid training opportunity presents girls and young women with a life changing experience forย committed focus, personal growth, development and career progression for in-demand skills for the creative economy. Interested participants should fill in their details and answer all questions carefully and accurately. โ€จ Successful applicants will be contacted for a short follow up interview in three to four weeks. To apply kindly visit: areai4africa.org/call-for-apโ€ฆ Or use Bit Link: bit.ly/WTA2025DSA Do you know an aspiring Tech Sis? Then share this with her! #AREAi #AREAi4Africa #LearningWithoutBarriers #WomenTechies #WomenTechiesAfrica #DigitalSkillsAccelerator #DSA #GettingGirlsEqual #GGE #DigitalEquity #EmpowerHer #Leaders #DevelopmentPractitioners
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๐Ÿ“ข Filmmakers! The Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open! ๐ŸŽฅ Create a 2โ€“3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1929. ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽญ๏ธ๐Ÿ“š๏ธ ๐Ÿ“† Deadline: Jan 17, 2025 ๐Ÿ’ฐ First prize: $1,500 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more: blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿšจ ๐–๐„โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐†! ๐Ÿšจ ETHAccra is looking for a ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š & Marketing ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ to join our team and drive Web3 community engagement through ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ and ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. If youโ€™re passionate about ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, and ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, we want to hear from you! ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Generate, edit, and publish ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ (including videos) daily across all Web3 community platforms. ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Oversee and manage ETHAccraโ€™s ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, ensuring a ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ and ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : Track ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, measure the effectiveness of marketing strategies, and share ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ with the team. ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Work closely with the ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ to create high-quality assets for campaigns. ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Continuously improve ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ and workflows to engage and grow our ๐–๐ž๐›๐Ÿ‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐Ÿ’ก ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž in social media management and content creation (with a ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค). ๐Ÿ“Œ Ability to generate ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ and ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ that resonates with ๐–๐ž๐›๐Ÿ‘ and ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ“Œ Strong ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, with experience in tracking performance and adjusting strategies accordingly. ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, with a ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ and a ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ and ability to collaborate effectively in a ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž or ๐ก๐ฒ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ work setting. ๐Ÿ’ก ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’ก โ€ข ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ: ASAP (or by agreement). โ€ข ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ: Submit your ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž (max 2 pages) and a ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (max 2 pages) explaining why youโ€™re the perfect fit for this role. Please include a ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. โ€ข ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ: Send your applications to [email protected] ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐“๐‡๐€๐œ๐œ๐ซ๐š? Shape the future of ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ with us and make an ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ on the ๐–๐ž๐›๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž! #Web3Jobs #ETHAccra #BlockchainCareers #SocialMediaCoordinator
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๐Ÿ“ข Register to attend The Gendering AI Conference! โžก For more details: genderingaiconference.org/ ๐Ÿ”—Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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MozFest House Zambia is underway! ๐ŸŽ‰ Two days of innovation, creativity, and community. Excited to be part of workshops, discussions, and exciting collaborations. Letโ€™s build a better internet together! ๐Ÿš€ #MozFest #AIForEducation
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See you soon! #MozFest House Zambia
Do one thing that matters this month. ๐ŸŒŸ With #MozFest House Zambia around the corner, weโ€™re SO excited to connect IRL and online for real conversations, connections, and ideas that spark action. ๐Ÿงต Hereโ€™s what you can be part of online: (1/8)
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Whoโ€™s really profiting from your hustle? ๐Ÿค” Join us LIVE from #MozFest House Zambia to find out! Weโ€™re unpacking issues driven by the rise of #fintech, from new privacy and security challenges to inequitable access. Turn on notifications here โคต๏ธ mzl.la/4fMmsqx
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Shadrach Ankrah retweeted
Our @ISOCUg's Secretary for Special Interest Groups - @NEBERTASHABA took participants through the types of encryption and practical demos on how to use encryption in email, file sharing and messaging apps at today's #GlobalEncryptionDay session facilitated by @internetsociety.
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The Internet for Education SIG, with support from the Internet Society, is thrilled to celebrate Global Encryption Day tomorrow at Canon Apolo Core PTC! Thanks to @MTYMondo , weโ€™re bringing essential cybersecurity tools and knowledge to teachers and students in Uganda.
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"We are pleased to have this year's #Global#ncryptionDay celebration workshop at Canon Apolo Core PTC In Fort Portal. This event, implemented by @MTYMondo, has been made possible with facilitation from the @internetsociety and @ISOC_Foundation, in collaboration with @ISOCUg.
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๐Ÿš€ Register Now! The 2025 Internet Development Conference will be in Addis Ababa on Jan 21-23, 2025! ๐ŸŒ Join policymakers, businesses, & technologists from across the IGAD region to strengthen Internet infrastructure. Register here: internetsociety.org/events/iโ€ฆ #IDC2025
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Today we are in ๐Ÿ“Lusaka, Zambia to launch the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, which will be taking place between April 29th, 2025 and 1st May, 2025.
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