willie

User profile

First name

Willie

Last name

Currie

Country of residence

United States

Extended profile

APC job title

CIPP manager

Programmes/management systems

Políticas de comunicación e información

Bio

Willie is the Communications and Information Policy Programme Manager of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and works on APC’s national, regional and global strategies regarding communications and information policy. Willie was formerly a councillor on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). In the mid 90s, he was special adviser to Dr Pallo Jordan, Minister of Posts Telecommunications and Broadcasting in the first post-apartheid government. In this capacity, he coordinated the telecommunications policy process that led to the White Paper on Telecommunications Policy. Prior to this, as General Secretary of the Film and Allied Workers Organisation (FAWO), Willie was involved in the development of broadcasting policy during the transition to democracy in South Africa. Willie holds an MA in Film and Television Studies for Education from the University of London, Institute of Education.