Biography

Francesca Cenni is a programme management officer in the Science and Technical Assistance Branch of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat (BRS). She is the focal point for activities in cooperation with the ITU, including study group five on question seven on e-waste, circular economy, and sustainable supply chain management. In the Secretariat, she coordinates the Partnership for Action on Challenges relating to E-waste (PACE II), and is responsible for technical assistance activities in emergencies, on Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of waste-lead acid batteries, ESM of e-waste, and mercury wastes. She also serves as focal point for BRS technical assistance activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Cenni is one of the authors of the E-waste Challenge MOOC and, in the past, she coordinated the Probo Koala assistance programme in Africa, the E-waste Africa programme, the Waste Mercury and Lead programmes of the Basel Convention, facilitating projects in cooperation with the Basel Regional Centres. Ms. Cenni, an Italian national, holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from Bologna University, in Italy, and worked as a researcher at Lund University, in Sweden, where she specialized in marine toxicology.

​Telecommunications and Electronic Engineer from UPC (Polytechnics University of Catalonia) and URL (University Ramon Llull) and PADE in management by IESE business school in Barcelona. Ernest was a founder and is currently the CEO of Wavecontrol, a company specializing in the development of instruments for the assessment of human exposure to EMF, with more than 25 years of experience. He has participated in standardization committees at a national and international level, and he is currently a member of the CTN 215 (AENOR/CENELEC) ITU-T Study Group 5 and ITU-R Study Group 1.

With 30+ years experience in the Telecommunication Industry Marius has held various Senior positions with extensive exposure to the Middle East and Africa pertaining to Product Management, Network Engineering, deployment and integration of Telecoms technologies. He is currently in the portfolio of Senior Strategy Consultant for Huawei Southern Africa Region.

​​Paolo Gemma is a senior specialist and representative of Huawei on issues related to energy saving and environmental sustainability. Prior to joining Huawei, Dr. Gemma was working with Nokia Siemens Networks, where he was responsible for EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) and electrical safety areas. He also worked in the Siemens Communications Division. Dr. Paolo Gemma also plays an active role in international standardization activities. Since 1993, he has been engaged in ETSI (European Telecommunication Standard Institute) activities and he also participates in the development of EMC standards. In 1997, Dr. Gemma joined ITU-T Study Group 5 on Environment, Climate Change, and Circular Economy as a Rapporteur and he is now the Chairman of Working Party 2 “Environment, Energy Efficiency and the Circular E​conomy”. He also acts as Vice-chairmen of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. In 2002, Paolo Gemma was appointed as the Secretary of the Committee ETSI TC EE and as of 2009, he holds the position of Chairman of the EEPS EE(eco Environmental product standard) working group. Paolo Gemma is a graduate of electrical engineering from the University of Genoa.​​

​Pauline Henriot is working at the IEA as Policy analyst in the Energy Efficiency division, where she works on the 3DEN project on consumer flexibility and network digitalisation. Before joining the IEA, she worked first at the French Energy regulator, on distribution tariffs and smart grid regulation, and then in a utility, on flexibility scheme for power consumers. Pauline Henriot holds a Master in Economics from the Université Paris-Dauphine, and a Diploma in Economics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure.

Eng. Irene Kaggwa is Ag. Executive Director at the Uganda Communications Commission. She is also the Director for Engineering and Communication Infrastructure at the Commission. Eng. Kaggwa Sewankambo possesses vast experience in the ICT sector spanning policy development, research, regulation, and implementation in various aspects, including internet development, licensing, universal access, quality of service, numbering resource management, as well as promotion of research and innovation. She holds a Master of Science in Communications Systems and Signal Processing from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and a Master of Science in Economic Management and Policy (Business Economic Pathway) from the University of Strathclyde, also in the United Kingdom. Prior to this, Eng. Kaggwa Sewankambo obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Makerere University Kampala.

Peter Kadar was born in 1963, Budapest, Hungary. He received Power Engineering diploma at Technical University of Budapest 1987; PhD 1994; MBA at Open University, UK, 2002. He works in the area of the power system control and renewable energies. First, he worked for industry (Power Station and Network Engineering Company), then in research (Research Institute for Measurement and Computing Techniques Department of Industrial Application) and later at a software development company (DYNAdata Ltd.). Between 2002 and 2005 he is the editor in chief of magazine “Electrotechnics”. He was a lecturer at Technical University of Budapest from 1994 to 2010, and now professor at Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary. He gives lectures about energetics, energy management, renewable systems and informatics in the energy sector, simulation and planning, energetics, power system control, renewable energy sources. He teaches in BSC, MSC and PhD courses. He has more than 200 publications. He is the director of the Power System Department Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Óbuda University, but also served as appointed dean of the faculty in 2018. He was invited lecturer at Patra Summer University 2007-2014, in Patra, Greece. He is also member of Hungarian Electrotechnical Association since 1985, Chair of Scientific and Professional Committee 2013 -2019. Member of CIGRÉ, member of organising committees of conferences. Senior member of IEEE, Treasurer of IEEE Hungary Section (HS) 2003-2004, Secretary of HS 2005-2008, Vice Chair of HS 2009-2012, Chair of HS from 2013-2016.

