Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a pan-African organisation focused on digital rights and inclusion, has reached more than 1,300 stakeholders across 11 African countries through training programmes, policy discussions, and stakeholder engagements aimed at promoting a more inclusive digital ecosystem.
The organisation said the initiatives, carried out in the second quarter of the year, involved 26 engagements covering areas such as election integrity, digital literacy, judicial capacity building, policy advocacy, and digital inclusion. Participants included government officials, civil society organisations, legal practitioners, journalists, academics, and community representatives.
One of the major interventions was a judicial capacity-building programme conducted in partnership with Meta, where 35 judges in Lagos received training on data protection, privacy, artificial intelligence, and the use of digital evidence in legal proceedings.
PIN also expanded its Digital Rights and Elections in Africa Meetings (DREAM) initiative to Ethiopia, The Gambia, and Zambia, training 110 representatives from civil society organisations, media organisations, and election bodies to monitor digital rights violations and protect online civic spaces during elections.
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Through its Digital Rights Academy (DRA), the organisation trained over 100 lawyers, advocates, and law students from six African countries on strategic litigation and legal accountability in digital rights cases.
The organisation further hosted policy engagements on digital accessibility and inclusion, including a roundtable with 34 stakeholders representing persons with disabilities, as well as Afrocities discussions in Nigeria and Tanzania on improving access to digital social protection and financial services for informal sector workers.
In Zambia, PIN convened a ministerial roundtable focused on aligning digital development priorities with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) review process.
The organisation also trained 315 participants in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Senegal through the Digital Rights and Inclusion Board Learning Experience (DRIBLE) Ambassadors Training, equipping them with practical approaches for digital rights education and advocacy.
The quarter’s activities concluded with the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2026 (DRIF26) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, themed “Building Inclusive and Resilient Digital Futures.”
The forum brought together 415 participants from more than 39 countries, including policymakers, technology experts, civil society groups, journalists, academics, and development partners, to discuss collaboration and emerging issues shaping Africa’s digital future.
