The 2025 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica25) officially opened in Windhoek, the Namibian capital on 25 September.
Organised by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), FIFAfrica is the continent’s leading platform for shaping digital rights, inclusion, and governance conversations.
Speaking at the opening on Thursday, Frans Nghitila, Director of Print Media Affairs, Ministry of Information and Technology, said for the last five years, Namibia has been ranked either no.1 or no.2 in terms of press freedom in Africa.
“We are on course and we are deliberate about it,” he said.
FIFAfrica25 host, Namibia, is widely recognised as a beacon of press freedom, and historically one of Africa’s best-ranked countries in the Global Press Freedom Index.
The forum, holding from September 22-26 provided an opportunity for series of events and discussions around press freedom, freedom of expression, digital inclusion, access to information, disability rights, artificial intelligence, advocacy on cybersecurity, digital rights advocacy, data governance, digital safety for women and girls, information disorder (mis/dis/malinformation), and exhibitions.
At a session organised by Internews on Digital Rights and Freedoms which looked at the state of freedom of expression in the Madagascar, our secretary general, Modou Joof, shared how experiences of consultations and collaborations with civil society and engagements with the government has been able to bring significant progress on press freedom in The Gambia.
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