<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Really relevant information about digital rights in the African region (produced by AIRA).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best,</div><div dir="ltr">Rafael </div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>Início da mensagem encaminhada:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>De:</b> African Internet Rights Alliance <airadigitalrights@239181662.mailchimpapp.com><br><b>Data:</b> 2 de setembro de 2025 às 04:02:32 BRT<br><b>Para:</b> zanatta@dataprivacybr.org<br><b>Assunto:</b> <b>August at AIRA - AIRA Monthly Bulletin</b><br><b>Responder A:</b> airadigitalrights@gmail.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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It’ll be a space for interactive conversations, knowledge sharing and capacity strengthening for the alliance and its members.</span></p></li><li style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">At FIFA25, AIRA will also be hosting a joint session with other stakeholders on titled “Power, Platforms, and the People: Rethinking Africa’s Response to Big Tech”. Will you be at FIFAfrica? Join us at 26th September from 10:15 AM – 11:45 at the Omatako 4 Room.</span></p></li><li style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">We held our general meeting on Thursday, 21st August. It was a great time connecting and sharing updates from all members. </span></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b18"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="18"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-19"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b19"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="19" class="mceText" id="d19" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 31px"><span style="font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">Reports & Publications</span></span></span></span></strong></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-20"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b20"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="20" class="mceText" id="d20" style="width:100%"><ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;" class="last-child"><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=096f181dcb&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Is Protest Policing About To Change?</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CIPESA published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=30c92997c8&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Digital Public Infrastructure in Africa: A Looming Crisis of Equitable Access, Digital Rights, and Sovereign Control</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=50e391fa36&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Kenya’s Existing Legal Frameworks on TFGBV: Protections Emanating from International Law</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet and APC published the documentary “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=7ea7d0a487&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Kenya's Digital Revolution: A Documentary Journey</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=2fa677142a&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Kenya’s Existing Legal Frameworks on TFGBV: Protections Emanating from International Law</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CIPIT published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=306735449f&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Balancing Broadcasters’ Copyright and Public Interests – Assessing Kenya’s Position on the Draft WIPO Broadcasting Organisation Treaty</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=c8e20e45dc&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet and Government Partners Advance Inclusive Governance Through Public Participation Bill, 2025</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Legal Resources Centre released a new episode of their podcast, “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=a2e54c9b4b&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=b286fb2a7d&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative: Advancing Youth Action through the LIFE Legacy Programme.</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=badec70b00&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Beyond the ballot: Data, Digital Rights, and the new frontlines of electoral integrity in Africa</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Pollicy published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=ec24d58610&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Key Features of Law №2024/017 (On Personal Data Protection in Cameroon)</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CIPIT published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=3073a45f5b&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Advancing The Governance Data For Development In Kenya And Zambia Virtual Workshops</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CIPIT published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=0d5642f967&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">AI In Health: Highlights And Policy Pathways For Kenya’s Healthcare Future</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CIPIT published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=5b950a9f85&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Harnessing AI responsibly: What the Hamburg Declaration means for Africa’s AI Governance and Sustainable Development.</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=abc996d673&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Gendering AI for Digital Justice: Reclaiming Technology for African Women</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=27c511d8bc&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Reflecting on Change: What Do Funders Really Want to See</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=007425d090&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Mapping Kenya’s AI Ecosystem</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 120%; direction: ltr;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=b0b4dcbfc7&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Beyond the ballot: Data, Digital Rights, and the new frontlines of electoral integrity in Africa</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Pollicy published “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=2da4d25f54&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Key Features of Law №2024/017 (On Personal Data Protection in Cameroon)</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">”</span></span></span></span></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b21"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="21"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-22"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b22"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="22" class="mceText" id="d22" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 31px"><span style="font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">Opportunities</span></span></span></span></strong></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-23"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b23"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="23" class="mceText" id="d23" style="width:100%"><ol class="last-child"><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 219)">Deadline: 5th September. AIRA is seeking an experienced consultant to design and facilitate a virtual training on Diversified Funding and Sustainability Planning for our members in October 2025. This training is a crucial part of our efforts to build the resilience and long-term capacity of digital rights organisations across the continent, especially in the current challenging funding climate. See more about how to apply here: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=fda86b49bc&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 219)">https://aira.africa/call-for-consultant-diversified-funding-and-sustainability-planning/</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya published a Call for Consultant: 2025 Missing Voices Annual Report Six Years Later – The State of Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kenya. