by panafcon | Jul 31, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
At a stakeholder forum organised by the Data Labelers Association (DLA) in partnership with KICTANet, Internews, and Siasa Place on July 31, 2025, Kenya’s invisible AI workforce finally stepped into the light. The forum brought together civil society, academia, tech...
by panafcon | Jul 29, 2025 | Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet, kictanet post
From afar, Africa’s digital landscape is all sunshine and software updates. Zoom in to the regional level and you will have a glimpse, though pixelated, of what it is. Go further into country levels, and you will be met with a clear and harsh reality of the state of...
by panafcon | Jul 22, 2025 | Cyber Security, Digital Economy, Digital Resilience, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
The digital landscape in Kenya is evolving rapidly, and with it comes a critical need for increased awareness and protection in the online realm. Stepping up to this challenge, The Youth Cafe, fresh off their success as second runner-up in KICTANet’s...
by panafcon | Jul 22, 2025 | Access to information, Cyber-bullying, Digital Resilience, Freedom of Expression, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Cherie Oyier “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”~Voltaire. This quote, that is associated with Voltaire, has been the bedrock upon which the right to freedom of expression is anchored and it formed the...
by panafcon | Jul 22, 2025 | Cyber Security, Digital Economy, Freedom of Expression, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
United States International University-Africa (USIU-A) hosted Youth Cafe’s Cyber Rights Campus Connect, a workshop dedicated to educating students on digital safety and cyber law, on July 18, 2025. Organised by the Youth Cafe, the forum dissected the Computer...
by panafcon | Jul 18, 2025 | Gender, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet, kictanet post
Over the past week, while compiling the impact stories of KICTANet’s advocacy work, I held interviews with various beneficiaries in the network. We explored experiences of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). One of the issues we discussed was whether...
