Neema Iyer (b sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1986 wã - yʋʋmd 1987 wã) yaa bãngd la technologist and artist soab. A yaa Pollicy sigand la a sẽn da yaa taoor soaba, sẽn yaa tẽng zug technologist sigand sẽn be Kampala, Uganda.

Viim la abangri

A Iyer rogame n be Nigeria, a roagdbã sẽn yaa Tanzandi la Indi.^[1] A kẽnga Emory University n paam a magis wã sẽn yaa bãagã yell karen-biiga, n yaool n lebg n wa Afrɩka.^[1]^[2]

Tuumde

A Iyer sẽn wa n kẽng Uganda yʋʋmd 2013,^[3] a tʋma bãngrã la sõssã wɛɛngẽ, la a yaool n lugla Pollicy sẽn yaa tẽnga taoor siglgã.^[1] Pollicy lʋɩɩs n yɩɩg data siglgã la a sẽn naan bãngrã sẽn be zĩig ning fãa wã, la a paama Facebook la Mozilla ligd sẽn yaa ligdi.^[1] Yʋʋmd 2014 wã, a yɩɩ siglgã taoor lʋɩtb sull sẽn get b sẽn na n maan bũmb ning sẽn na yɩl tɩ b paam koom sẽn yaa sõma wã yelle.^[4]

Pollicy ne Iyer maana vaeesgo, sẽn tar yõod wʋsg ne Afrɩka soolmẽ wã, la pagb sẽn na n paam b mens ne Internetã pʋgẽ, la rapã sẽn na n yɩ a Iyer n wilg rẽ.^[5]^[3]^[6]^[7] Yʋʋmd 2020 soabã pʋgẽ, a Iyer sẽn kõ a raab ning a sẽn da yãk n kõ Mozilla Creative Awards wã, a Pollicy ne a Mozilla lagma taab n naan "Choose Your Own Fake News" ^[8] game wã, tɩ a sullã rɩka sẽk n maand a woto.^[9]^[10] A Iyer ra vẽnega nin-buiidã n na n maan b sẽn na n maan n wilg tɩ b yaa Afrɩka nebã.^[9] Pollicy tʋʋm a taab sʋka, a sẽn maan ne karẽn-biis nins sẽn get digitall siglgã yell n deegd b sẽn getã, sẽn yaa California State University, Berkeley Centre for Long-Term Cybersecurity wã sõngre,^[8]^[11] la "digitall sigr-tɩɩ" sẽn naan yɩ ne "pak-y y meng yel-solemdã" sẽn na yɩl n sõng Afrɩka pʋg-yãadbã tɩ b bãng siglgã siglgã sigrã wɛɛngẽ.^[12]

Yʋʋmd 2021 tʋʋlg kiuugã, a Iyer paama a tʋʋm-no-kãsenga Facebook sull sẽn get pagb yell pʋgẽ.^[3] A yɩɩ yʋʋm 2021-2022 digitall siglgã lagem-n-taag lab pʋgẽ Stanford PACS programã pʋgẽ.^[13] Yʋʋmd 2022 wã, a Iyer ne a Pollicy wilgame tɩ b na n maana program sẽn na yɩl n sõng Afrɩka kom-bɩɩsã sẽn tar minimã paasgo, la b paam n paam n bãng n bãng n paasg sẽn be internet zug.^[14]

In 2023, Iyer stepped down from her role as the executive director of Pollicy, and continues as an advisor and board member.^[15]

Waoogre la Kuuni a sẽn paam

2021 Quartz Africa Innovator.^[16]
2021 Digital Equality Award, Research and Knowledge Builder category, Coalition for Digital Equality (CODE)^[17]
2021–2022 Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL) Practitioner Fellow, Stanford University^[2]^[18]

Sebtiise

neda
Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Uganda
Occupation	businessperson, artist, statistician
Educated at	Emory University
Official website	https://neemaiyer.com
Personal pronoun	L484

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 https://www.forbesafrica.com/entrepreneurs/2021/06/18/driving-feminist-data-for-change/

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://ccsre.stanford.edu/people/neema-iyer

[:2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/full-woman/neema-iyer-blazing-a-trail-in-technology-and-data-3492776

[4] ttps://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A363982357/AONE

[5] ttps://news.trust.org/item/20210104110922-bqn8t

[6] ttps://www.independent.co.ug/report-30-of-ugandan-women-have-experienced-gender-based-harassment-online/

[7] ttps://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/one-in-three-women-harrased-online-survey-1922924

[:3-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/getting-know-pollicy-creators-choose-your-own-fake-news/

[:4-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/10/africa/uganda-fake-news-game/index.html

[10] ttps://globalvoices.org/2020/06/16/a-new-game-plays-with-ideas-about-how-disinformation-works-in-east-africa/

[11] ttps://cltc.berkeley.edu/artscontest2019/

[12] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210813061810/https://qz.com/

[13] ttps://hai.stanford.edu/news/neema-iyer-digital-extractivism-africa-mirrors-colonial-practices

[14] ttps://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A696199284/AONE

[15] ttps://neemaiyer.com/blog-detail/reflecting-on-my-journey-as-founder-and-leader

[16] ttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/quartz-africa-innovators-2021-female-113122070.html

[17] ttps://pctechmag.com/2021/07/code-announces-winners-for-the-inaugural-digital-equality-awards/

[18] ttps://pacscenter.stanford.edu/news/dcsl-names-practitioner-fellows-2021-22/

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