Esther Mwema is an award-winning artist and digital inequalities practitioner with expertise in Internet governance, tech-innovation and digital rights. Her practice intersects art and technology, interrogating hidden systems of power in digital society such as fiber optic cables, AI and digital colonialism. 

She has over ten years commitment to social impact at the grassroots via her non-profits Digital Grassroots and SAFIGI Outreach Foundation; and has done extensive work within the UN system. Esther is an Open Internet for Democracy Leader who centers African feminist and decolonial methodologies in practice.