Prior to joining ISOC, Dawit worked at Addis Ababa University on teaching and research positions in computer science, since 1994. He also established and managed for more than 4 years a private company that provides Internet related services. Moreover, in the last ten years, Dawit has worked as a consultant for major international organizations such as United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Bank. His activities enabled him to travel around Africa with a large number of Information and Communication Technology professionals of the continent.
Dawit is an Ethiopian citizen living in Addis Ababa. He received his undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D degrees from Université Paul Sabatier in France, all degrees in Computer Science.
Dawit is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Latest posts
Events
4 June 2018
Great Hopes and some concerns at the African Internet Summit (AIS)
Earlier this month, the African Internet community gathered in Dakar, Senegal for the Africa Internet Summit (AIS). The event...
Community Networks
5 December 2017
Communities Can Own Their Internet Destiny
Imagine you wanted to have an Internet connection and someone decided that you had to wait an undefined amount...
Economy
23 November 2017
Promoting the African Internet Economy, an opportunity that cannot be missed
Some time ago, a European who visited my country and saw all the potential it possesses asked me “why...
Internet of Things (IoT)
26 September 2017
IoT Brings Potential Opportunity to Africa
About 70 years ago, the world was introduced to the digital computers revolution which made the computation of millions...
Human Rights
5 June 2017
Internet Shutdowns Are Not a Solution to Africa’s Challenges
Africa has made considerable gains with regards to the Internet in the last decades. It’s Internet penetration grew by...
Security
31 May 2017
Internet Society and African Union Commission Launch Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
The first ever Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa (“the Guidelines”) was launched at the African Internet Summit (AIS2017)...