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Mandla is the founder of Pygma Consulting, an advisory firm dealing with policy, regulation, strategy and training, particularly in information and communication technology, She creates spaces for the ICT ecosystem to thrive and ultimately be used for socioeconomic development.
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Msimang is the founder of [[Pygma Consulting]], an advisory firm dealing with policy, regulation, strategy, and training, particularly in information and communication technology. She creates spaces for the ICT ecosystem to thrive and be used for socioeconomic development.
==Career History==
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==Career==
Mandla started her career in the telecommunications sector as an Advisor to Council at the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority ([[SATRA]], now Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) and later became a Senior Manager at [[ICASA]] responsible for competition policy, research and economic & financial analysis in 2001. Mandla joined mobile operator Cell C (Pty) Ltd in 2004 where she was Senior Manager: Regulatory Affairs. She then left to start a consulting firm, Pygma Consulting, specializing in ICT policy and regulation.<ref>[https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional.../profile_mandla_msimang.pdf]</ref>
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Msimang started her career in the telecommunications sector as an Advisor to Council at the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority ([[SATRA]], now Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) and later became a Senior Manager at [[ICASA]]. She was responsible for competition policy, research, and economic and financial analysis in 2001. Msimang joined mobile operator [[Cell C]] (Pty) Ltd in 2004, where she was Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs. She then left to start a consulting firm, [[Pygma Consulting]], specializing in ICT policy and regulation.<ref>[https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional.../profile_mandla_msimang.pdf]</ref>
    
==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation==
 
==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation==
She was selected to serve on the [[ICANN Board]] by the [[NomCom]], and her term started in November 2019 after [[ICANN66]] in Montreal, Canda and runs until the AGM in 2022.<ref>https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-08-19-en</ref>
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She was selected to serve on the [[ICANN Board]] by the [[NomCom]], and her term started in November 2019 after [[ICANN66]] in Montreal, Canda and runs until the [[AGM]] in 2022.<ref>https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-08-19-en</ref>
    
===Current ICANN Committees===
 
===Current ICANN Committees===
*Audit | Member
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*[[Audit Committee|Audit]] | Member
*Finance | Member
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*[[Finance Committee|Finance]] | Member
*Technical | Member
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*[[Technical Committee|Technical]] | Member
    
==Education==
 
==Education==
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==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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Msimang has written on universal service in South Africa,<ref>http://thornton.co.za/resources/telelaw10.pdf</ref> Broadband in Kenya, <ref>https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/617221468331457281/kenya-broadband-in-kenya-build-it-and-they-will-come</ref>, and strategies for financing universal broadband access,<ref>https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/publications/ITU_Chapter4-Trends-2012-E.pdf</ref> among other telecommunication policy topics.
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==Awards==
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==References==
    
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