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Abongile Mashele

Abongile Mashele

A graduate of the UCT and the Wits School of Government, Abongile has a keen
interest in issues of public policy, particularly ICT regulatory policy. She formed
part of the first cohort of the Public Policy Partnership Program Fellows funded
by the Mellon Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson School of Governance. She
is passionate about public service and ICT regulatory policy development and
major highlights in her career have been her involvement in the review and
development of SA Broadcasting, overseeing drafting and adoption of the
country’s National Youth Policy, as well as research focusing on content
regulation in South Africa. She served as the Chief Operations officer at the
Film and Publications Board of South Africa, and acted as a CEO of this institution from January 2020 to July 2021. Her areas of specialisation in her
previous role included Audio Visual Policy, Online Content Regulation, assessing
the impact of media material on consumers (particularly children), and Online
Child protection in South Africa. She is currently the Head of Govt Affairs and
Public Policy for Google in SA. She is a mother of 3, her greatest source of joy
and purpose

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    Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy
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Impact Initiative
In person
31 October 2025
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09:30 - 17:30
EST - New York
CST - Beijing
PST - Los Angeles
AWST - Perth, Australia
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