CA Chairperson Elected Vice Chair of Regional Caucus of ICT Regulators

The CA Board Chairperson, Ms. Mary Mungai, has been elected the Vice Chairperson of the Council of African Regulators (CAR), a consultative forum for ICT regulators within the Smart Africa.

Ms. Mungai secured the Vice Chairperson’s position after emerging second in the Chairperson’s race which was won by Mr. Mamady Doumbouya, the Director General of the Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications for Guinea Conakry, who won with 12 votes. Ms. Mungai garnered seven (7) votes.

Malawi’s Mr. Daud Suleman, who is the Director General of the Malawian Communications Regulatory Authority, came in third with four (4) votes. Elections for the position took place at the 13th meeting of the Council of African Regulators in Lilongwe, Malawi.

The Smart Africa is a Pan-African agency for ICTs started in 2013 as a bold and innovative commitment from African Heads of State and Government to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development on the continent through affordable access to broadband and usage of ICTs.

Ms. Mungai’s election comes barely two months after Kenya won the bid to host the Transform Africa Summit (TAS) later in the year from 28th to 30th August 2024.

The TAS will hosted at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, in Nairobi. Hosted annually by the Smart Africa, the TAS is the continent’s leading forum bringing together over 5,000 delegates comprising regional and global leaders to discuss ways of accelerating Africa’s digital transformation.

Kenya will also host the 14th meeting of the Council of African Regulators on the sidelines of the TAS in August.