Nigeria’s Olufuye Makes The Cut In The Selected Members Of The WSIS+20 Informal Multistakeholder Sounding Board

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

The Co-Facilitators of the WSIS+20 Review  have announced the composition of the Informal Multistakeholder Sounding Board (IMSB), an informal mechanism established to support an open and responsive twenty-year review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), with Nigeria’s Dr. Jimson Olufuye, making the list, Cyber Era NG learns.

Dr Jimson Olufuye has more than 30 years experience in the national, regional and global Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industry. He is the Chairman/Principal Consultant at Kontemporary® Konsulting Ltd, an ICT solution company based in Abuja, Nigeria. He is also the Founder/1st Chair of the concerned private sector-led and over 35-nation strong Africa ICT Alliance – AfICTA (2012-2018). He is currently the Chair of the Advisory Council of AfICTA,among others.

We gather that, following an open call for expressions of interest among eligible non-governmental members of the 2025 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) and Leadership Panel (LP), the following individuals have been selected to serve on the IMSB:

* Valeria Betancourt (Ecuador), Civil Society – Latin America and the Caribbean – MAG member

* Chris Buckridge (Australia), Technical Community – Western European and Others Group – MAG member

* Amrita Choudhury (India), Civil Society – Asia Pacific – MAG member

* Jennifer Chung (China), Technical Community – Asia Pacific – MAG member

* Hossam Reda Elgamal (Egypt), Private Sector – Africa – MAG member

* Maria Fernanda Garza (Mexico), Private Sector – Latin America and the Caribbean – Leadership Panel member

* Tereza Horejsova (Czechia), Civil Society – Eastern Europe – MAG member

* Wolfgang Kleinwächter (Germany), Civil Society – Western European and Others Group – MAG member

* Jimson Olufuye (Nigeria), Private Sector – Africa – MAG member

* Theresa Swinehart (United States), Technical Community – Western European and Others Group – MAG member

Ex Officio

* Vinton Cerf (United States) — At-large – Western European and Others Group – Chair of the IGF Leadership Panel

The WSIS+20 Informal Multistakeholder Sounding Board will act as an informal body that serves as a channel to bring in perspectives, priorities, and expert insights from diverse non-governmental stakeholder communities, helping to ensure the review process remains transparent, inclusive, and responsive to broader public interest concerns.

The IMSB’s formation follows principles of regional, stakeholder and gender balance. Its work will take place from July through December 2025, concluding ahead of the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting.