Sami Salih

Sami Salih

PhD, ICT Policy & Regulatory Expert
Joined on October 6, 2025
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About

Dr. Sami Salih, PhD, PMP®, is an ICT policy and regulatory expert with over 20 years of experience advancing digital transformation across Africa and the Middle East. He contributes thought leadership to global forums, including ITU, ICANN, ISOC, ETSI, AFRINIC, and UbuntuNet Alliance, focusing on Internet governance, regulation, and capacity building.

Featured Blogs

Granular Regulation: A Future-Ready Framework for Effective AI Governance and Beyond

Granular regulation offers a new governance framework for AI, blending flexibility with enforceability. By translating broad principles into risk-sensitive, technical mandates, it overcomes the rigidity of rule-based models and the vagueness of principle-based approaches. more

Unlike Earlier Revolutions, AI Is Threatening the Professional Class

Unlike past technological shifts, artificial intelligence is automating high-skilled professions before low-skilled ones. This reversal challenges long-held assumptions about job security, expertise, and governance, forcing policymakers to rethink regulation, trust, and digital sovereignty. more

Incremental AI Risk: A Governance Lens for Digital Infrastructure and Public Policy

As artificial intelligence integrates into public infrastructure, it introduces new layers of systemic risk. Policymakers must shift focus from AI's potential to its exposure, applying governance models that reflect these emerging, compound vulnerabilities. more