As the Safety Policy Lead for Africa, Middle East and Turkey (AMET), Sylvia manages safety policy development and strategic policy engagements and programmes across 78 countries in the AMET region. Her role is focused on building relationships with key policy stakeholders and collaborating on regulatory and policy initiatives that advance the safety of online communities in Africa, Middle East and Turkey. She has developed leading digital literacy and online safety programmes and products aimed at reducing the barriers to online participation for citizens in the AMET region.

Sylvia is a recognised thought leader on human rights, internet freedom and trust &safety and has been awarded various fellowships in the field; Information Controls fellow of the Open Technology fund, Mozilla Festival Fellow and Internet freedom Festival Fellow, African School of Internet Governance and Oxford University Media policy institute. She has advised the Global Internet Governance forum dynamic coalition on Gender and Internet Governance, Arusha Women School of Internet Governance and Kenya ICT Action Network and presented at regional and global forums on internet governance, internet freedoms, women safety and child online protection.