digital transformation

Africa’s Innovation Future: AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2025 Comes To Nairobi

The stage is set for one of Africa’s most influential innovation events, the AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2025, taking place from October 13–15, 2025 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), Gigiri.

Now in its 10th edition, the AfriLabs Annual Gathering (AAG2025) brings together over 1,000 innovators, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem builders from across the continent and beyond. The event’s theme, “Africa’s Innovation Future: Policy, Partnerships, Progress,” captures a bold vision for a connected, sustainable, and inclusive innovation ecosystem across Africa.

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Digital Media Literacy Focus Group Discussions

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Digital Media Literacy Focus Group Discussions

Collecting in-depth qualitative data to get insightful perspectives and understanding digital media literacy in Kenya. Media literacy is a tool to prepare future generations to combat the rising tide of information warfare. A thorough fact-checking process that delineates disinformation, misinformation and teaches to differentiate between clickbait, satire, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, and other content on the internet is necessary.

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Youth Excel Releases Global Gender and Inclusion Analysis

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Youth Excel Releases Global Gender and Inclusion Analysis

Youth Excel aims to advance gender equality by using research, learning, and data to change systems and transform norms, shifting power differentials so that diverse youth—including youth of all genders in different age categories—influence development agendas and development decision making. In late 2020, we conducted a Global GESI Analysis through desk research to (1) compile data and identify broad trends in line with Youth Excel’s work; (2) provide recommendations for Youth Excel activities.