Aminata Amadou Garba is a Senior (Technology) Coordinator at the Telecommunications Network & Spectrum Management Division of the ITU Development Bureau. Her background is in communications technologies, policies and infrastructure. She held several positions in telecommunications including Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Africa and Director General of the Multi-Sector Regulatory Authority of Niger. She received the masters and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University, Canada.