Gabriella Razzano

Gabriella Razzano is the Executive Director of the Open Democracy Advice Centre (a law centre focusing on the advancement of access to information, whistleblowing and transparency in Africa), and a founding Director of OpenUp (a civic tech lab based in Cape Town). She is currently an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity with the London School of Economics and an Alumni of the Global Digital Leaders Exchange of the US State Department IVLP Program. She was the Chairperson of the Regional African Platform on Access to Information from 2015-2017 and one of Mail & Guardians 200 Young South Africans of 2013. She has a BA LLB with a distinction in Sociology from the University of Cape Town, and was the class medallist for her graduating Sociology year.