Arnold Kibuuka is a member of the Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI) Security, Infrastructure and Trust Working Group. He currently supports the digital financial services security lab at the ITU. Prior to joining ITU, Arnold was the senior technical security officer at MTN for six years.

Dickson currently heads Regional Operations at Uganda Communications Commission, the ICT Regulator in Uganda. Dickson has a passion for Environment Management. He is part of the team behind Aquila Recycling, a leading waste management company in Uganda. He has been engaged in Environment, Energy Efficiency and the Circular Economy at different levels locally and internationally. Dickson has a wealth of experience in material recovery, recycling, repurposing and value addition. Dickson is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Makerere University.

Fryderyk Lewicki received MSc and PhD degrees from the Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland). He is also a graduate of several telecommunication programs provided by the United States Telecommunication Training Institute in Washington DC (1990-1992). Since 1985 he joined the Orange Labs Poland where he is expert on Antennas, Radiowave Propagation and EMC. He is Orange Expert Senior in Energy & Environment. He is Chairman of the ITU-T SG5 WP1/5 “EMC, lightning protection and EMF ” and for the fourth term the Rapporteur for Question 3/5 “Human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from information and communication technologies (ICTs)”. In the ITU-R SG3 “Radiowave propagation” he is chairman of the Sub Working Group SWG 3K-2 “Path general propagation method”. He is also Past chair of the Polish Chapter of the IEEE EMC Society. He is also active in IEC TC106 committee. The main fields of his activity are: antenna systems, protection against electromagnetic radiation, spectrum management, electromagnetic compatibility  and radiowave propagation. He is author and coauthor of about 90 technical papers and 5 patents.​

Dr. Emmanuel C. MANASSEH has more than 17 years of experience in the telecommunications sector; has extensive technical and regulatory expertise in mobile technologies, spectrum management and telecommunications regulatory framework. He received the BSc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 2005; Masters of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree from Hiroshima University, Japan in 2010; he received Doctor of Engineering (Dr. Eng.) from the department of System Cybernetics at Hiroshima University, Japan in 2013. Dr. Manasseh joined Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) as a Principal Research Officer in October 2014. From June 2019 to date, he is working as a Director, Industry Affairs at TCRA. Prior to joining TCRA, he was a Lecturer at Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) Arusha, Tanzania, from May 2014. From April 2013 to March 2014, he was an Assistant Professor at Hiroshima University in the Department of System Cybernetics. Dr. Manasseh began his career at Celtel Tanzania Limited (Now Airtel Tanzania), as a Telecommunications Engineer, working on Operation & Maintenance of all 2G/3G Base Station Subsystem (BSS) from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Manasseh holds different leadership roles, including Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET); Board Member of Maendeleo Bank PLC; and a Member of National ICT Skills Development Council. He is also a Vice Chair of ITU -T Study Group 20, Internet of Things and Smart Sustainable Cities. He is also a member of professional institutes and bodies including, Engineers Registration Board of Tanzania (ERB); Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) UK; European Signal Processing Society and Asia Pacific Signal and Information Association (APSIPA).

W​illiam Mnyippembe has 17 years of experience in telecommunications and regulations and is currently serving as a Principal Engineer with the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). He worked for Airtel between 2006 and 2008 as a Base Station Subsystem Engineer responsible for the operation and maintenance of base stations, and transmission systems. He joined the ICT regulator in 2008 and has since been involved in National Quality-of-Service (QoS) regulatory strategy-including carrying out QoS measurement and analysis to support enforcement activities, carrying out the assessment of Radio Frequency EMF Radiation and planning for national RF radiation management, as well as developing strategies and advising on the national spectrum management policy. He has taken part in various discussions within the country on emerging technologies and strategies for digital transformation. He is currently the Vice Chairperson of the ITU-T SG AFR and has been involved in the work of ITU T study group ​​5 since 2017. Mr Mnyippembe holds MSc. in Communications Engineering from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (2014) and a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (2006).