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=115821b571&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Apply here</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative is hiring interpreters and sign language professionals and other professional service providers in Côte d’Ivoire for the 2026 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF ), Africa’s leading forum on digital rights. Do you provide any of these services, or do you know anyone who does? Apply before August 31, 2025 </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=e484e70ca0&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Apply via this link</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent"> </span></span></span></span></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b40"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="40"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-38"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b38"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="38" class="mceText" id="d38" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 31px"><span style="font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">Thought Leadership</span></span></span></span></strong></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-39"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b39"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="39" class="mceText" id="d39" style="width:100%"><ol class="last-child"><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CIPESA is mapping how digital regulations affect your rights, access, and freedoms across Africa. If you’re in tech, media, civil society, law, or just care about the future of digital governance, take our quick survey now! Countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Namibia, Togo : </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=64db207d60&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://form.typeform.com/to/SXnyeV2n</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">: survey will take 4 mins to conclude.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative is conducting a short survey to assess the need for a National Action Plan on Digital Rights in Nigeria. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=a0b9c674e3&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Take the survey here</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative launched a research project to collect survivor stories across six countries (Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia, and Zimbabwe), because data should reflect lived truths. This includes: threats in your inbox, non-consensual sharing of intimate images, location tracking, impersonation and public shaming on social media. Take the survey here: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=36733c2813&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSee7FvkfB0SywI3Q0JriQA7k4ry6FbL3aD3-yoRZMp4MJZ5qg/viewform</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">As Paradigm Initiative gears up for the 2026 edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, they’re looking to work with exceptional service providers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, in the following fields: Photography, Videography, Interpretation & Sign Language, Internet Supply, Air Ticketing, Rapporteuring, Event Management. Apply here: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=f37708bceb&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://bit.ly/4fsG2JM<br></span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b24"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="24"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-25"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b25"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="25" class="mceText" id="d25" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 31px"><span style="font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement</span></span></span></span></strong></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-26"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b26"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="26" class="mceText" id="d26" style="width:100%"><ol class="last-child"><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative attended the Sahel Governance Forum, which was organised by the UN Development Programme for West and Central Africa. Represented by Chief Operating Officer, Nnenna Paul-Ugochukwu, the forum was a high-level, multi-stakeholder platform for advancing a holistic yet tailored governance approach in the Sahel, benefiting its governments and people.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative with Maendeleo Foundation has brought its flagship digital inclusion Life Skill, ICTs, Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship (LIFE) Legacy Programme to empower underserved youth with digital skills, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and life skills. More details here: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=6859a761cf&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://paradigmhq.org/press-release-maendeleo-foundation-and-paradigm-initiative-to-equip-ugandan-youth-with-digital-skills-through-life-legacy-project/</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya has announced the champions of the 2025 Digital Rights Essay Competition! Geoffrey Anyona of Kisii School and Sheryl Awour – St. John Masawa Junior whose essays stood out, from 1,021 entries from 45 schools.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya as part of The Police Reforms Working Group–Kenya (PRWG-K) strongly condemns the enforced disappearance, incommunicado detention, and continued harassment of Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi, as well as the lackluster response from Kenyan authorities, whose agencies, including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), met his family’s pleas for assistance with indifference and institutional apathy. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=0fd52b3f28&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">See here</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya joined high school students convened by the Centre for Multiparty Democracy Kenya for a powerful masterclass on advocacy, civic participation, and policy engagement.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya held a webinar Between Expression and Repression,” on civic space in Ethiopia and the regional dynamics of shrinking freedoms.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">BudgIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) under its Strengthening Institutional Partnership for Anti-Corruption Campaign (SIPAC) and the Service Delivery project - RoLAC II, funded by #EUinNigeria and being implemented by International IDEA.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CcHUB is proud to announce the 9 innovative startups joining the DPI Partner Ecosystem Program! These Startups will leverage Digital Public Infrastructure to tackle socio-economic challenges in Maternal & Neonatal Health, Agritech, Health Microfinancing, and Financial Inclusion to drive impact in select states in Nigeria. To learn more about the DPI Partner Ecosystem Program, visit </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=3e66855d39&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://lnkd.in/dJmvJKVU</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Legal Resources Centre joined the Centre for Human Rights in Pretoria for a two-day capacity-building programme on litigating sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) claims before national and regional mechanisms in Africa.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Legal Resource Centre held their first hashtag#RightToRead activation in Durban. Teachers, literacy assistants, ECD practitioners, parents and community groups came together to discuss the literacy crisis, the campaign and what binding reading regulations should include.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Legal Resources Centre opened the Dullah Omar School of Paralegalism Land Justice workshop. The School brings together 25 community paralegals and civil society organisations for an intensive four-day Land Justice workshop.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Legal Resources Centre joined the Centre for Human Rights in Pretoria for a two-day capacity-building programme on litigating sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) claims before national and regional mechanisms in Africa.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet, Internews, and Siasa Place joined the Data Labelers Association (DLA) at AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY for a Stakeholder Engagement Forum. This event brought together stakeholders from civil society, academia, government, employers, and AI data workers, all focused on strengthening Kenya’s digital labour ecosystem</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet's Victor Kapiyo set the tone at Lesotho’s Data Governance workshop with a compelling call for interoperable government systems and foundational digital infrastructure.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet was visited by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for a strategic benchmarking dialogue on ICT governance and multistakeholder collaboration.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet partnered with key stakeholders for the Sierra Leone Data Governance Strategy Validation Workshop, focused on building capacity on data governance and validating the country’s Data Governance Strategy.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet joined the Office of the Attorney General and the State Department for Justice, Human Rights & Constitutional Affairs in advancing the Public Participation Bill 2025.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative’s programmes officer for East Africa, Miriam Beatrice Wanjiru, joined CDT researchers and other civil society representatives from the Global South to discuss results from a recently concluded Centre for Democracy & Technology (CDT) research project that addressed this question using four case studies. Catch the replay here: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=a2801ed7aa&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://www.youtube.com/live/6YRZE8AmpTo?si=C-paQCxG5G1VZ9ls</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights Academy welcomed Eswatini’s journalists and communicators to take part in diving deep into the realities of digital security and freedom. Over two days, they sharpened their skills to navigate the complex online landscape with confidence and courage.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Pollicy has published its Strategic Plan which lays out how they plan to strengthen digital agency, influence equitable data policy, and evolve as a bold, resilient feminist collective. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=df8e42e993&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">See here</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Pollicy’s team has been in Tanzania delivering in-country implementations under the #VOTEWomen project, supported by the Colmena Fund. The project addresses Online Violence Against Women in Politics (OVAW-P), a growing and persistent challenge during election periods, now further fueled by emerging technologies and AI.</span></span></span></span></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b27"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="27"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-28"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b28"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="28" class="mceText" id="d28" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child">Convenings</h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-29"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b29"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="29" class="mceText" id="d29" style="width:100%"><ol class="last-child"><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Amnesty International Kenya hosted The Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD-Kenya) CMD- Kenya Public Policy Masterclass at their office, welcoming 50 brilliant high school students and guest speaker, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">BudgIT together with the Office of Political, Legislative & Civic Engagement & Lagos State Government hosted a townhall for Lagosians. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=bcd7176162&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Register to attend here</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CcHUB/iHUB hosted a community event on "Building a Fundable Startup with AI at the Core" for founders as part of their commitment to supporting Africa’s next wave of AI innovation.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CcHUB/IHUB hosted a Pan-African Catalyst webinar featuring educators, founders, investors, and policymakers across Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Namibia to explore how AI is actively transforming education across the continent.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CcHUB hosted a community event on "Building a Fundable Startup with AI at the Core" for founders on July 31st, 2025. This is a part of their commitment to supporting Africa’s next wave of AI innovation, because when founders approach AI with a clear strategy and execution plan, it positions them to develop stronger and more investable businesses.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">CcHUB hosted a Pan-African Catalyst webinar featuring educators, founders, investors, and policymakers across Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Namibia to explore how AI is actively transforming education across the continent.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet hosted a webinar themed “Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders Online in a Contemporary Setting”</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">KICTANet is co-hosting a transformative data governance workshop in Maseru, Lesotho, with AU-NEPAD, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ( Digital for Development (D4D) Hub and Global Gateway), and Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative convened the latest edition of its AfroCities Café in Nairobi, Kenya, under the timely theme: "Digital Crossroads: From Shutdowns to Surveillance – Defending Online Freedom in Kenya." The gathering brought together legal minds, journalists, tech experts, policymakers, and civil society to reflect on Kenya’s digital rights landscape.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">On August 6, 2025, Paradigm Initiative hosted the Digital Rights Academy with Independent Election Observers from the Malawi Electoral Commission Observers. Through this programme, PIN sought to promote digital rights during elections in Malawi by building a foundational understanding of digital rights and their relevance to electoral integrity; equip election observers/monitors to identify, document, and report digital rights violations, among other things.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative hosted a Digital Rights Academy in the coastal city of Mombasa in Kenya. The academy was hosted in collaboration with the Mombasa Press Club, bringing together journalists from the coastal region- Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative led a Digital Rights Academy in Abuja, Nigeria, titled “Prosecution in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” under the Stemming the Tide of Abuse in Nigeria’s Digital Space (STANDS) Project. The workshop was designed to strengthen prosecutorial capacity in handling cases that involve digital rights violations and the use or misuse of Artificial Intelligence technologies, ensuring justice is served while safeguarding the rule of law. