Paradigm Initiative

Nigeria

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Paradigm Initiative is a social enterprise that builds an ICT-enabled support system and advocates digital rights in order to improve livelihoods for under-served youth. Their programs include digital inclusion programs – such as the Life Skills, ICT, Financial Readiness, Entrepreneurship (LIFE) training program and Tertiary program – and a digital rights program, Magoyi. Across their offices in Nigeria (Aba, Abuja, Ajegunle, Kano, Yaba), Cameroon (Yaoundé), Kenya (Nairobi), and beyond,they work to connect under-served youth with improved livelihoods through their digital inclusion and digital rights programs.

Paradigm Initiative host the annual Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, a digital rights conference that brings together civil society organizations, policy actors/makers, legal/policy experts, academics, advocates, tech enthusiasts, and industry representatives from across Africa.

Collaboration

• OONI Community Interview with Ihueze Nwobilor, Senior Programs Officer at Paradigm Initiative
• Nigeria’s 2019 elections through the lens of network measurements
• Nigeria: Measuring Internet Censorship
• Tightening the Noose on Freedom of Expression: Status of Internet Freedom in Nigeria 2018