@cipesaug

CIPESA works to promote inclusive and effective use of ICT in Africa for improved governance and livelihoods.

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Joined March 2011
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📢📢 Registration is NOW OPEN for #FIFAfrica26! 📢📢 The 13th edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa is heading to #Mauritius from September 28 – October 1, 2026 - and YOU are invited to be part of it. Join over 500 participants from across Africa and beyond for exciting conversations, critical reflection, and collective action on #InternetFreedomAfrica and the future of our digital societies. #FIFAfrica26 will convene policymakers, activists, journalists, academics, technologists, and creatives to engage the most pressing issues shaping Africa’s digital landscape, including: 🟠Digital Democracy and Civic Participation 🟠Data Governance and Sovereignty 🟠Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies 🟠Platform Accountability 🟠Digital Inclusion 🟠Digital Economy, Trade and Practices 🟠Movement Building 🟠Digital Security and Safety Register now and secure your spot 👉🏾tinyurl.com/FIFAfrica26
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A week ago, #FIFAfrica26 kicked off in Mauritius🇲🇺. Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and online. From #DPI and #AI to #DigitalDemocracy, #DataGovernance and #PlatformAccountability, you helped shape conversations on a rights-based digital future for Africa. Keep the experience going: 🟧Read the 2026 State of Internet Freedom in Africa report: tinyurl.com/5t3k94dp 🟧Relive sessions on our YouTube playlist:tinyurl.com/beftztsm 🟧Browse the #FIFAfrica26 Gallery: flickr.com/photos/183536774@… 🟧Share your story and tag @cipesaug or use #FIFAfrica26 🟧Tell us what you think via the feedback form:tinyurl.com/udj9yand Special thanks to our co-host Halley Movement Coalition and all our partners. @OpenTechFund #InternetFreedomAfrica #BeTheExperience
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Thank you @cipesaug for hosting us in Mauritius for the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2026! Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined the session.🌟 Your presence made it special! #FIFA26 #InternetFreedomAfrica
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RelaySMS@RelaySMS
Oct 7
Just got back from #FIFAfrica26! Honored to be included by @cipesaug in the Digital Reality Walk, an incredible showcase of internet freedom tools and the people building them. Grateful to be part of this community. 🌍 #InternetFreedom #OpenSource #SMSWithoutBorders
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Grateful to have attended #FIFAfrica26 and been part of conversations shaping Africa’s digital future. A big appreciation to @cipesaug for creating this space to connect, learn, share experiences, and build meaningful collaborations. #BeTheExperience
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Govote.ng@GovoteNg
Oct 6
Technology is advancing exponentially, hence we must be a part of how it is governed, shapes our daily lives, and seek ways to protect the rights of vulnerable groups in digital civic spaces. @Cc_HUB during the @AIRAfrica convening on the sideline of #FIFAfrica26 in Mauritius.
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CfMA at #FIFAfrica26 — engaging on AI governance, digital rights, DPI, and technology accountability. Thank you, @cipesaug , for convening this vital conversation. #DigitalRights #AIGovernance #TechPolicy
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@OpenObservatory
Oct 6
Last week, we had the opportunity to participate in #FIFAfrica26, one of Africa's leading digital rights conferences. ✨ We've just published a blog post sharing our experience: ooni.org/post/2026-ooni-fifa… 🐙 Warm thanks to @cipesaug and to everyone who made this important event possible! ♥️ #InternetFreedomAfrica
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From commitment to enforcement: Reflections from #FIFAfrica26 What does it take to build a digital Africa that is not only connected and innovative, but also #open, #inclusive, #accountable and rights-respecting? That question shaped @MzalendoWatch’s engagement at the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2026 (#FIFAfrica26) held in Mauritius last week, where we joined parliamentarians, regulators, civil society, academia and digital governance practitioners from across the continent to interrogate what meaningful digital rights protection looks like in practice. #ReCIPE #DigitalRights #DigitalGovernance #MalaboConvention
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We opened with a roundtable on the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (Malabo Convention), co-convened with @CIPESA and in collaboration with the African Parliamentary Network on Internet Governance (@apnigafrica). The conversation went beyond the case for ratification. We explored what implementation should look like at country level and the role of Parliament, regulators and civil society in translating continental commitments into stronger, rights-respecting digital governance. #FIFAfrica26 #ReCIPE #DigitalRights #DigitalGovernance #MalaboConvention