Christine Mugimba is the Director of ICT and Research at the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). She has broad knowledge and expertise in Communications Regulation accumulated over 20 years in the areas of Quality of Service, Spectrum Management, Strategy, Research and Development, and Innovation Promotion. Her current role involves strategic leadership of the environment management function. A registered engineer with the Engineers Registration Board, Christine holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Makerere University and a Master of Science in Communications Systems and Signal Processing from the University of Bristol, UK. She recently completed her EMBA with the Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA. Prior to this appointment, Mrs. Mugimba held various leadership positions at the Commission, including Head, Spectrum Management; Head, Engineering and Postal Services; and Head, Strategy and Research.

Helen is the current Chairperson for the ITU-T SG5 for the African Regional Group, works at the Uganda Communications Commission as the Senior Officer Environment Management. She is an associate rapporteur for Question 7 under the Study Group 5 on ‘e-waste, circular economy and sustainable supply chain management’, and a past Vice Chair of the Working Group 7 [Green ICTs and E-waste Management] of the East African Communications Organization (EACO). She is an environmental professional providing technical oversight, management, planning and implementation, consultancy, policy advice and research on environmental sustainability projects, frameworks, and project designs. She is part of the teams in contribution of international, regional and national standards, guidelines and strategies in environment and sustainability. She has spearheaded national projects and initiatives on ICT environmental compliance including e-waste management, the recent one being a study on the end-of-life management of end user ICT devices and the national EMF survey for mobile phone base stations in Uganda. She was at the fore front at the recent launch of the national e-waste collection centre in Uganda. Helen holds a MSc.in Environment Management and Sustainability (climate change pathway, a B.Engineering in Environmental Engineering and Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management.

Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC.EDU). PhD in telecommunications. Coordinator of the distributed systems group at UPC. Co-rapporteur of ITU-T Q7/SG5: E-waste, circular economy and sustainable supply chain management. Research topics on distributed systems and digitalisation, considering networking and computing infrastructures, interested in sustainability, development, economics, decentralization, transparency, accountability, governance, and digital inclusion.

​Dorothy Kabagambe Ssemanda is the Chief Executive Officer for ATC Uganda and has been with the organisation since 2012. She is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants FCCA, holds a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School, Herriot Watt University in Scotland UK and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Makerere University Business School.Dorothy started her career as an audit associate with Ernst and Young and later joined PricewaterhouseCoopers where she excelled in Audit and accounting for several multinational organisations including Banks, FMCGs, INGOs, etc. She then moved to Airtel Uganda as business planning analyst working on pricing, business analysis, budgeting and forecasting and supported the due diligence and transition from Zain Uganda to Airtel Uganda. In 2012 she joined ATC Uganda as finance operations manager and has held several roles including Supply Chain Manager, Finance Project Advisor for a start up in Tanzania, Regional Treasury Manager overseeing six countries in EMEA and was later promoted to Chief Finance Officer where she has led the finance organisation. Under her leadership, Dorothy transformed the finance organisation from what was purely numbers to strategic business partners for the company. She led several power analysis projects working directly with cross functional teams to understand the numbers and execute projects for continuous improvement. She supported the business through several challenges with the URA and most importantly worked hard to close the approval for the amalgamation of ATC Uganda. In 2022, she was promoted to CEO and is the first black female CEO across American Tower. She leads the Uganda subsidiary and is focused on building meaningful engagements with customers, stakeholders and creating an environment for all staff to grow through a people centric culture. Her goal is to create a culture that prioritizes the needs and well-being of employees, customers, and other stakeholders. Her key priority is to create a positive work culture, foster open communication, provide opportunities for growth and development, and promote work-life balance.

​Shaban R. Sserunkuma, is a passionate consumer activist, currently the Director Programmes, at the Global Consumer Centre (CONSENT), a Consumer rights and policy advocacy organisation based in Kampala, Uganda, but with ambitions to reach all corners of Africa then the world. Currently he is in charge of policy advocacy and regulatory compliance under the Consumer Engagement for Sustainable Food Systems Transformation, a project under implementation in the East Africa region (Uganda and Kenya), between CONSENT and Consumer Grassroots Association (CGA). The project supported by Bio-vision, thr Swiss organization with the goal of preserving Africa's natural environment and sustainable improvements in living conditions of Africa. The project is aimed at building a strong consumer movement championing agro-ecology as a viable means to the realisation of the right to food for all and building Sustainable food systems. He has represented the consumer movement in various processes, forums and events, including trade policy reform, consumer protection, product standards development under the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and international Consumers International, the global confederation of consumer rights organizations based in London, UK. He has worked as a regular columnist with the Daily Monitor Newspaper, the leading privately owned newpaper in Uganda, focused on consumer perspectives, spanning a number of topics and themes. He has also worked as team leader for the inhouse publications on consumer rights and activism at the Uganda Consumer Protection Association and Consumer Education Trust and has written extensively on the plight of consumers as well as advocacy for policy reforms to protect consumers.

