2025 Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) invites interested parties to submit session proposals to the 2025 edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica25). Successful submissions will help to shape the agenda of the event, which is set to gather policymakers, regulators, human rights defenders, journalists, academics, private sector players, global information intermediaries, bloggers, and developers.

FIFAfrica25 is a leading platform for shaping digital rights, inclusion, and governance conversations. This year, the Forum is headed to Windhoek, Namibia, a beacon of press freedom, gender equity, and progressive jurisprudence, and will take place on September 24–26, 2025.

As part of the registration, we invite session proposals, including panel discussions, lightning talks, exhibitions, and skills workshops, to shape the FIFAfrica25 agenda.

• Table of Content
• About Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
• