Fiona M. Asonga

Fiona M. Asonga is a Kenyan ICT policy and Internet infrastructure executive and current AFRINIC Board Director for Seat 6, Eastern Africa. Her public profile is centred on TESPOK, the Technology Service Providers Association of Kenya, where she has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2009 after first joining the organisation in 2006. TESPOK operates the Kenya Internet Exchange Point and the industry Computer Security Incident Response Team, placing her work close to interconnection, cybersecurity, ISP-sector coordination, and policy engagement in Kenya and East Africa. Her AFRINIC relevance comes from the combination of formal board authority, long-standing private-sector advocacy, KIXP/i-CSIRT ecosystem exposure, prior AFRINIC ASO-AC representation, and public work around inclusive and resilient Internet infrastructure.

Object Position

Fiona M. Asonga is a Kenyan ICT policy and Internet infrastructure executive. AFRINIC lists Fiona Asonga as current Director for Board Seat 6, Eastern Africa, representing Kenya, with a three-year term.

AFRINIC candidate materials identify her nationality as Kenyan, country of residence as Kenya, organisation or affiliation as TESPOK, and position as Chief Executive Officer. No reliable public source reviewed for this profile confirms her date of birth or age, so age is not stated.

Her public identity is built around four connected roles: TESPOK CEO, Kenya Internet Exchange Point ecosystem representative, industry CSIRT and cybersecurity-policy participant, and African Internet governance actor. The AFRINIC board seat turns that background into formal governance relevance for Africa's Regional Internet Registry.

Operating Role / Decision Role

Asonga's current AFRINIC decision role is her Seat 6 board position for Eastern Africa. The AFRINIC board oversees the African Network Information Centre, the Regional Internet Registry responsible for IPv4, IPv6, and AS number resources across Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean region.

Her main professional role outside AFRINIC is Chief Executive Officer of TESPOK. AFRINIC candidate materials and multiple public profiles describe TESPOK as a not-for-profit industry association that operates the Kenya Internet Exchange Point and the Industry Computer Security Incident Response Team. Her AFRINIC CV lists her as TESPOK CEO from 2009 to date. Nation Africa's public profile states that she joined TESPOK in 2006 in an administrative role before later becoming CEO.

Her career before the CEO role included Administrator at TESPOK/KIXP from 2006 to 2008, Account Manager and Marketing Executive at Seven Seas Technologies from 2005 to 2006, Business Development Executive at Wiselinks Outdoor Advertising in 2004, and Assistant Editor and Coordinator at Afrika Yetu Journal / Society of Jesus from 2003. These roles show a career path from communications, business development, IT-sector client engagement, and association operations into executive leadership of a major Kenyan ICT industry body.

Her AFRINIC CV also records public Internet governance and policy roles, including membership in the AFRINIC Bylaw Review Committee, appointment as AFRINIC representative to the Address Council of the Address Supporting Organization for 2014-2016, participation in the ICANN Academy Working Group representing the Address Supporting Organization, participation in the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Accountability of the IANA Stewardship Transition, membership in Kenya's National ICT Masterplan Taskforce, and work on the Smart Africa Digital Economy Blueprint for Africa.

Control Surface

Asonga's control surface combines formal AFRINIC board authority, industry association leadership, interconnection ecosystem proximity, cybersecurity coordination, and public-private ICT policy engagement.

At AFRINIC, the formal control surface is the Seat 6 board role for Eastern Africa. This places her within board-level governance during the registry's post-2025 recovery period, when AFRINIC is working to restore institutional continuity, member confidence, and credible stewardship of Internet number resources.

At TESPOK, her control surface is association leadership. TESPOK represents technology and service providers in Kenya and operates infrastructure-related industry functions through KIXP and the industry CSIRT. This gives her a public role near peering, local traffic exchange, cyber incident coordination, ISP-sector interests, and engagement with government on ICT policy and regulatory issues.

At the regional and global level, her public roles include Global Cyber Alliance strategic advisory status, chairing the IPv6 Kenyan Chapter, executive committee membership in the UN IGF Supporting Organization, and prior AFRINIC ASO-AC representation to ICANN. These positions give her visibility across cybersecurity, IPv6, Internet governance, and community policy processes.

Impact Mechanism

Asonga's impact comes from placing an Eastern African ICT industry association leader and interconnection-community figure within AFRINIC's board. AFRINIC's core work is number-resource administration, but registry legitimacy depends heavily on trust among ISPs, IXPs, network operators, cybersecurity communities, policy makers, and Internet governance participants. Her public career intersects those groups.

Her candidate biography highlights stakeholder partnerships, private-sector consultation, ecosystem collaboration, and experience representing private-sector views in policy and regulation. Her CV shows involvement in submarine cable landing-fee advocacy, TESPOK strategy and rebranding, KIXP positioning as a regional exchange point, i-CSIRT service improvements, public cybersecurity reporting, national ICT planning, and Smart Africa digital-economy work.

This background is relevant to AFRINIC because the registry needs directors who can understand both the technical infrastructure layer and the policy/business environment around resource members. Asonga's profile gives the board an Eastern African perspective rooted in operators, peering, cyber coordination, and national/regional ICT policy.

Category Boundary

Asonga should not be described only as a generic association executive. The more accurate classification is ICT policy and interconnection executive and RIR board director. Her work is tied to TESPOK, KIXP, i-CSIRT, ICT policy, cybersecurity coordination, and African Internet governance.

She should also not be treated as a direct network operator, telecom regulator, data-centre owner, or address-market commercial actor. The public record reviewed for this profile does not show personal ownership of carrier infrastructure, registry operations, or IP address brokerage assets. Her AFRINIC relevance comes through association leadership, interconnection ecosystem work, policy advocacy, cybersecurity coordination, and formal board authority.