Gamal Karrar

Gamal Eldin Ahmed Abdelrahim KARRAR
Web Administrator
Post: Senior
Grade: P3 (step 9)
African Union Commission
African Union Headquarters, P.O. Box 3243. Roosevelt Street (Old Airport Area), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Direct Tel.: +251 11 5182573
Fax: +251 11 551 78 44, +251 115182578
Mobile: +251 (0)923208050
E–mail: [email protected]
Alternate e-mails: [email protected]; [email protected];

Personal Data:
Date of Birth: 15 July 1967
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Sudanese
Religion: Muslim
EDUCATION:

February 2011 PhD in Information Technology (Online distant learning), Commonwealth Open University (COU), British Virgin Islands, UK

November 2004 –June 2005 Oracle Data Base Administrator (DBA), APTECH Computer Education, Khartoum

1988– 1994 Master of Science in Economics, Kharkov National University of Economics, College of Economic Informatics and Automated Management Systems (EIAMS)
1984 – 1988 Wad Medani High Secondary School
Sudanese High Secondary School Certificate
WORK EXPERIENCE:
June, 2009 – Present
Web Administrator, P3 – International.
Directorate of Information and Communication, African Union Commission

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise the web team to implementation the website development;
• Provide effective and efficient administration for the web team ensuring compliance with AU policies, procedures and guidelines;
• Work closely with all focal points of Departments and decentralised offices to collect, sort, validate, format, disseminate information through the website in all AU official languages;
• Assure editorial responsibility for content, quality and style on the website in all AU official Languages;
• Assist in translation of the documents related to AU Summit into Arabic (i.e. Media Accreditation Form, Note Verbal, and other documents);
• Participate actively in the management of the Directorate along with the other members of the management team;
• Work closely with all other IT projects developed within/ for the African Union that can have a direct or indirect impact on the website activities under the supervision of the Director of Information and Communication;
• Assist in the preparation of Information Technology annual work plans and budgets.
• Write reports and a