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ABOUT US Why we work for positive change in Africa

ABOUT US

We work for positive change.

  • ALT Advisory is an African-rooted collective of public interest lawyers, researchers, and technologists working for positive social change in Africa, and worldwide. We advance fundamental rights, enable meaningful activism, and advocate for rights‑based approaches to contemporary questions on- and offline.

    We assist socially responsible organisations with advisory & research, impact & CSO support, technology & communications, and legal services in the areas of public law & policy, information rights, data privacy, climate justice & sustainability, and emergent tech & innovation.

    ALT Advisory works in association with Power & Associates and ALT Design to provide comprehensive and diversified services to our clients, which includes strategic and test case litigation and communications support.

    Since 2017, we’ve worked in 24 countries, across 5 continents.

Developing international human rights law

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Five-Year Review: Working for Positive Social Change 

(2017-2022)

The ALT Advisory Five-Year Review (2017-2022) documents the history of ALT Advisory, provides an overview of our current operations, details our client, public interest, and financial value, highlights our learning and impact, and provides guidance on our path forward.

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Promoting rights-based technology innovation

OUR PEOPLE

The ALT Advisory Team

57-min

Tara Davis

Senior Associate

E-mail Tara

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Murray Hunter

Senior Associate

@muzhunter | E-mail Murray

38-min (2)

S’lindile Khumalo

Senior Associate

LinkedIn | E-mail S’lindile

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Tim Lloyd

Senior Associate

E-mail Tim

49-min

Siphathisiwe Mncube

Part-time Office Support

53-min

Kwazi Nwana

 Technologist

LinkedIn | E-mail Kwazi

77

Tharin Pillay

Tech Rights Fellow

LinkedIn | E-mail Tharin

59-min

Michael Power

Director // Co-Founder

LinkedIn | E-mail Michael

32-min

Tina Power

Senior Associate

LinkedIn | E-mail Tina

46-min

Jessie Rashid

Office Manager // Human Resources Officer

LinkedIn | @Rashid_Jessie | E-mail Jessie

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Phenyo Sekati

Tech Rights Fellow

E-mail Phenyo

38-min

Dércio Tsandzana

Independent Lusophone Consultant

LinkedIn | @derciotsandzana

32-min

ENI

Data Privacy Defender

@ENI_ALTAdvisory

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Introducing our association with Power & Associates.

Self-funding public interest projects and litigation and developing the private / public interest law model.

OUR POLICIES

Accessibility

Promoting access for all people, including people with disabilities. 

Ethical Practices

Promoting the best business and corporate practices.

Equality

Making ALT Advisory a safe space for people online.

Open Source

Supporting free/libre and open-source software (FLOSS) development.

Privacy

Protecting your personal information and advising you on how your data is used.