What can you do?

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Avit Ndayiziga (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Avit Ndayiziga (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Avit is part of the Young African Leaders Initiative and the creator of The Winners, which aims to raise public awareness of internet policy.

What can be done?

We need to increase people’s digital literacy in order to make them less vulnerable to internet shutdowns and give them a greater say in internet governance.

Avit Ndayiziga
Africa

What happened?

The African Internet Summit took place online this year, bringing together over 500 delegates for four days for presentations and policy discussions.

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On election day in Burundi, the internet was shut down for 36 hours. The shutdown also had a negative impact on the country's economy.

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