Felicia Anthonio has been at the forefront of championing media and internet freedom in Africa and around the world over a decade. Her work challenges despotic regimes and amplify voices of activists and dissidents in countries where media and internet freedom remains a tool in the hands of government officials. Felicia Anthonio is #KeepItOn Campaign Manager at Access Now, a global campaign of over 345 organizations that fights against internet shutdowns. She has authored and co-authored several publications on internet shutdowns featured on Access Now, Yale University, CIPESA and Bloomsbury Collections websites. Felicia hosted The Kill Switch podcast and was featured on The Shutdown documentary by BBC World Service. Felicia is an Advisory Council member of the US-based Open Technology Fund’s (OTF) and a board member of the World Expression Forum (WEXFO), in Norway.

Before joining Access Now, Felicia worked as Programme Associate, press freedom and free speech advocate, at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) where she coordinated the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX).

She is a member of the Ghana Internet Governance Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group, the African Digital Rights Network and a 2019 Fellow of the African Internet Governance School (AfriSIG). She holds a Master’s Degree in Lettres, Langues et Affaires Internationales from l’ Université d’Orléans, France and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French and Psychology from the University of Ghana.