Thank you, Kingdom of the Netherlands. At a time when rights and democracy face growing threats, partnerships like yours strengthen our collective resilience. Thank you to Netherlands 🇳🇱 in Nigeria 🇳🇬 for backing the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, bringing together voices from across

A freer, more just digital Africa is only possible when bold conversations meet strong backing. We thank the Ford Foundation for powering the 122 transformative sessions at Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25), where community leaders, policy advocates, and researchers

Digital rights don't exist in a vacuum. They intersect with every struggle for dignity, inclusion, and opportunity. Thanks to Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25) became a space where grassroots voices met global allies. Your

Navigating the complexities of digital platforms demands open dialogue, responsibility, and constant reflection. Thank you, Meta, for supporting these conversations at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25), where content governance, AI policy, and freedom of expression

Information wants to be free, and freedom must be inclusive. At the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, DRIF25, we explored the human face of information technology through the lens of Digital Ubuntu. This approach highlighted the role communities play in setting the pace of

Technology can divide or connect, depending on the values we embed in it. Multiple conversations at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25) in Lusaka, Zambia, from April 29 to May 1, 2025, were based on this. Thanks to support from Google, #DRIF25 was a success, a

Technology without accountability is not Ubuntu. Thank you, Luminate, for empowering us to host some of the most provocative and impactful discussions on accountability at the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25). From surveillance to data governance to civic

Promoting Digital Ubuntu in Approaches to Technology. A philosophy of ‘humanity towards others,’ Ubuntu reminds us that our freedoms are interdependent, offline and online. This was the theme of the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25) organised in Lusaka from April

Read our latest blog “Reclaiming Digital Kinship: Rethinking Trust, Elections, and Platforms in the Global South” 🔗 aira.africa/reclaiming-dig…

Hope Behind Bars Africa was live in Lusaka, Zambia, for the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (#DRIF25), hosted by Paradigm Initiative (PIN), Themed “Promoting Digital Ubuntu in Approaches to Technology”. We were represented by our Programs Manager, Hassan Nurudeen (Hassan), who

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Meet Moradekeadeniran, one of the stars of our latest short film by UpInTheSky, titled Whispers in the Wires. Moradeke, who plays a Gen Z niece to Mama Bibi (Tina Mba), gives us some behind-the-scenes tea on her role and spills her favourite moment from the film. Full movie

🎬 Movie time: Whispers in the Wires made its debut at the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum ( DRIF25), sparking deep conversations on truth, integrity and digital inclusion. At the center of the story is Mama Bibi - played by Tina Mba - a fearless voice who challenges

How do you build the perfect crew for a Pan-African story on digital rights and inclusion? Benjamin Abejide Adeniran the producer of Whispers in the Wires shares how he assembled a dynamic, multicultural team to bring the world of Mpaka to life on screen to tell the story. Don’t miss the

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2025: Something out of the ordinary. #DRIF25

🎥 Et si un film pouvait dire tout haut ce que vous vivez en ligne en silence ? C’est exactement ce que fait Whispers in the Wires. Ce n’est pas juste un film. C’est un cri. Un miroir. Une révolte numérique. Vous vous êtes déjà senti surveillé, censuré ou réduit au silence en

👵🏾 Ici Mama Bibi, l’infirmière à la retraite devenue activiste (grâce à Facebook) Le 25 juillet, on regarde Whispers in the Wires, un film tourné à Mpaka sur nos droits numériques, nos libertés, et tout ce qu’on vit quand on se connecte. 👉 bit.ly/44OIJ34 On ne laisse

Still haven’t read the 2024 Londa Report? It is time to fix that Launched earlier this year, the 2024 edition of the Londa Report remains one of the most important tools for understanding digital rights and inclusion across Africa today. This year’s edition (Londa24) features a

𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐅𝟐𝟔 | 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! Paradigm Initiative is gearing up for the 2026 edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIForum ), and we want to work with exceptional service providers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Are you into any of the