Themba Frank Phiri

Themba Frank Phiri was appointed to his current post in March 2012 after serving as acting deputy Director-General since 2009 with special focus on universal access policies, programme development, coordination and implementation. Phiri holds a Master’s in Public Administration specialising in Public Policy, Economics and Development Studies from the University of Pretoria and a national diploma and B-Tech degree in Public Management specialising in Economics and Public Management from the former Pretoria Technikon.

In 2007, Themba Frank Phiri obtained a post-graduate certificate in Telecommunications Policy, and Regulation and Management from the University of the Witwatersrand and in 2008 completed the Leadership and Management Development Programme at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Mr Phiri also holds a Certificate in Broadcasting from the University of the Witwatersrand. He has been an Informat ion Communications Technology (ICT) Policy practitioner and executor of ICT research projects, including a telecomms benchmark study and the country’s e-Readiness Report. He has represented the country at international engagements, among them the Internat ional Telecommunications Union (ITU) 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference in Mexico, and ITU-World Telecommunications and Development Conference 2010 in India as head of delegation. Mr Phiri is a member of the World Summit Award jurors for e-Content Creativity.