Africa Internet Governance Forum 2025

Engr. Kunle Olorundare, SMIEEE is the President of Internet Society, Nigeria Chapter(2023/2026), an ICANN 79 Fellow, and the winner of the Paul Muchen Award for the ICANN 79 Round. He doubles as the current Coordinator of the Nigerian School on Internet Governance. He is experienced in ICT Industry Regulations, Standardisation, Project Management, School on Internet Governance, ICT Product Certification and Testing, System Audit, Emerging Technologies, Data Governance, Theory of Change etc. He has more than 20 years of post-graduation experience in engineering and ICT regulations. Kunle studied Electrical & Electronics Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. He has double Masters - the first in Communications Management at Bucks New University, England and the second is Master of Science in Information Technology from National Open University of Nigeria. He is a certified Business Continuity Management Lead Auditor (ISO22302), certified Lead Auditor, Quality Management System (ISO9001), certified IPV6 Engineer AFRINIC Silver Category, certified PRINCE 2 Practitioner and a certified Scrum Master. He has presented and published formal technical papers on various topical issues including the Internet of Things, Digital Transformation, Internet Decolonization, Gig Economy etc. His works have been cited at the highest i10-index and others citations. He is registered with the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, a member of the ITU-T Study Group 11, and a Vice Chairman of UN ITU Metaverse Focus Group. He became a Senior Member of the IEEE, USA in March 2018. His most recent technical paper is: “Economic Prospect of Cryptocurrency: Nigeria as a Case Study”, published in March 2023.