Mary Uduma

COORDINATOR, WEST AFRICA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (WAIGF)

Mary Uduma is the current Managing Director of Jaeno Digital Solutions. Prior to this, she served as the President of the Executive Board of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), she became President September 2010, after serving as Vice-President since 2009. She has also served as Member of NiRA's Interim Board of Trustees and is the pioneer coordinator of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF). She also served as Director of Consumer Affairs Bureau with the Nigerian Communications Commission, which is the Nigerian Telecomm Regulator. She has worked for the Regulatory Authority for over 16 years. Uduma is a trained Chartered Accountant. During her time at NiRA, Uduma was concerned with Telecommunications regulation. She advised the Commission on matters related to Licensing, Policy, and Telecommunications Market competition, Tariff regulation and approvals. She also ensured consumer compliance and managed consumer code of practice issues. Her work also focused on zonal coordination, corporate planning and research. She served as the focal person on International Relations covering the ITU, ICANN, CTO, AUC, ECOWAS, etc. Mary worked at Deloitte and Touché, before joining NiRA. Her portfolio also includes work at a public accounting firm and a bank. She is also a Member of the WSIS.Uduma was also included in ICANNWiki's 'Mothers of the Internet' article.

All Sessions by Mary Uduma

10:00 am - 10:30 am
Ruby Hall, The Zone Center, Gbagada, Lagos

Opening Ceremony - 30 mins

REMARKS AND GOODWILL MESSAGES Moderator: Mr. Biyi Fashoyin

Panelists:
● Mr. Muhammed Rudman- Chairperson, NIGF-MAG

● PROF. UMAR GARBA DANBATTA- Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC)

● MR. INUWA KASHIFU ABDULLAHI (CCIE)- Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

● MARY UDUMA – West Africa IGF Coordinator