National Experts
One of the major pillars of the WSA network are the WSA National Experts. Offering their vast experience in their local ICT and entrepreneurial sector, their diverse backgrounds and their own social engagement, the WSA National Experts are responsible for the national pre-selection of entries to the WSA. WSA leverages this network in 182 UN member countries.
You are a digital content producer and want your impact solution be nominated by a National Expert. Get in touch, so WSA office can connect you with your National Expert, or check the list of National Contests, to apply directly.
National Experts
Suny MD Ashraf Khan
CEO and Managing Director
Multimedia Content & Communications (MCC) Ltd.
Bangladesh
Sergio Garcia Agreda
Director of International Graduate Programs
Universidad Privada Boliviana
Bolivia
Tanja Madžarević
Business Development Manager
Education Development Center Inc.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Karim Mohamed Attoumani
PMO & Regulatory Project Manager
Telecom Comores – Telma Group branch in Comoros
Comoros
Panayiotis Andreou
Assistant Professor in Computing
School of Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus
Cyprus
Irene Polycarpou
Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education, Head of the School of Sciences
University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus
Cyprus
Constantinos Pyrkettis
Industrial Development officer
Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Business Development, Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry
Cyprus
Baudouin Schombe
Coordinator
Centre Africain d´Echange Culturel (CAFEC)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Arsene Tungali
Co-founder and Executive Director
Rudi International
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Per Bach
Chairman of the Board
Sociale Entreprenører i Danmark - Social Entrepreneurs in Denmark (SED)
Denmark
Arturo Lopez Valerio
Director
Cámara Dominicana de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación
Dominican Republic
Fernando Jácome
Asesor de Asuntos de Gobierno
Assistive Technology Development Organization ATDO Japan
Ecuador
Josué Reyes Mejía
Consultor en Innovación, Transformación Digital y Desarrollo de Ecosistemas de Emprendimiento
Impact Hub Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Anatoliy Kremenchutskiy
Academician ; Director
International Academy of Informatization ; India-Kazakhstan Centre of Excellence in ICT
Kazakhstan
MAHA ZOUWAYHED
Associate Director, Talal and Madiha Zein AUB Innovation Park (Zein AUB iPark)
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Renuka Sena
Impact and Sustainability Advocate, Impact Investor, Scaleup Venture Capital, Ecosystem Builder, Accelerator Design, Angel Funds, Startup Coach, Speaker
PROFICEO
Malaysia
Mariko Assa Simbara
Training manager
Agence des technologies de L'Information et de la communication (AGETIC) Institute of Information Technology and communication
Mali
Prof. Anicia Peters
Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Development
University of Namibia
Namibia
Adamou Iro
Conseiller Technique
Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et de la Poste/ Cabinet du Premier Ministre
Niger
Natasha Lazarovska-Trajcheski
Co-founder and Executive Board Member
Startup Macedonia
North Macedonia
Arletty Pinel
Silver economy evangelist, social entrepreneur & angel investor. WBAF International Partner, Aging2.0 Ambassador.
Panama
Vanessa Cañete
Managing Director at Willdom Paraguay | Bootcamp Product Manager at Programando Paraguay | Co-founder at Girls Code | GCL 2023
Willdom Paraguay
Paraguay
Anna Laudy-Nagy
COO - Chief Operating Officer
Mobile Open Society through Technology Foundation (MOST Foundation)
Poland
Roberto Carneiro
Dean of Institute for Distance Learning & Professor at School of Human Sciences
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Portugal
H.E. Reem Al-Mansoori
Assistant Undersecretary of Digital Industry Affairs at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)- Qatar
MCIT
Qatar
Richard Feteke
Senior specialist for the non-profit sector and social enterprises
Slovenská sporiteľňa (Erste Bank Group)
Slovakia
Borka Jerman-Blazic
Head of a Laboratory for open systems and networks
Josef Stefan Institute and Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
Chitranganie Mubarak
Consultant on Digitization for Social Good and Joint Coordinator for Women’s Research
CENWOR
Sri Lanka
Abdelrahman Noureldien
Dean
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at University of Science and Technology
Sudan
Gia Gaspard Taylor
President
Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWPTT)
Trinidad and Tobago
Humaid Ali Al Basti
Senior ICT Analyst
Telecommunication Regulation Authority (TRA)
United Arab Emirates
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