Cal

Chocolate lover - Big Data - Infographics -Newtonian Dynamics - CIVIC ED - G.I.S Mapping - Music and Dance - Cellular Tech - Governance - Conflict Management

[Cal @CalGish]

@Juliet_Ohahuru at #OSF25 leading a session on online child protection. She says "enhance collaborations with law enforcement and invest in technology to improve efficiency and speed" @TechSocietal

[Techsocietal @TechSocietal]

How do design choices shape the way we experience harm online?
From the Integrity Institute’s deep dive into the architecture of harm to @SFCG_’s exploration of Harms by Design in West Africa, #OSF25 Day Zero opened powerful conversations about responsibility, culture, and community safety in digital spaces.

Participants examined how profit-driven platform designs amplify bias, disinformation, or exploitation; and what a safer, cohesion-fostering design could look like.

🔍 #OSF25 #DigitalDesign #OnlineSafety #PlatformAccountability #TechSocietal

[Techsocietal @TechSocietal]

Day Zero of @TechSocietal's Online Safety Forum 2025 (#OSF25) in collaboration with Council on Tech and Social Cohesion & @NgComCommission opened today in Lagos with powerful energy and purpose!
Regulators, platforms, and civil-society leaders from Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Niger Republic gathered to explore how we can regulate by design—embedding accountability and user safety into every layer of our digital ecosystem.

📍 Radisson Blu | #OSF25 #TechSocietal #DigitalRights #PlatformAccountability

[Cal @CalGish]

@Ofcom presenting the online safety act to Nigerian regulators and Civil Society organizations working to address online harm at the #OSF25 Lagos @TechSocietal

[Cal @CalGish]

"The Twitter Ban in Nigeria was a test to see how tech platforms would respond" govt representative from the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency(NITDA) .The agency is currently developing an Online harms protection Bill #OSF25 @TechSocietal

[Cal @CalGish]

Representative from Nigeria @fccpcnigeria talking about their role in creating regulation to protect Nigerian consumers from harmful practices by technology companies . They fined Meta 240million USD for privacy laws violation #OSF25 @TechSocietal

[Cal @CalGish]

Current debate happening at #OSF25 @TechSocietal - Is technology (social media) neutral?? @5RightsFound

[Cal @CalGish]

#OSF25 @TechSocietal Online Safety Forum kicks off in Lagos with Ilamosi Ekenimoh sharing an insightful session on the relationship between Technology design and online harms

[Cal @CalGish]

#OSF25 Happening now in Lagos Nigeria

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

🎉 The #ICGLRJournalistAward 2025 is now open! Submit your original journalistic work on ✌️ peace, 🕊️ dialogue, 🗳️ democracy, or security in the Great Lakes Region. ⏰ Deadline: 21st Dec 2025
📝 Submit your entry here: https://t.co/CjROR8pJ5G

#GIZ @howtobuildpeace @portalangop @Com_mediasRDC @MoICTKenya @MinCoMedia @RwandaICT
@mctanzania @GouvCF @MinistereComCG @MoICT_Ug @MinistryofInf15 #SouthSudanMinistryOfICT #SudanMinistryOfInformation @NEPAD_Agency @issafrica @cbankumuhari @AudeRossignol @Baba_WAME @VerelstBram

[FECoMo Kenya @FECoMo_Kenya]

🗣️ @AllanCheboi at the #SM4Peace / #KenSafeSpace workshop showcased @BuildUp’s open-source toolkit Phoenix 🌐

Phoenix enables human rights orgs & peacebuilders to ethically track disinformation, hate speech, FIMI & TFGBV across platforms building safer digital spaces.

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

LECTURE SERIES #19 📚 | “Artificial Intelligence, Digital Media & African #Peacebuilding: Reflections on Emerging Opportunities & Challenges for Scholarly Writing” by Gichuhi Caleb: https://t.co/hOss66n2zv

Delivered at our 2025 Writing & Dissemination Workshop, Blantyre, Malawi

[SSRC's Next Gen Africa @NextGenAfrica]

LECTURE SERIES #19 📚 | “Artificial Intelligence, Digital Media & African #Peacebuilding: Reflections on Emerging Opportunities & Challenges for Scholarly Writing” by Gichuhi Caleb: https://t.co/OGp9oTcBhA

Delivered at our 2025 Writing & Dissemination Workshop, Blantyre, Malawi

[Nerima Wako @NerimaW]

It's 4:47pm: We’ve raised nearly KSh 420,000 so far 🙌🏾 enough to bring several of our brothers & sisters home.
Frankline is now free after days behind bars KSH bail of Ksh 50,000 (and 2 others)
Yasmin is still in remand, facing an outrageous bail of Ksh 300,000. We are processing more 🙏🏾
Your generosity is changing lives, but stories are still pouring in from across the country. We will keep updating as we verify each case.
Thank you, Kenyans, for standing in solidarity. 🇰🇪❤️
Let’s keep going until no one is left behind.
BAIL FUND:
💳 Till No: 6658137
Stories can be shared @KumbiTrace

#WeAreNotTerrorists #BringThemHome #WeArePatriots

[Cal @CalGish]

@Rainmaker1973 Ge'ez?

[Cal @CalGish]

@_ICGLR_ @ICGLR_LMRC It was great leading the technical sessions and learning from regional partners

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

“We are creating one of the first regional lexicons of gendered hate speech – a template for other regions to follow. By shining a light on hateful language, we strip it of its power.” — Director Flaviana Mayutta Charles, at the @ICGLR_LMRC workshop in Nairobi. #HateSpeechLexiconGLR
#GIZGreatLakesRegion

@ASHAKURHUSSEIN @IcglrR @ICGLR_LMRC @ForeignOfficeKE @UN_Women @UNFPA @UN_greatlakes

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

Online hate speech is silencing women in politics & public life. In Kenya, Techonology Facilitated-GBV thrives on Facebook & WhatsApp, with threats & harassment pushing women offline. We need stronger laws, safer platforms & support systems.

“Hate speech fuels conflict ⚠️ and silences women 🙅🏽‍♀️. It resurfaces around elections 🗳️ and thrives even in peace 🕊️" Says the @ICGLR_LMRC Regional Director @jpkimonyo

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

Through the #iWPS project, GIZ is proud to support @ICGLR_LMRC in building a multilingual lexicon and AI-powered tools to detect, track & mitigate gendered hate speech across borders 🌍.

This collaborative effort brings together journalists, researchers, activists & tech experts to tackle digital violence at its roots and strengthen early warning systems 🚨.

"Together, we are laying the groundwork for a region that is safer, more inclusive, and grounded in equality ⚖️," says Emery Ntaneza, GIZ Representative.

#HateSpeechLexiconGLR
#GIZGreatLakesRegion

@ASHAKURHUSSEIN @IcglrR @ForeignOfficeKE
@UN_Women @UNFPA @UN_greatlakes