Tim Unwin

Tim Unwin

Tim Unwin is a British academic and public figure, specialising in the uses of digital technology by the world’s poorest and most marginalised peoples.  He led the UK Prime Minister’s Imfundo initiative (creating partnerships for using IT in education in Africa) between 2001 and 2004, was Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation between 2011 and 2015, and Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London between 2007 and 2023.  He is currently writing a book provisionally entitled “Digital Technologies and Inequality: an Emancipatory Manifesto” (Routledge 2026), about why digital tech is being used to enslave rather than liberate the world’s poorest and most marginalised peoples. https://ict4d.org.ukhttps://timunwin.blog.

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  • Organization
    ICT4D Collective
  • Profession
    Catalyst, Emeritus Professor
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9 July 2025
14:00 - 15:00
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