Philippe TUZZOLINO is the Vice President Environment of the Orange Group, he oversees the Environment and the organization of Climate Change: Net Zero carbon objectives, impact on biodiversity and carbon sequestration policy. He defines policies and monitors energy consumption and the Group's overall footprint (Orange is present in 164 countries for business). As responsible for the Carbon Footprint, he participated in the development of methodologies for the ICT sector so that the sector complies with the IPCC recommendations as a member of the ITU-T Study Group "Climate Change" and also participates at the COP. He is a member of the Strategic Materials Committee of BERCY. Before joining the Orange Group, Mr. TUZZOLINO held several positions on Strategic innovation projects at the Headquarter of La Poste and at the French Ministry of Defense.

Engr. Bako Wakil is a Telecommunication Regulation specialist with over three decades of industry experience. He has bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Master degree in Information Systems Engineering. He has served as Chairman of ITU-T SG20RG-AFR Regional Group for Africa and vice chairman ITU-T SG20 as well as vice chairman Comm3B of WTSA20. ​He retired as Director of Technical Standard and Network Integrity at the Nigerian Communications Commission, the independent Telecommunication Regulator of Nigeria. ​

Dr. Abubaker Matovu Waswa is the Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Makerere University. He lectures and undertakes research in the field of telecommunications and computer engineering within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He previously served as the Chair and Co-Chair of the Technical Program Committees (TPCs) for 6th and 7th National Conference on Communications (NCC 2020 and NCC 2022). Additionally, he worked as an Experienced Solution Architect at Ericsson where he was responsible for telecommunications network designs and project management of network deployments. He also held Network Planning Engineer positions within Uganda’s network operators – MTN Uganda and Uganda Telecom. He has publications in international conferences/journals with his research interests being in the engineering of evolving telecommunication systems, currently focusing on device-to-device (D2D) communication, internet of things (IoT), cyber security and smart networking. He is enthusiastic about applying/adapting the various innovations and/or information & communication technologies (ICT) to the dynamic needs and challenges of society. ​

​Dominique Würges is currently Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 5 ​ and Director of Institutional Relations for Standardisation within Orange. He is responsible for relationships with international organizations involved in standardization activities at national and international levels (ITU, ETSI, AFNOR, etc.), and participates in the governance meetings of these organizations. He is also vice-chair of ITU-D SG2 (ICT services and applications). He is active in many issues addressed by SDOs and foras, such as Green ICTs, network security, relations between carriers, or the evolution of the broadcasting standardization and system. At the European level, he is currently Vice-Chair of ETSI General Assembly, elected in 2018. Within European Commission, he is a Member of the European ICT Standardisation policy multi-stakeholder platform for ICTs standardization, representing ETNO. He is also a member of the French National Standardisation Organisation Strategic Committee and part of the Digital Broadcast Forum (FAVN). He has previously been Responsible for France Telecom’s External Relations and multilateral affairs, in charge of organizations focused on telecommunications questions, and before was Head of the Data and Directories Department of France Telecom. Education: Diploma from the ENSPTT/ENA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des PTT); Master’s Degree in Telecommunications and Broadcasting Management (Paris Dauphine); Diploma from Political Science Institute in Strasbourg.

​Teslim Mohammed Yusuf is presently the Acting General Manger: Energy Efficiency Programme at the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). He holders a master’s in engineering management from the University of Pretoria and a Honour’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Teslim has over 15 years experience in the energy sector, cutting across Telecommunications, Smart Grids, Energy Data Science and Energy Efficiency. Teslim has held several technical and management roles at SANEDI, including acting in the capacity of General Manager for the Smart Grids & Data and Knowledge Management Programmes and recently leading research initiatives on energy management systems within the pulp & paper and automotive sub-sectors. Teslim has also worked with Business Sweden, looking at technology deployment and investments across SADC region. Teslim holders’ membership with the following associations, namely: The South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) –(Member), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – (Member), Institute of Informational Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) – (Member), Project Management Institute (PMI) – (Certified Project Management Professional), Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) – (Member).