Research fellow at the African Academic Network on InternetPolicy (AANoIP) and Senior Counsel at the law-office of Streamsowers &
Köhn, Mr. Chukwuyere Izuogu has been named a champion of the Alliance forAffordable Internet (A4AI), reports ITRealms.
As A4AI champion, Izuogu ITRealms gathered would lead initiatives on the recently
reconstituted Infrastructure, Open Access & Spectrum (IOAS) Working Group,
thereby taking over from Messrs Jinmi Oluanuiga and Abraham Oshadami who served
as champions for the Infrastructure and Spectrum working groups respectively before now.
Confirming this to ITRealms, the Africa Regional
Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), Onica N. Makwakwa
commended the elsewhile working group champions for their services and
dedication, noting they set a strong foundation to continue work.
“We are pleased to now have Chukwuyere Izuogu, as the
Champion of the new Infrastructure, Open Access & Spectrum Working Group,”
she declared.
According to her, this is an important year for the
coalition, with the opportunity to provide input to the Broadband Plan,
expressing the hope, that member will accord him all support in this role to ensure
impactful contribution towards access to affordable broadband for all
Nigerians.
ITRealms also gathered that Izuogu as a research fellow at AANoIP,
saw his research interest focusing on all areas of telecommunications,
information technology, intellectual property and competition law.
He equally has consulted cum acted as lead researcher on
several milestone projects relating to new regulatory and policy issues in the
telecommunications industry.
Izuogu, who is the author of Nigeria’s leading academic work
on competition in telecommunications entitled Regulating Anti-competitive Practices in Nigeria's Communications Sector, (Wolf Legal Publishers, Netherlands,
January 2017) is a member of the Internet Society, Nigeria Chapter, British
Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT, Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (CIArb) UK, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Chukwuyere has an undergraduate degree in law from the
University of Benin, Nigeria (2003), Barrister-at-Law professional certificate
from the Nigerian law school (2005) and an LL.M in Information Technology &
Intellectual Property Law (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Hannover,
Germany (2009).
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