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Speaker profiles
Lombe Tembo Shuma
ORCID: 0000-0002-7532-7126
Lombe Tembo is the Grant Program Officer and Engagement Lead at ORCID. She is responsible for improving equity of participation in ORCID in currently underrepresented areas, especially the Global South as well as for growing membership and adoption in currently underrepresented regions whilst ensuring member satisfaction and value. She has a BA in Economics and an MA in Development Studies.
Penninah Musangi
ORCID: 0000-0001-7146-7888
Dr. Penninah Musangi is the University Librarian and Director at Amref International University. Dr. Musangi also serves as the Treasurer, the Governing Board of Kenya Libraries and Information Services Consortium (KLISC). She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of institutional repositories and open access policies in various universities in Kenya
Cecile Coulibaly
ORCID: 0000-0003-3792-1527
Cecile Coulibaly is coordinating the technical activities of the Digital Library for the Higher Education and Scientific Research in Côte d’Ivoire as the deputy director in charge of the scientific commissions at the Université Virtuelle de Côte d’Ivoire (Virtual University of Cote d’Ivoire).
Owen Iyoha
ORCID: 0000-0002-0978-2358
Owen Iyoha is the CEO of the Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative. He oversees infrastructure development, capacity building and advocacy with the goal of developing all aspects of research and education network and its community in Nigeria.
About the webinar series
This webinar was co-organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives as part of the ORCID Global Participation Program.
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