African ICT Foundation appoints the 'Ambassador of Smart Tunisia' as its North Africa’s Regional Director.

The African ICT Foundation has announced the appointment of Lobna Smida as the Regional Director for North Africa and she is to direct the activities of the Foundation in the region.

Lobna who is currently working as an Administration Advisor at the Presidential Palace of Tunisia is expected to guide the overall direction of the region also develop a regional strategic plan every two years, using input from the regional officers and/or committee members.

"In her acceptance speech, Lobna was partly quoted has saying; “I believe in the important role of the ICT's SDGs in our fertile continent to get the African "Bloom" to start through new, wise and easy digital services to erase digital illiteracy, to yoke up the rural zones with the urban areas.”

“I heartily thank you for appointing me as African ICT Foundation's Regional Director for North Africa. I am sure that through this position, I will be able to talk about the African ICT Foundation being an inclusive organization that implies the UN most recent norms of e-sustainable inclusive vision in the development of sustainable goals (SDGs) in the realm of Information, Communication and Technology.

Indeed, my new position in the African ICT Foundation will allow me to shed light on the richness of African countries in the quality of its young engineers, entrepreneurs and the awareness of the African Woman in many scientific fields and societal activities to pinpoint humanitarian values. I believe in the important role of the ICT's SDGs in our fertile continent to get the African "Bloom" to start through new, wise and easy digital services to erase digital illiteracy, to yoke up the rural zones with the urban areas. So many new techniques are to serve the fields of education, women empowerment and to ensure African inclusive societies in every part of the continent.

To sum it up, my intention through this participation is to get a flow of progress in the African ICT Foundation to make it a milestone in the global ICT institutions and organizations.”

I heartily thank you for your confidence and for giving me this position in order to realise our "African Dream" together. End of quote.

A statement from the Foundation signed by the Executive Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Bassey said that Lobna whose appointment takes immediate effect is tasked with the overall leadership of the Region and will be joining other members of the Executive Council of the Foundation in its core objective of policy advocacy in Africa’s ICT sector.

Lobna Smida, a multiple award winner in Africa’s digital Economy advocacy, Ambassador of "Smart Tunisia" and the International Rehabilitation foundation (RI) Vice President for Arab region among other numerous portfolio holds Master’s degree in English Literature at the University of Literature and Human Rights of Sousse.

While congratulating the new Regional Director for North Africa, Bassey disclosed that her appointment into the Executive Council of the Foundation was in line with the existing template of appointment introduced by the founders of the Foundation in 2009 following nomination by watchers of the ICT/Telecoms industry in Africa.