Managing Director
Praekelt.org
Johannesburg, South Africa
Debbie Rogers’s work at Praekelt has exposed her to both the commercial dimension of the mobile industry and the ways that mobile solutions might be applied to development problems. Her recent work includes leading the development of the digital strategy for one of the largest telcos in South Africa and designing and managing the implementation of South Africa’s national maternal mHealth programme, MomConnect.
The combination of her advanced degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Digital Art and her experience lecturing and working in the field of digital communications allows Rogers to bring both technological problem-solving skills and creative insights to her work. Prior to Praekelt, Rogers was a Multimedia Lecturer at Vega School of Brand Communications and a Flash developer at the You&Me Digital Agency.