Eric M.K Osiakwan is the Executive Secretary both of the African Internet Service Providers Association (AfrISPA, www.afrispa.org)
Eric M.K
Osiakwan is the Executive Secretary both of the African Internet Service
Providers Association (AfrISPA, www.afrispa.org)
and the Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA, www.gispa.org.gh). He is also a Visiting
Fellow and Scholar at the Stanford University and Reuters Foundation Digital
Vision Program @ http://rdvp.org/fellows/2004-2005/erik-osiakwan/, Project Co-ordinator for UC Berkeley TIER Group in Ghana @ http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu and
affiliate of the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
@ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
During the
past five years, he has been involved in a number of information and
communication technology (ICT) related projects and initiatives in the US,
Europe and Africa for a number of Governments, companies, NGOs, and
international agencies. He is currently a Consultant to the WorldBanks
Information for Development program on Open Access for Africa (InfoDev, www.infodev.org). He is also a consultant to
BusyInternet (www.busyinternet.com),
UNDP Ghana and OSIWA (www.osiwa.org).
Eric was invited by the Royal African Society to contributed ideas
to Prime Minister Tony Blairs Commission for Africa @ http://www.commissionforafrica.org/english/consultation/bob_geldofs_seminars/african-letters/Eric_Osiakwan.pdf
He self published a research
document on Ghanas Internet Industry (GII). Co-authored The Internet in
Ghana with the Mosaic group using the GDI methodology @ http://www.fosterandbrahm.com/GhanaGDI.pdf
and also co-authored the Ghana chapter of Negotiating The Net (NTN) the
Politics of Internet Diffusion in Africa @ http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/ntn/ghana/ghana_7-01-04.doc.
He is an
associate of Spintrack AB, Sweden (www.spintrack.com),
Balancing Act, UK (www.balancingact-africa.com)
and African Analysis CC, S.A (www.africaanalysis.co.za).
He is also a director of InHand ltd (www.inhand.co.ke)
and PenPlusBytes (www.penplusbytes.net).
He co-founded the Ghana New Ventures Competition (GNVC, www.gnvc.org). He is a member of a number of
professional bodies including: