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@gbengasesan
Oko Tèmíladé. Bàbá 'Ládi àti 'Tìmí. Executive Director, @ParadigmHQ
🎯 « La vision de Paradigm Initiative est d’atteindre 20 millions de personnes grâce à nos interventions en matière d’inclusion numérique et de droits numériques. De Lagos à Dakar, en passant par Nairobi, nous utiliserons notre nouvelle initiative, Digital Rights and Inclusion…
🎯 “PIN’s vision is to reach 20 million people through our Digital Inclusion and Digital Rights interventions. From Lagos, to Dakar, to Nairobi, we will use the vehicle of our new Digital Rights and Inclusion Board Learning Experience (DRIBLE) … to connect African youth with…
⏳ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐞: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 Last month, our incredible Partnerships and Engagements Officer, @bugalo1 marked two years at Paradigm Initiative, and what a journey it has been! In this video, she reflects on her time at Paradigm…
Une femme. Une voix. Un mouvement. Mama Bibi ne fait pas que parler… elle agit ! Découvrez le film qui met en lumière la résistance citoyenne face aux abus numériques. 🎥 Whispers in the Wires – version française 📆 25 avril | 🕒 15h WAT 🔗 Réservez votre place :…
🎲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐍 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚! 🇳🇬 DRIBLE, the Digital Rights and Inclusion Board Learning Experience, is Paradigm Initiative’s fun, interactive board game that teaches you all about your digital rights without the boring…
🎲 DRIBLE, our Digital Rights and Inclusion Board Learning Experience, is not just a game. It is how we make digital rights and inclusion fun, loud, and unforgettable. Thank you, UNILAG for bringing the energy. #ParadigmInitiative #DRIBLE
It is a new week and we are passing the phone to the team that made magic happen in 2024… 😎 From empowering over 700 youth with digital skills, to supporting 29 legal cases, to hitting nearly 1 million views on our short film Undersight, the Paradigm Initiative (PIN) team…
Behind every powerful story is a journalist taking risks. But those risks should not include avoidable digital threats. Whether you're covering protests, politics, or corruption, your sources, footage, and personal safety are at risk if you don’t practice good digital hygiene.…
Internet disruptions were a problem in Africa in 2024. What were the trends and what lessons can be learned as we stand midway into 2025? Our latest Londa report features a new Score Index ranking countries on the continent according to their compliance with key human rights…
From Kenya to Nigeria, the demand for good governance or simply asking questions gets people arrested.🤨 "The guilty are always afraid." The Kenyan Embassy in Nigeria will hear from us. This is not a local matter. @seunonigbinde @DSamsonItodo @gbengasesan #Solidarity
Njeri Mwangi: This morning the police took Boniface Mwangi to DCI Headquarters to make a statement. He will be presented in court tomorrow. #NTVAtOne #JobsEdition @hellenaura1
Clearly, @WilliamsRuto is contesting for the award of Africa’s Most Popular Tyrant in 2025. How else does one explain this and all the other violations of the rights of citizens who are actually doing Kenya a favour? Unfortunately, dictators never learn!
The police have come to our home in Courage Base and are taking my husband, talking of terrorism and arson! They’ve taken his gadgets and said they are taking him to DCI Hq. I can’t breath😭
“The shrinking of civic space, the decline in digital funding, and the erosion of legitimacy are not just abstract concerns—they are existential threats to the future of democracy.” Read my new article for the @CarnegieEndow Digital Democracy Network via carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/…

The Embassy of France, French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and @electric_south launch Futures_Past. Institutions from 🇿🇦🇱🇸🇲🇼 can nominate a collection or body of material to be brought to life through immersive storytelling by August 12, 2025. Apply👉🏾 lnkd.in/gp9X2_br

🆕| The shrinking of civic space, the decline in digital funding, and the erosion of legitimacy are not just abstract concerns—they are existential threats to the future of democracy. Read @gbengasesan's latest for @CarnegieEndow⤵️ carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/…
Après le communiqué de presse qui a annoncé les dates de #HakiConf2025, voici la prochaine étape dans ce processus qui va nous conduire jusqu’au mois de Novembre. Utilisez ce formulaire pour faire une proposition de session: shorturl.at/m3Vx6 N’hésitez pas à partager !
2063: Citizens of the Kingdom of BAT are grateful for the BAT Policy announced in 2028 by the long-serving Emperor. All schools, stores, companies, facilities and toilets are now named after BAT so you only need to sing the mandate song to get free education, food, jobs, access…
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Registration For #FIFAfrica25 Now Open! Book your seat and join the vibrant community of digital rights defenders, policymakers, techies, journalists, & the donor community dedicated to advancing #InternetFreedomAfrica - mailchi.mp/cipesa.org/boo…
One of the most under-appreciated elements of content portability is the ability to cut text from one device and paste it into another device--or environment
Paradigm Initiative’s fifth short film, Whispers in the Wires, inspired by findings from the 2023 #Londa Report on Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa, premieres in just over 90 minutes. Sign up via us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… to join @ParadigmHQ for the screening

📢As we embark on the #WSIS20 review, please join us to discuss how human rights due diligence can help advance an inclusive digital transformation. Registration & info: itu.int/net4/wsis/foru… #WSIS