#AccessToInformation

An award-winning grassroots non profit that champions the rights of people with disabilities. Member @catalyst_2030
#DisabilityRights #AccessToInformation

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

Currently underway is the INDABA- Access to ICTs by Persons With Disabilities.
@cipesaug @TateMavetera @misazimbabwe @nickmangwana

[Ministry of Finance | Gambia @MofeaGambia]

5 Days to Go

The countdown to the 2027 Budget Speech continues.

📅 23rd October 2026
📍 The National Assembly

#2027Budget #MoFEA #5DaysToGo #TheGambia

[TheGirlsTable @table_girls]

We join the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information. Information decides who gets to make informed choices about their bodies, their money, their safety, and their futures. For young women and girls in Zimbabwe, access to information is shaped by the cost of data, devices, language, distance, and who is allowed to speak and be heard.

At The Girls Table, our work on digital inclusion is grounded in this reality. A girl who can find accurate information on her rights, on health services, on how to report abuse, or on funding and economic opportunities is better placed to claim what is already hers. Access also has to include the ability to use information safely, which is why online safety sits alongside connectivity in everything we do.

Access to information is a right, and it is a precondition for exercising almost every other right. Governments, institutions, and organisations like ours share the duty to make information available, understandable, and reachable for the women and girls who need it most.
#HerVoice
#AccessToInformation
#IDUAI

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

Fun was had ♥️

[Kumbekumbe Arts Trust @kumbekumbe]

KutiMushaVaeni 🛖.We welcomed #SDG5 COP to @kumbekumbe 4 a day of learning,xchang & #danced Our work remains rooted in serving #girls,young women & youth thru art . #art4Communities @GwenTrust @SproutWomen2018 @RuralYoungWomen @table_girls @signsofhopezim @AU_WGYD @YetTrust

[UDPK @UDPKenya]

As Kenya prepares for the 2027 General Election, persons with disabilities and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (#OPDs) are actively shaping the agenda for disability-inclusive governance. Through a consultative forum, participants identified and prioritized key disability inclusion commitments for integration into political party manifestos, ensuring that the rights, aspirations, and lived experiences of persons with disabilities are reflected in political party agendas.
The consultation underscored the need for political parties to move beyond broad statements of support and adopt concrete, measurable, and actionable commitments that advance the rights, participation, representation, accessibility, and socio-economic inclusion of persons with disabilities.
By embedding these priorities into their manifestos, political parties can demonstrate a genuine commitment to inclusive governance and ensure that no one is left behind in Kenya's democratic and development processes. @UraiaTrust @ORPPKenya @IEBCKenya

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

#InclusiveBudgetNow

[Community Podium @communitypodium]

Currently Happening 📍

The City of Bulawayo is currently holding a consultative meeting with Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) on the proposed 2027 Municipal Budget.

The consultation aims to give participants an opportunity to raise their priorities.

#communitydiaries

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

#September is the #DeafAwarenessMonth. Our Director @sam_signsofhope talks about the importance of understanding people's cultures (including the #DeafCulture when interacting with them ♥️
#AdvocateEmpowerServe

[Lowveld Media @lowveld_media]

Disability rights advocate Samantha Sibanda, founder of Signs of Hope, explores the rich world of Deaf culture and identity. She reflects on how social media and globalisation are reshaping cultures, creating a fast-changing global village.

[NKOMWA FOUNDATION TRUST @NkomwaTrust]

Happening Now! 📍

The 68th Matabeleland South Agricultural Show is underway at the Gwanda Showgrounds!

At @NkomwaTrust, we believe that when we collaborate, we create opportunities; when we include, everyone benefits.

Come and engage with us as we champion disability inclusion, empowerment and equal opportunities for all.

#DisabilityInclusion #Collaboration #MatSouthShow2026 #Gwanda #InclusionForAll

[NANGO Zimbabwe @nangozimbabwe]

🙏 THANK YOU, Manicaland! Last week's Eastern Region NGO EXPO & Winter School was one to remember!

To our exhibitors, partners, regulators, government reps, onlookers & everyone who showed up — you made this happen. 👏

Next stop, Bulawayo — just 2 days away! 🎉

#NGOEXPO2026 #ChangingTheNarrative #CivicSpaceMatters

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

#InclusiveBudgets should not ignore the reality of #AI governance and use. The #DigitalAge also requires intentional resource allocations if we are to leave noone behind ♥️

[CIPESA @cipesaug]

Africa is adopting Artificial Intelligence(#AI) strategies faster than it is implementing them. An analysis finds that most national #AIFrameworks carry no budgetary allocations .

🇰🇪Kenya costed its strategy at KSh 152 billion, yet its 2026/27 budget shows no dedicated funding.

