IDIA2020 is supported by the following ICT4D experts and domain specialists from around the world.
| Adele Botha | CSIR, South Africa |
| Alfredo Terzoli | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Andrew Dearden | Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom |
| Ang Peng Hwa | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Antonio Diaz Andrade | Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
| Carina de Villiers | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Catherine Adeya | Strathmore University, Kenya |
| Christopher Foster | University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Clement Simuja | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| David Nemer | University of Virginia, USA |
| Devinder Thapa | University of Agder, Norway |
| Edward Cutrell | Microsoft Research, USA |
| Francois Bar | USC Annenberg, USA |
| G. ‘Hari’ Harindranath | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Gugulethu Baduza | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Hafeni Mthoko | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Han Teng Liao | Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University, China |
| Hernan Galperin | University of Southern California, USA |
| Hugo Lotriet | University of South Africa, South Africa |
| Ingrid Sieborger | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Isabella Rega | Bournemouth University, UK |
| Jack Qiu | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Jean-Paul Van Belle | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Joyojeet Pal | University of Michigan, USA |
| Judy van Biljon | University of South Africa, South Africa |
| Kentaro Toyama | University of Michigan, USA |
| Lauri Goldkind | Fordham University, USA |
| Lorenzo Dalvit | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Maria Garrido | University of Washington, USA |
| Mario Marais | CSIR, South Africa |
| Mark Graham | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Marlene Herselman | CSIR, South Africa |
| Maureen Tanner | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Melissa Densmore | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Michael Best | Geogia Institute of Technology, USA |
| Naomi Isabriye | University of Fort Hare, South Africa |
| Oláñrewájú Lewis | Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria |
| Petter Nielson | University of Oslo, Norway |
| Pirongrong Rananand | Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
| Revi Sterling | DAI/USAID, USA |
| Richard Heeks | University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Robert Davison | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Salah Kabanda | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sammia Poveda | University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| Sara Vannini | University of Washington, USA |
| Stephen Flowerday | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Steven Sam | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Tendani Mawela | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Tim Unwin | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Ulrike Rivett | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Vigneswara Ilavarasan | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India |
| Wallace Chigona | University of Cape Town, South Africa |