Fatimata Seye Sylla

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Fatimata Seye Sylla (2009)

Fatimata Seye Sylla is a well-known woman in the Senegalese internet community. She works in several international organizations to improve the digital divide between different regions and to improve gender equality .

Life

Fatimata Seye Sella studied at the Center Africain d'Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG) in Dakar , where she graduated in business administration , at the British Institute in Dakar and has a degree in computer science from the University of Le Havre . She also has a master's degree in economics from MIT .

For nine years she worked for leading Senegalese companies in the information and communication technology industry, as well as an expert consultant for various international organizations, including ICANN .

Seye Sylla is known for defending the use of information and communication technology in Senegalese education. She initiated the first national program to introduce these technologies in Senegalese schools. She worked with the United Nations , the Panos Institute and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) to promote internet access in different regions. Her commitment in Senegal also included the collaboration with the Internet Society and the founding of the NGO OSIRIS , which promotes the use of information and communication technology in Senegal.

She took part in the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005 . She represents Senegal in the Société civile africaine pour la société de l'information (SCASI; African civil society for the information society). She is director of the Digital Freedom Initiative in Senegal, member of the Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa. She was a member of ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee, where she represented Senegal. She also worked on the CATIA ( Catalyzing Access to ICT in Africa ) initiative, a program that supports information and communication technology initiatives in African countries and their managers. She is the chair of the NGO Bokk-Jang , founded by experts in communication technology, education and training.

In her work and publications, she focuses on gender equality in access to computer technology, as well as computer training for young women.

Publications

  • Fatimata Seye Sylla: Computers and Literacy in Senegal . Ed .: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Department of Architecture. 1985.
  • Fatimata Seye Sylla, Cathy-Mae Kerelse: Rethinking Education for the Production, Use, and Management of ICTs . In: Eva Rathgeber, Edith Ofwona Adera (Ed.): Gender and the information revolution in Africa . Internet Development Research Center, Ottawa 2000, ISBN 978-0-88936-903-0 , pp. 125-168 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Fatimata Seye Sylla (Senegal). In: ICANN . Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c Valérie Schafer: Seye Sylla, Fatimata [Sénégal XXe siècle] . In: Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque, Mireille Calle-Gruber (eds.): Le dictionnaire universel des créatrices . Éditions des femmes, 2013, p. 3958-3959 .
  3. ↑ Alain Just Coly: Mme Fatimata Sèye Sylla, Directrice de DFI au Sénégal: “Nous travaillons dans le souci d'assurer une pérennité des solutions”. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
  4. ^ Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA). In: Association for Progressive Communications. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ibrahima Lissa Faye: Sénégal-Femme et TIC: les valeurs culturelles, principal facteur bloquant . In: Pressafrik.com . December 19, 2008 ( pressafrik.com ).
  6. ↑ Eva Rathgeber, Edith Adera Ofwona: Gender and the information revolution in Africa . Ed .: Internet Development Research Center. Ottawa 2000, ISBN 978-0-88936-903-0 , pp. 244 .
personal data
SURNAME Seye Sylla, Fatimata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senegalese computer scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century