Karim holds a Master's Degree in Telecoms Engineering and Pre-doctorate Diploma in ICT Regulation, both from the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique d’Antananarivo (Madagascar), a Master degree in Integration of ICT in Education from University of Montreal (Canada). He is now the (1) Project Management Officer & Regulatory Project Manager, and (2) Health, Safety and Environment Manager at Telecom Comores SA, a branch of Axian group (www.axian-group.com).
Involved in the development of ICT sector in Comoros for more than 10 years, specifically for the effective liberalization of the ICT sector. His Master research project was used as regulatory framework base that led to the first ICT Law in Comoros in 2009.
His professional career extends from the University of Antananarivo and Comoros as teacher, IT Assistant at UNICEF Comoros, Head of departments (Networks and Services, Studies and Projects) at ICT Regulatory Authority, coordinator of a World Bank program on infrastructure development and the establishment of a competitive ICT environment in Comoros.
He had represented Comoros in various international and regional institutions including COMESA, ITU as Indicators Focal Point and Statistics, in the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) ICANN as Comoros Representative, UNECA Focal Point.
He discovered the world of internet governance as part of the first promotion of ISOC's Next Generation Leaders (NGL) program (2010) on Internet Governance coupled with some policy research especially on the Evaluation of the e-government status in Comoros. African School on IG 2016, IG trainer with the EU-AUC PRIDA project on Internet governance for Africa.
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