From 635a6e60cf813c59a10865914a981f325770a8d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sara Petti <74717970+sapetti9@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 20:16:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update okfn-network-experts.csv Adding new specialist. --- okfn-network-experts.csv | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/okfn-network-experts.csv b/okfn-network-experts.csv index f671360e..85bc9720 100644 --- a/okfn-network-experts.csv +++ b/okfn-network-experts.csv @@ -95,3 +95,4 @@ Nigeria,Eromosele John Aitokhuehi,john@orodata.org,Orodata Science,"English,Esan Zimbabwe,Tawanda Chimhini,tawandajhchimhini@gmail.com,DAI,English,"Open Elections,Digital Rights","Tawanda Chimhini is an election practitioner with over 20 years experience in directly conceptualizing, fundraising for, managing and implementing election related projects in five African countries including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Somalia and Sierra Leone. He has worked on 27 elections in the world in different capacities. At a technical level, Tawanda has worked on several Voters' Roll Audits (VRA) and two Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) projects in Zimbabwe and has assessed these in other African countries.",Yes,Tawanda.jpg,FALSE,tawanda-chimhini,30,tawandachimhini,,,,https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawanda-chimhini-9b722321b/ USA,Cable Green,cable@creativecommons.org,Creative Commons,English,"Open Knowledge,Open Education,Open Science,Open Access Research,Open Climate,Open Policy","Dr. Cable Green is the Director of Open Education at Creative Commons. He works with open education, science and research communities to leverage open licensing, content, practices and policies to expand equitable access and contributions to open education. Cable’s work is focused on identifying complex problems (e.g., UN SDGs) where open education is a critical part of the solution, and then opening that knowledge to help solve the problem. He is also a leading advocate for open licensing and procurement policies that ensure publicly funded education and research resources are freely and openly available to the public.Cable has 25+ years of digital learning and open education experience and helped establish the: Open Course Library, Open Up Resources, CC Certificate, CC Open Education Platform, Institute for Open Leadership, UNESCO Recommendations on OER and Open Science, Open Climate Campaign, Open Climate Data Project, CC Consulting services, Digital Public Goods Standard, Open Preprints, and multiple other initiatives. Cable holds a PhD in education psychology from Ohio State University, and enjoys motorcycling and skiing in the mountains with his family in Washington State.",Yes,cable-green.jpg,FALSE,cable-green,0,cgreen,,cablegreen,,https://www.linkedin.com/in/cablegreen/ Tanzania,Alex Gastone Mkwizu,alexgmkwizu@gmail.com,Github Education,"English,Swahili","Open Communities,Open Education,Open Policy,Digital Public Infrastructure","Alex Mkwizu embodies the spirit of openness and innovation. His contributions to the open movement are tangible and impactful, from securing 350+ DataCamp scholarships for underrepresented students to leading the Dar es Salaam chapter of Open Source Community Africa, to organizing hackathons , workshops and conferences a GitHub Campus Expert with GitHub Education. As a data scientist at Afropavo Analytics and product manager at Tausi Africa, Alex is tackling the challenges of open data, open finance, and equitable access to credit in underserved communities, creating solutions that have the potential to scale across Africa.Alex’s dedication to building tech communities and promoting digital literacy is evident through initiatives like the SmartGirls ICT program, which impacted over 1,500 girls, and organizing events such as Django Con Africa and TEDx University of Dar es Salaam, which inspired thousands while fostering partnerships with corporate and social organizations.",Yes,alex-gastone.jpg,FALSE,alex-gastone-mkwizu,0,__AlexMkwizu,,genie360s,,https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-mkwizu/ +Ukraine,Alex Gostev,gostev@protonmail.com,CKAN,"English,Ukrainian,Russian,Norwegian,Polish","Open Data,Civic Tech","Alex Gostev contributes to CKAN product and community growth with product strategy, experimentation, PLG, tech diplomacy, project management, leadership and passion. CKAN is one of the most important vehicles for open data by being an open source platform that enables open data for governmental, non-profits, enterprises around the globe. Alex is working on defining product strategy for CKAN, collaborating with co-stewards on a weekly basis. Working on wider reach by spreading the word about CKAN at a scale with modern marketing tools.",Yes,Alex-gostev.jpg,FALSE,alex-gostev,0,,https://thegostev.com/,thegostev,,https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgostev/