<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Colleague, </span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">On April 15, 2026, Paradigm Initiative launched the 2025 <span><span>Londa</span></span> Report, which <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">captures the state of digital rights and digital inclusion across 29 countries in Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa. The report presents developments and gaps in the reported countries and guides reformative actions for duty bearers comprising African States, non-state actors and the private sector, among others. The report is the joint effort of PIN’s editorial team and researchers who dedicate time to monitoring, documenting and reporting occurrences that maintain, raise or lower countries' profiles regarding their digital rights and inclusion records.</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The assessment of state performance is benchmarked against human rights standards. The Londa Report addresses digital rights and digital inclusion, assessing 12 indicators under <a href="https://paradigmhq.org/londa-score-index/" target="_blank">The Score Index</a>, developed by Paradigm Initiative as a tool for evaluating country compliance with regard to key human rights elements. The indicators are inspired by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (the Declaration). You can access the report <a href="https://paradigmhq.org/londa-25/" target="_blank">here</a></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Please read the report and feel free to share it within your networks. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Best Regards,</font></div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent;border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:400px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(23,147,206);width:259px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,154,71);font-weight:bold"><span><span><span>Bridgette Ndlovu</span></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(135,135,135);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br>Partnerships and Engagements Officer</span></span></td><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;width:141px;text-align:right"><a href="https://paradigmhq.org/" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Logo" height="36" src="https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Paradigm-Initiative-Logo-Main-scaled.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:auto;height:36px"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;width:400px;border-top:1px solid rgb(40,154,71)"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(251,174,23)">e: <a href="mailto:bridgette.ndlou@paradigmhq.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">bridgette.ndlovu@paradigmhq.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;width:400px"> </td></tr><tr><td width="200" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(23,147,206);width:200px;height:15px"><span style="display:inline-block;height:15px;font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.paradigmhq.org/" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,154,71)">www.paradigmhq.org</span></a></span></td><td width="200" style="padding:0px;width:200px;text-align:right"><span style="display:inline-block;height:15px">   <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);backgro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