Where implementation bodies exist, mandates are split across competing ministries and agencies, breeding fragmentation, power struggles and stalled execution.
Frameworks alone do not deliver rights-respecting AI. Political will, funding and stakeholder engagement must.

Read full analysis here: https://t.co/2JbxWUXCiQ
🖋️: @pkimumwe

#AIGovernance #DigitalRights

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

Interesting. #InclusiveBudget

[South African Government @GovernmentZA]

From a township spaza shop in Umlazi to receiving R40 000 worth of stock, Nkanyiso Eric Ngobese is proving that opportunity, determination and support can transform local businesses.

Through the Spaza Shop Support Fund, supported by the Department of Small Business Development, Ngobese is growing his business, strengthening his community and creating more employment opportunities.

When South African-owned businesses thrive, local economies grow. 🇿🇦

Read more: https://t.co/qgoIBU79rK

#SpazaShopSupportFund #GovZAUpdates #SAInnovates

[Ministry of Public Service Labour & Social Welfare @mpslswzim]

The Department of Disability Affairs, under the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, is today holding its Second Quarter National Disability Affairs Board Meeting. The meeting brings together Board members representing various organisations across the country. The key objective is to develop and review strategies aimed at improving the quality of life, access to services, and inclusion of persons with disabilities, in line with the National Development Strategy 2 and national social development priorities.

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

#AccessToInformation
#StopDisinformation
#FakeNews

[TheGirlsTable @table_girls]

Join us at 1530hrs on Skyz Metro FM as we unpack “PWDs and Information Disorders: Who Gets Left Behind” with our guest Samantha Sibanda, Executive Director of Signs of Hope.
#HerVoice

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

The session on digital accessibility in Africa: Gains, Gaps and the Road ahead Mr Ninsiima Chris from @NUDIPU decried the state of #FinancialInclusion. He highlighted difficulties in accessing loans and the inability of PWDs to independently navigate banking systems #IAC2026

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

@signsofhopezim is represented at the Inclusive Africa Conference #HappeningNow in #Nairobi #Kenya
@inABLEorg @sam_signsofhope

[#AccessToInformation @signsofhopezim]

#CheckingIn for #Day2 we hope for fruitful discussions today
#IAC2026
@inABLEorg

[CIPESA @cipesaug]

🇿🇼 #Zimbabwe's new National Artificial Intelligence(#AI) Strategy gives #African states a practical template for adopting AI without deepening dependency.
Six pillars anchor it:

1⃣Talent & capacity development.
2⃣Infrastructure & computational sovereignty
3⃣AI adoption & service transformation
4⃣Governance, ethics & regulation
5⃣Research, development & innovation
6⃣Strategic international collaboration

It aligns with the AU Continental AI Strategy and treats data sovereignty as a precondition ,not an afterthought. The real test now is whether implementation matches ambition.

Read full article here:https://t.co/LvGWeyJ3a2

[COTRAD, ZIMBABWE @cotradinfo]

Have you heard about our Information Centers? Since 2020, our Mutirikwi Information Center has been getting affordable, reliable info into the hands of rural youth in Masvingo cutting through network gaps and cost barriers that usually block access.@RuralYoungWomen @ropamakumire

[CIPESA @cipesaug]

For over a decade, we've documented Africa's digital rights landscape through the annual State of Internet Freedom in Africa reports. From the first edition in 2014 investigating policies in East Africa, to the 2025 report on AI and digital democracy.

These reports have shaped policy conversations across the continent, and each one has been launched at FIFAfrica ,the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa.
Access past reports here:https://t.co/UUUH0aB5Ry

Now it's your turn to shape the conversation.
⏰ The Call for Proposals for #FIFAfrica26 closes on 29 May.

Submit your session ideas on digital democracy, data governance, AI, platform accountability, digital inclusion, and more here: https://t.co/RbBtTyF6gX

🗓️ #Mauritius | 28 September – 1 October 2026
#InternetFreedomAfrica #FIFAfrica26

[Ministry of Public Service Labour & Social Welfare @mpslswzim]

Induction of Social Development Officers on the Zimbabwe Social Cash Transfer Manual

[Paradigm Initiative (PIN) @ParadigmHQ]

DRIF26: The time to sign up is now!

The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF26) will take place from 14 to 16 April 2026, marking the first time in Francophone Africa. Join hundreds of delegates from civil society, government, academia, tech, and funders to discuss digital rights, inclusion, and emerging technologies.

Free registration is now open. Don’t miss your chance to be part of Africa’s leading digital rights platform.

👉 Register now: https://t.co/yUXZctgJQ1
#DRIF26