Sol Luca de Tena

Biography

Sol Luca de Tena has spent her life living and working between South Africa and Spain, and calls both countries home. She has over a decade of experience in strategic project management within technology development, capacity building, social impact and policy – with a focus on utilising technologies to address environmental and social challenges. She develops collaboration networks between often diverse interests, including communities, academia, industry and administration, and shapes projects that respond to critical needs. Sol is passionate about creating positive, meaningful change through equitable, sustainable interventions. She is currently a director of Zenzeleni Networks NPC, South Africa's first community network, as well as the vice-chair of the Internet Society’s global Community Networks Special Interest Group (CNSIG).