Esther Nakkazi is a journalist from Kampala, Uganda, and has been a freelance reporter writing in-depth and exclusive regional articles for one of the premier papers on the continent- The East African. She is both a business and health reporter and focuses on issues of Information Communication Technology (ICT), HIV/AIDS and science generally. Esther currently serves as a women’s representative in the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and she is a member of the Media Node –a journalists’ group for ICT writers in her country. Prior to joining the East African, Esther carried out research for the Makerere Institute of Social Research on the impact of ICTs in telecentres in rural communities and has done research on the digital divide in Uganda for the Uganda Communications Commission, a regulator of the communication industry.