Dr Lishan Adam is an independent consultant and researcher specialising in ICT applications, policies, and regulation. He has served as visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public Development and Management (P&DM), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and in the Centre for Knowledge Dynamics and Decision-making at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Information Science. Lishan is the facilitator of Research ICT Africa (RIA) work in East Africa.