The 2026 call for nominations for the 14th African School on Internet Governance is now open!

The deadline is 31 May 2026 at 23:59 UTC.

This year’s edition will take place in the last quarter of 2026 immediately prior to the Africa Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which will take place in Accra, Ghana. The overall focus of AfriSIG 2026 will be on AI governance in the African context.

Call available here: https://afrisig.org/african-school-on-internet-governance-2026-call-for-nominations (also in French and Portuguese).

"Some say AI is good and will help people and the planet. Some say AI is inevitable." We need more questions than pleasant answers.

Don't miss the closing article of the series "Don't Ask AI, Ask A Peer" by APC, @globalvoices & GenderIT: https://www.apc.org/en/blog/need-generate-more-questions-pleasant-answers

#AI #askapeer

The latest edition of our Community Networks Newsletter highlights the importance of ensuring community voices are heard and impact on policy shaping.

Find out more about the recent South Africa School of Digital Policy 2026 – Community Networks and the ongoing process of assignment of spectrum in Colombia, underscoring the need to include communities in policymaking.

Also featuring news, stories, resources, funding sources and the agenda.

Find the edition here 🔗 https://www.apc.org/en/news/community-networks-newsletter-raising-voices-community-centred-connectivity-initiatives-policy

"China cannot offer a direct answer to how to develop a human rights approach to AI. Yet, its open embrace of AI technology and its ambitions for dominance in the global AI market can serve as a case study for the burgeoning relationship between the private sector and the state, the machine and society," says Oiwan Lam in this article part of the series “Don't ask AI, ask a peer,” a collaboration among @globalvoices APC & GenderIT.

https://genderit.org/feminist-talk/chinese-lesson-human-rights-approach-ai

Image: Ibrahim Kizza.

#AI #askapeer

We joined over 130 organisations condemning the Government of Zambia’s abrupt disruption of @rightscon

https://paradigmhq.org/press-statement-net-rights-coalition-others-condemn-disruption-of-rightscon/

India’s race to adopt AI sparks a deeper question: How can technology respect human rights? “Responsible AI” without accountability is merely an aspiration. Although the framework talks about a people-first approach, human rights must be the starting point of AI governance, not a consideration to be layered on afterwards.

📖 Read more on this article by @rezwan, which is part of the series "Don't Ask AI, Ask A Peer" - a collaboration between GenderIT, APC & Global Voices

https://www.apc.org/en/blog/indias-race-adopt-ai-sparks-deeper-question-how-can-technology-respect-human-rights

🙌 Witness the energy and passion of the participants in the first-ever South Africa School of Digital Policy – Community Networks Edition (ZASDIP 2026/CN).

Watch the video here 👉 https://media.apc.org/w/xjcGkbirZS6ZF36gEchAZf

#PolicySchool #ZASDIP #Policyadvocacy
#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion #SouthAfrica