Poncelet Ileleji

Poncelet O. Ileleji is a Computer Scientist  by Profession with + 25 years  in the field; he has been involved with the use of ICT as a tool for sustainable development both as he is the Lead / CEO of Jokkolabs Banjul() and one of the focal points of the Global Entrepreneurship  Week in the Gambia, in The Gambia. He has also served as consultant for several projects in Africa covering ICT for D, Learning, Technologies and Education, Internet Governance and Health Informatics. He also ran the YMCA Computer Training Centre and Digital Studio from inception. He served also as an International Coordinator for the International YMCA of New York, International Camp Counselor Program. Poncelet served as the country coordinator for the World Links program in the Gambia during the program life cycle in The Gambia from 2001 to 2005, The program was funded and initiated by the World Bank and it adopted a constructivist approach to teaching with ICT that emphasized a shift away from teacher centered lecture-based instruction towards student-centered, project-based learning during the program life cycle from 2001 to 2005 in the Gambia. An active member of the Association for Progressive Communication  He is a founding member of the Information Technology Association of the Gambia and was elected president of the Association in March 2010 is term ended in April 2014 ( ). He is also the national resource person for the West African Internet Governance Forum  the Gambian Chapter and former board member of Africa ICT alliance  and he is a member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) NPOC Constituency   where he served as  Policy Chair and and represented   NPOC on the Policy Committee of the Non Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) of ICANN he  also volunteers on various ICANN working groups. . He also served on the Working Group for WG 3 – Privacy and Transparency Online for Freedom Coalition,  and also represents is organization in the Open Data Charter as a Steward on the implementation committee,  . He served as a Digital Security Fellow 2017 for the Open Technology Fund.  He leads is organization partnership with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data      and he was  a Board member of the San Francisco, USA based Technology not for profit Net Freedom Pioneers  (2018 to October 2021)   He has also served as a consultant for the UNDP Crisis Bureau, World Bank and  International Trade Centre  on ICT related Projects recently. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Business University in Dakar, Senegal