Esther Mwema is an award-winning artist and digital inequalities expert, working at the intersection of art and technology. She has over a decade of experience working at the high level, such as at the UN, and at the grassroots level with her organization Digital Grassroots which works to increase digital citizenship in underrepresented regions. She serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Digital Democracy Initiative. She recently co-authored the paper ‘Undersea Cables in Africa: New Frontiers for Digital Colonialism.’ Esther is an awardee of the Mozilla Creative Media and the Green Screen Coalition awards.