Kolubahzizi T. Howard's Page

Full Name:                          Kolubahzizi T. Howard

Gender:                               Male

Nationality:                          Liberian

Country of Residence:   Liberia

Organization:                    Liberia Telecommunications Authority

Stakeholder Group:        Government and the ISCO Liberian Chapter

Background (50 words):

 Worked in the telecommunications sector for over…

The Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) main session was an informative meeting chaired by Laurent Elder, from the International Development Research Center, with Mr. Ben Akoh, Project Manager for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and Ms. Olga Cavalli, Advisor for Technology at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Argentina, as moderators. Panelists included Mr.William Drake, International Fellow in the media change and innovation division at the…

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 a panel led by Lillian Nalwoga looked at Mobile Internet, its regulation and its connection with Internet Governance. The purpose of the session was to look at the main question of “Is governance different for the mobile Internet from the wired Internet?” 3 sub questions that were also explored were: (a) what are the key development issues given strong mobile penetration in developing countries and the use of new equipment and applications that did not exist…

Not being able to attend the IGF in Kenya, I decided that I would spare no efforts to participate remotely. Unfortunately, I have tried unsuccessfully to log into the remote participation links. I think this may be due to the lack of international broadband connectivity in Liberia. However, thanks to Stephanie Borg Psaila, my instructor in the Internet Governance Foundation course, I was able to get links to transcripts of some of the sessions.  Of course, the first transcript I chose to…