Telecommunications Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation
Steve Song is the Shuttleworth Foundation’s Telecommunications Fellow.
His brief at the Foundation is develop innovative initiatives to drive down the cost of access to communications infrastructure in South Africa and to promote a better understanding of its impact on social and economic growth.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Steve worked at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for ten years. At the IDRC he led the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes in Africa funding ICT research across the continent.
He has worked in the area of ICTs and development since 1991 and was involved in the early development of the Internet for the non-profit community in South Africa, including developing some of the first websites for non-profits in the country, and pioneering the first on-line searchable newspaper archive in Africa.
Steve studied Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Toronto and has worked for many years in the computer industry. However, he prefers to refer to himself as a “reformed” technologist. He has travelled extensively in Africa including making a solo trip from Cape Town to Cairo by motorcycle in 1994.
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