Hon michael onyango
Chairman 2007-2014.
Michaels Bio
Michael Onyango
CHAIRMAN 2007 -2014
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Michael’s works has always been and continues to be about empowering Africa’s Forgotten Bottom Millions. Thought leader/Speaker – Future of Work and Emerging Technologies, currently serves as an advisory board member for ALU Africa Block Chain Institute He leads and works around initiatives economic empowerment, serving in varying sectors across platforms amongst interdisciplinary sectors within governments, NGO’s and the private sector, in Africa and globally.
Experience
Member of the Distributed Ledgers and Artificial Intelligence Taskforce, Ministry of ICT, after completing his role as Minister responsible for the docket of Communication, Information and Technology – County Government of Kisumu. He’s also a Global Fellow – Social Innovation (Rockefeller Foundation), Skoll Foundation Fellow 2019 and previously served as a within the wider creative industries sector, immensely contributed to developing The Road Map for Kenya’s creative industries sector, in collaboration with IBM, positioning the sector as a catalyst to Kenya’s economic growth, outlining how to double Kenya’s current creative industries contribution to GDP.
Academic Background
His formal academic background is in the Sciences (BSc Andrews Michigan), while his work history has primarily been within ICT and policy since 1994.
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