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30 Organisations in 19 Countries Receive Grants For FASTAfrica Actions

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Photo of fast bus in Kenya © Cyrille Le Déaut (used with permission).
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We believe Africa’s future depends on an Internet that is F.A.S.T. – Fast, Affordable, Safe and Transparent. To advance these aims, the Web Foundation is supporting 30 local groups working on Internet policy and digital rights in 19 countries with small grants. These grants will be used to organise activities and enhance regional collaboration during the #FASTAfrica week of action from May 1-7, 2016.

The organisations selected for small grants were chosen following an open call. We received more than 90 applications with many wonderful ideas – we only wish we could have supported more! Grantees represent a wide range of communities, including hacker spaces, academia, youth groups and women’s rights activists.

A full table of all those chosen for a grant is below. Highlights include:

  • Right2Know Campaign (South Africa) will organize a workshop on rural connectivity on May 5 and an Internet policy forum on May 6.
  • Women Inspiration Development Center (Nigeria) will hold a FASTAfrica rally and host two radio phone-in programs on Internet rights (one in English, one in local language) involving young people.
  • Mesh Bukavo (DRC) will hold a two day workshop to teach 30 university students how to access and use free community wireless and teach others to do the same.
    Update: Apologies, a previous version of this post incorrectly listed CSMA in Zimbabwe as a grant recipient. 

We will be offering descriptions and updates of activities on our FASTAfrica Map of Events. We hope the widespread interest serves as proof and inspiration to all that there is scope for even more regional community building around Internet rights and access.

Do you want to join FASTAfrica by hosting your own event? Register here and we’ll help you spread the word! Or join us on social media where everyone will be watching.

Organisation Country
Botswana Youth Empowerment Projects Botswana
Coalition Des Jeunes Actifs Pour Le Changement Des Mentalités (C.a.c) Burundi
Club Jeunesse pour la Sécurité Burundi
Actions for Development Cameroon
SPJ Labs and NEPADCA Central African Republic
FAC-Cote d’Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire
Mesh Bukavu Democratic Republic Of Congo
CongoInThePicture Democratic Republic Of Congo
Open Foundation West Africa Ghana
iHub Research Kenya
Netsquared Kenya Kenya
Centre for Youth Empowerment & Leadership Kenya
The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) Kenya
ICT Association of Malawi Malawi
Namibia Consumer Trust Namibia
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) Nigeria
cMapIT.com Nigeria
Teenz Global Foundation Nigeria
Africa Centre for Citizens Orientation Nigeria
Women Inspiration Development Center Nigeria
Rwanda Consumers’ Rights Protection Organization (ADECOR) Rwanda
JONCTION Senegal
SisTec Sierra Leone
Right2Know Campaign South Africa
The Gambia YMCA Computer Training Centre and Digital Studio The Gambia
Youth At Risk Uganda Uganda
Solidarity Uganda / Action Alliance Ltd Uganda
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

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1 Comment

  • I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY GROUP FOR THE SUPPORTS TO EVANGELIZE FOR FAST INTERNET, WE STILL HAVE MORE TO DO WE ARE JUST FIRING AT 10% SUCCESS, FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD I HAVE JUST BEEN CERTIFIES WITH AN N+ CERTIFICATE, AND NOW READING FOR CCNA, KEEP MOVING, WE ARE VICTOR, ONLY INCREASE THE COVERAGE AS THE TIME TICKS BY , GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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