Jacquiline Msambila

Biography

Jacquiline Msambila is a digital transformation and policy specialist focused on advancing fully inclusive digital ecosystems across all of Africa, with an emphasis on youth and young women, who frequently get excluded from both civic and policy spaces. As well as her more general digital transformation and digital service delivery work, Jacqueline's specific areas of expertise include: Digital Public Infrastructure, Internet Governance, Cross - Border Data Flows and Capacity Building i.e., converting the realities at the grassroots level into implementable Government Policy Options. Currently, Jacquiline is serving as the Lead Advisor on Digital Transformation to the Youth Sounding Board of the European Union Delegation to Tanzania and previously worked with the European Union and the East African Community on Digital Economy Programme through (GIZ) providing support for both Regional Digital Integration and Accountable Governance Framework utilized by the Region. Jacquiline founded the Africa Digital Transformation Network, which is a supporting platform that helps marginalized groups like youth and women to be successful on their digital journey by providing them with skills, mentors, and policy engagement to transform the digital divide into a digital dividend. She also co-founded the Tanzania Women and Technology Association to build women's leadership and participation in the technology ecosystem. Simultaneously while starting her own initiative, she was the Head of Technology and Small-Medium Sized Enterprises at The Launchpad-Tanzania. She was responsible for leading the SheTech incubator/accelerator programme and co-developed the Sauti Zao project, an award-winning civic technology platform that promotes safe and meaningful digital participation.