On Tuesday, 18 November 2025, AfricTivistes joined forces with TikTok at the inaugural Safety Summit in West Africa. This event brought together public and private stakeholders from various countries in the region. The goal was to strengthen user protection and adapt moderation mechanisms to local realities in a context where numerous threats were undermining citizens’ […]

Between 2022 and 2024, AfricTivistes established the first three AfricTivistes CitizenLabs in Mauritania, Benin and Madagascar.  Since then, they have equipped 40 change-makers across four new countries: Chad, Cameroon, Guinea and Senegal. From Chad to Senegal, via Cameroon and Guinea, AfricTivistes led an intensive training programme combining theory and practice, designed to strengthen the civic […]

On 2 October 2025, AfricTivistes presented in Dakar, a research report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) in Senegal . Conducted in partnership with International IDEA, the study examines the dynamics of information manipulation and foreign interference, while providing recommendations to strengthen the country’s democratic resilience. In an era of rising disinformation, AfricTivistes is […]

AfricTivistes’ commitment to combating cyberbullying remains strong. Following a series of theoretical and practical training sessions, the launch of a dedicated web platform to address the issue, and the production of an educational toolkit, AfricTivistes is now rolling out an interactive digital assistant. This   intelligent, innovative  tool is designed to support, inform and guide […]

Every 15 September, the world celebrates International Democracy Day. But which democracy are we talking about? Representative democracy is in crisis worldwide as it has been reduced to mere elections. However, democracy is fluid and improvable; above all, it is participatory. In Africa, young people are refusing to limit themselves to voting every five years […]

In a context where disinformation and foreign interference are posing significant threats to the sovereignty and democratic stability of Senegal and several other African states, AfricTivistes held a validation workshop on Tuesday, 5 August for its analytical report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). Presented to representatives of civil society, public authorities, regulators, researchers […]