<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000">Dear Colleague, </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000">Paradigm Initiative invites interested stakeholders to join us at the United Nations General Assembly and at FIFAfrica.  </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b style=""><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b style="">United Nations General Assembly</b></font></div><ul style=""><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000">Paradigm Initiative will host a Global South Dinner on<b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span> September 24, 2026, from 6.30 pm,</b> on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA. This will be an opportunity to connect, consolidate a unified Global South agenda on AI, share challenges and experiences, necessitating the building of connections to advance digital <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">rights</span></span></span></span>. The dinner will discuss developments in AI based on the Paradigm Initiative's <a href="https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Whats-the-Whole-Fuss-About-AI_-A-Global-South-Primer.pdf?x89317">Global South Primer </a>titled "What’s the Whole Fuss About AI?"  If you will be at UNGA and are interested in joining the dinner, please<a href="https://us.list-manage.com/UtiUaMWykDo?e=b5cd0a63ac&c2id=1970cb4e4000f55be1065b79b38764bf" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none"> </a><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMBgr9hWk5FWtq1rjqs1E-Qea3BVAxWCeGwJi0Cj3okMuEdg/viewform">register </a>by September 21, 2026, at 10 am CAT, and we will reach out to you. This form takes two minutes to fill in.</font></li></ul><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b>Forum on Internet Freedom on Africa</b></span><b><br></b></font></div><ul style=""><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000">Paradigm Initiative will join digital rights and inclusion stakeholders at this year’s Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica)<span class="gmail_default" style="">. </span>On <b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span>September 29, 2026,</b><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b> at 2 pm EAT</b>,</span> PIN will host a side event titled <span style="font-variant:normal;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span>Road to Geneva and New York</b><span class="gmail_default" style=""><i> </i>and invite interested stakeholders who will be attending FIFAfrica, to register for the session.<i> </i></span></span>

<span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-914da127-7fff-89ed-9f3a-b980064d6588"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The session <span class="gmail_default" style=""></span>will interrogate and seek insights into facial recognition procured without human rights impact assessments, systems bought to track misinformation, internet shutdowns, and economic disparity in the digital economy. <span class="gmail_default" style="">The session asks four questions: <b>"What can this technology actually do? Who benefits, and who benefits first? Who was in the room when the standard was set? </b><span aria-invalid="grammar" class="Lm ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">and</span> What redress exists when it goes wrong?"</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px"> </span>Stakeholders interested in joining this session can <a href="https://forms.gle/LzgXCfYnfC2MSsqJ8">register<span class="gmail_default" style="">. </span></a></span></span></font></li></ul><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">We look forward to engaging with you.</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><br></span></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span class="gmail_default" style="">Best Regards,</span></font></div><div><font color="#4b4b4b" face="Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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">Bridgette Ndlovu </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"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(251,174,23)">Paradigm Initiative</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;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.ndlovu@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);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Facebook icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/fb.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://ng.linkedin.com/company/paradigmhq" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="LinkedIn icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/ln.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://x.com/ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Twitter icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/tt.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Youtube icon" bor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