Between 2016 and today, there have been over 190 documented internet shutdowns across Africa. In this interview from #FIFAfrica25, Felicia Anthonio and Edetaen Ojo break down the severe impact of these blackouts on human rights and livelihoods
🚀 New: Forus Digital Governance Bulletin – Nov 2025
In this edition:
✔ CADE programme applications
✔ Youth digital rights stories
✔ New video series: Your Clicks, Your Rights
✔ Insights from NNNGO at #FIFAfrica25
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#DigitalRights #CivilSociety
Couldn’t make it to Namibia for #FIFAfrica25?
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#KeepitOn #internetfreedom #Opensource
🌍 A huge thank you to our brilliant panellists at #FIFAfrica25 for an insightful discussion on resisting the misuse of surveillance tech to target journalists!
👤 Guy Valère BADANARO
👤 Jean Paul Ibambe
👤 Tsema Ede
👤 Ochiel J Dudley, FCIArb
🎙️ Marta Cabrera Martín
#Namibia 🇳🇦 At #FIFAfrica25, the IFEX team is engaging with digital rights through art, the launch of @AFEXAfrica’s report on #AccessToInformation, and critical debates on AI’s impact on civic space and free expression. @cipesaug @gmpressunion
Are you at #FIFAfrica25? Want to learn more about how we defend digital rights and press freedom? Our colleagues are on the ground and would love to connect!
💬 Come find us at our booth today and tomorrow - or drop us a DM to arrange a time to talk!
This week we are in Namibia for the #InternetFreedomAfrica conference to launch our new book "Internet Shutdowns in Africa" edited by Felicia Anthonio from the #KeepItOn of @accessnow.org. Join us in Gamsberg at 11:30 on Thursday 25th Oct. #FIFAfrica25
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🌍 📢 #Tomorrow! Join Bulanda T Nkhowani, Yvonne Eweka, Adeboro Odunlamia and Shabnam Mojtahedi at #FIFAfrica25 for a conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.
Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...
Attending #FIFAfrica25 too?
Join or upcoming panel:
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa
📅 Fri, 26 Sept | 10:15–11:45
📍 Omatako 1
We’ll also have a booth – come chat with us!
Join IPI at #FIFAfrica25 at 11:30 (SAST) on September 25, 2025, in Windhoek, Namibia, at our event as we discuss “Strengthening media resilience against disinformation attacks for independent and reliable climate reporting.”
See the full agenda on the official @FIFAfrica page:
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📍 We’re live in Windhoek for #FIFAfrica25!
Visit our booth to see how RelaySMS helps you stay connected during internet shutdowns.
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#OfflineMessaging #RelaySMS #OpenSource
This week, we're at #FIFAfrica25 !
24 Sept: ARTICLE 19 East Africa, GIBS, Oversight Lab +MISA Panel on Big Tech
26 Sept: Cross-regional lessons for inclusive digitalisation in North Africa with our MENA and West Africa colleagues
26 Sept: Power, Platforms & the People
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At #FIFAfrica25, our session “Paying the Costs of Connection” will spotlight youth voices driving conversations on digital health and human rights and explore how to create health systems that truly work for everyone.
🔗 Register today: https://internetfreedom.africa/
Access Now at the 12th edition of CIPESA’s FIFAfrica #ChristchurchCall
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📢 Join us at #FIFAfrica25 for a powerful session where youth leaders, policymakers and advocates will come together to discuss how to ensure digital health advances human rights instead of deepening divides.
🔗 Register today: https://internetfreedom.africa/
#DHRP #CostsOfConnection
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📢 Join Bulanda Nkhowani and Yvonne Ogieomo Eweka on September 26 at #FIFAfrica25 for a timely conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.
👉 Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...
📢 Join Bulanda Nkhowani and Yvonne Ogieomo Eweka this Friday, August 26 at #FIFAfrica25 for a timely conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.
👉 Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...
