Olivier Nana Nzépa

ICT lecturer with the Advanced School of mass communication (University of Yaounde) and Professor/Consultant in Public Management at the Institute Superieur de Management Public (Yaounde- Cameroon) Dr. Olivier NANA NZEPA is holder of a Ph.D. in communication from University of Montreal (Canada); a M.A. in International relations from ENAP (Montreal); a M.A in Business management (H.E.C. Montreal); a M.sc in communication (University of Montreal) and a Bachelor in journalism from University of Yaoundé (Cameroon).

Member of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), he just completed for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) the Cameroon NICI plan (National Infrastructure for Communication). He serves as ICT Expert for: UNDP; UNESCO;UNECA; CIDA; Francophonie, Atos KPMG consulting. He is Researcher for LINK and Africa Management network, co-author of Management and Change in Africa, Routledge, London, 2004.

He has been involved in the WSIS process since the beginning. His activities cover a large variety of activities (advocacy, research, social activities etc.). His social engagement covers a variety of responsibilities:

• General coordinator of the Africa Civil Society for Information Society (ACSIS);
• Africa Region focal point on the International Civil Society Bureau for the WSIS;
• Member of the Africa Bureau representing Civil society;
• Member of the RALO Africa; AT Large committee and NCUC of ICANN;
• Editor of a french quarterly dedicated to the Information Society titled " Le defi numerique".