Mary Uduma

Mary Uduma (born on May 25,1952)[1] is a two time President of Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA).[2][3] She is the chairperson of Nigeria Internet Governance Forum.[4][5]

Mary Uduma
BornMay 25, 1952
NationalityNigerian
OrganizationNigeria Internet Registration Association

Education

Uduma studied accounting at Institute of Management Technology, Enugu (IMT). She later attended University of Lagos and obtained her B.Sc in accounting.[1]

Career

Uduma worked at Federal Audit as an executive officer when she was still schooling at University of Lagos. She later worked with Ivory Merchant Bank.[1]

In 1995, Uduma joined Nigerian Communications Commission as the finance assistant director. In 1999 she became the deputy director in tariff and charges department. She was move to corporate planning in 2005 where she worked for one year before becoming the Director of Licensing. She became the head of consumer affairs in 2011.[1]

She served as the vice president of Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) before emerging as the 2nd President of the association.[3][2] She was also re-elected as the 3rd President.[2][6] She is the chairperson for Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF).[7][8] She represented NIGF at the 2019 International Women Day program held Abuja and spoke on the inclusion of women having a say in policies involving cyber space both locally and internationally.[4][9]

Award

In 2016, she received special recognition award from the NIRA Presidential Award, by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA).[10][11]

References
  1. "The Communicator Online - The Communicator Online". www.ncc.gov.ng. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "NiRA BOD - Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA)". www.nira.org.ng. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. "There is money in domain name business, NIRA Boss". Vanguard News. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "#InternationalWomensDay: Working on digital inclusion for women —NIGF". Vanguard News. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. "Nigeria's internet users reaches 103m - NCC - P.M. News". www.pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. "NiRA Decries Govts, MDAs Hosting .ng Servers Abroad". Daily Times Nigeria. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "ICT expert urges government to build more ICT hubs".
  8. "NIGF to focus on enabling digital commonwealth for growth".
  9. "IGF seeks women participation in internet governance for development".
  10. "Mary Uduma, CFA, Wunmi Hassan Receive NiRA Presidential Awards 2016". CFAmedia.ng - Startups | Media | Business | Technology News. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. "Mary Uduma, others awarded at 2016 NiRA awards ceremony". TechCity. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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