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Across all three engagements, one message stood out - Rights on paper are not enough. Africa needs a multiple-door approach to digital accountability; combining strong legislation, effective parliamentary #oversight, #independent and capable regulators, strategic litigation, meaningful #publicparticipation and sustained civil society scrutiny. The task ahead is clear for all stakeholders, to move from ratification to implementation, from recognition to enforcement, and from consultation to meaningful participation. The ultimate goal is to make digital governance frameworks work for Africans. A big thank you to the European Union through @oxfamkenya for making this possible. #FIFAfrica26 #ReCIPE #DigitalRights #DigitalGovernance #MalaboConvention
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thraets@thraets
Oct 5
3/3 Women pushed out of public life by tech-facilitated gender-based violence are paying that price. Read Behind the Screens, share it, push back on it: thraets.org/behind-the-scree… Thank you to CIPESA for bringing us together. #TFGBV
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OONI
@OpenObservatory
Oct 2
Huge thanks to @cipesaug for hosting the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica 2026) and bringing the African digital rights community together! Warm thanks for the opportunity to share OONI tools and learn from participants 🙏❤️ #FIFAfrica26 #InternetFreedomAfrica
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Our National Coordinator, Uyanda Siyotula attended the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) from the 30th – 1st of October in Mauritius. The forum aimed to bring different stakeholders from across the internet governance and digital rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on gaps, concerns and opportunities for advancing privacy, free expression, inclusion, the free flow of information, civic participation and innovation online. The SOS Coalition was honoured to be part of these important discussions. #FIFAfrica2026 #SOSCoalition #CIPESA
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#FIFAfrica26 closes in Mauritius 🇲🇺 ICT Minister Dr. Avinash Ramtohul reminded us: “We talk about more than 1.4 billion people. And this is where our voice lies.” A call for a stronger African voice on Internet freedom. 🌍 #InternetFreedomAfrica #DigitalRights #Mauritius
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Congratulations🎉🥳👏 @cipesaug
CIPESA
@cipesaug
Oct 1
That's a wrap on #FIFAfrica26! 🇲🇺 Four days of debate, collaboration and hard questions on the future of digital rights in Africa. This year we also launched the State of Internet Freedom in Africa 2026 report, which tracks how digital ID, payment and data systems are reshaping rights and democratic participation across 11 African countries. The verdict: the infrastructure is moving faster than the safeguards. Read the full report at:tinyurl.com/5t3k94dp To every participant, speaker, partner and our hosts in Mauritius, thank you for showing up and pushing the conversation forward. See you next year. #InternetFreedomAfrica
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Honoured to have spoken at the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa #FIFAfrica2026 alongside Marta Cabrera Martín, Prof. Pete Fussey and Gregory Gondwe on the panel “Spyware on Trial: A Comparative Discussion Across Jurisdictions.”
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Closing ceremony #FIFAfrica26 Launching @cipesaug-led 2026 State of Internet Freedom in Africa #SIFA Live: youtube.com/live/bbr2m1LHPls…
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At the #FIFAfrica26 closing, Mauritius ICT Minister Dr. Avinash Ramtohul recalled the 1 Nov 2024 internet restrictions: "As a government, we made a promise to ourselves that this should never, ever occur again." He called for internet access to be considered for constitutional protection, and for Africa to speak with one voice: "With 1.3 million people in Mauritius, how do our voices get heard? We talk about more than 1.4 billion people. And this is where our voice lies." He also added, "Freedom of internet, I fully support, but we also need to have guardrails." #InternetFreedomAfrica
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My session during #FIFA26 in Mauritius 🇲🇺 had me reflecting on the 19 years journey of the Kenya IGF which shows digital policy dialogue works best when everyone has a space at the table lnkd.in/p/eTj7GNe5 #InternetFreedomAfrica @KICTANet @cipesaug

#fifa26 #internetfreedomafrica | Mwendwa Kivuva

My session reflections during #FIFA26 in Mauritius 🇲🇺 pushed me to write the blog on Kenya IGF at 19 years. The Kenya IGF’s most important achievement may be this: it has shown that digital-policy...

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Youth perspective, meaningful engagement here in Mauritius for Forum on the Internet Freedom in Africa. #FIFAfrica26
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