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=f6e87d0e8b&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">See full updates here</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 138%; direction: ltr; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Pollicy in partnership with the National ICT Innovation Hub, is hosting the inaugural Data Ladies Training. A program designed to inspire and equip girls aged 15–18 with practical STEM skills.</span></span></span></span></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b30"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="30"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-31"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b31"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="31" class="mceText" id="d31" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 31px"><span style="font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">Upcoming Activities</span></span></span></span></strong></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-32"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b32"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="32" class="mceText" id="d32" style="width:100%"><ol class="last-child"><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa will continue defending freedom of expression and information across Eastern Africa.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">Amnesty International Kenya will continue to carry out effective advocacy against infringements on civic and democratic rights in Kenya.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">BudgIT Nigeria will continue shedding light on the Nigeria 2025 national budget and advocating for civic participation.</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">CcHUB will continue to strengthen its </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">electoral champions with relevant skills and knowledge ahead of the 2027 elections.</span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">CIPESA will be preparing for and planning the 2025 edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica25).</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 221)">CIPIT will continue engaging policymakers, legal experts, media professionals, academia, educators, librarians, students, and public interest advocates on intellectual property and technology?</span></span></span></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">KICTANet is refining its digital experience and would greatly value your input. By completing their brief User Experience Survey, you will help shape a more inclusive, responsive online space that better serves everyone. Fill survey </span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=06b8e8e046&e=cfc80aa1af" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">here</span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">LRC will continue its campaign and advocacy around the #RighttoRead</span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Paradigm Initiative will be hosting a two-day Virtual ICT East Africa Teachers Workshop Titled Enhancing Digital Teaching Competencies. The virtual workshop will aim to address the gap in hands-on experience and confidence needed to integrate ICT into daily instructional practices and equip teachers with essential digital skills for classroom instruction, content creation, and learner engagement. The workshop is scheduled for 3-4 September, Register here </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=091a54fbf6&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">https://bit.ly/ICTTeachersEA</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Pollicy has published its Call for Session Proposals for DataFestAfrica 2025. Are you an activist, researcher, artist, policymaker, technologist, platform worker, or community organizer? This is your chance to lead a session that sparks critical dialogue, inspires action, and centers African realities in the digital and data ecosystem. </span></span></span></span><a href="https://africa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a8b21fcfa9593a22003b11d76&id=c4f737cabd&e=cfc80aa1af"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Call for Session Proposals Here</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b34"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="34"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#000000;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-35"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b35"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="35" class="mceText" id="d35" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="last-child">Spotlighting Our Partners</h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-36"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b36"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#ebe3dd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="36" class="mceText" id="d36" style="width:100%"><h2><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif">Electric South Presents Electric Africa Webinar Series AI, Artists & Immersive Media</span></h2><table style="border-collapse: collapse; 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border-radius: 0px;" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="margin: 0px; word-break: break-word; padding: 12px 24px;" class="m_-2310938381108554612mceTextBlockContainer"><p class="" style="text-align: left;"><br></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="margin: 0px; word-break: break-word; padding: 0px;" valign="top" id="m_-2310938381108554612gutterContainerId-33"><table style="border-collapse: separate;" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="margin: 0px; word-break: break-word; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;" valign="top" id="m_-2310938381108554612b33"><table style="border-collapse: separate; border: 0px; background-color: rgb(235, 227, 219); border-radius: 0px;" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="margin: 0px; word-break: break-word; padding: 12px 24px;" class="m_-2310938381108554612mceTextBlockContainer"><p class="" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 129.5%;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent">Electric South Presents Electric Africa Webinar Series AI, Artists & Immersive Media</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 227, 219)"><br></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 129.5%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">As we prepare for our AI & Immersive Media Convening 2025, themed </span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">From Artistry to Advocacy: Centering African Voices in AI, Immersive Media & Tech-Powered Creative Futures</span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">, we are hosting a three-part webinar series to connect our past work with current perspectives in the field.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="m_-2310938381108554612mcePastedContent" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 150%;"><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 129.5%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">Ahead of the Convening, we will revisit and reflect on Electric South’s AI-related work—including the groundbreaking AI, Artists and Africa Toolkit and Conversation Starter and the Responsible AI for African Artists Webinar Series—and explore what the future of inclusive AI for African artists could look like.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="m_-2310938381108554612mcePastedContent" style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 129.5%;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent">3 September</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">: In Conversation with Sandra Rodriguez – Governing Imagination: Ethics, Power & Artists’ Agency in AI</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; mso-line-height-alt: 129.5%;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent">10 September</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent">: In Conversation with Brett Gaylor – Reflection to Now: AI and Artists in Practice</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="m_-2310938381108554612mcePastedContent" style="margin: 0px; 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