Short Biography
Mike Jensen is an independant consultant with experience in over 35 countries in Africa
assisting in the establishment of information and communications
systems over the last 15 years. A South African based Johannesburg, he
sent his first email 20 years ago while studying rural planning and
development in Canada.
He subsequently returned to South
Africa to work as a journalist on the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg
in 1983. When the paper closed he moved back to Canada and in 1986 he
co-founded the country's national Internet service for NGOs, called
coincidentally, The Web. After helping
to
set up a similar ISP in Australia in 1989, he returned to South Africa
where he works with international development agencies, NGOs and
governments assisting them in the formulation, management and
evaluation of their Internet projects.
Mike is a trustee of the African IT Education Trust, a board member of the South African ISP for NGOs - SangoNet, a member of the international advisory board of IICD,
and was a member of the African Conference of Ministers High Level
Working Group which developed the African Information Society
Initiative (AISI) in 1996.
Contact Info: mike@suvabay.com / +27-84-2666610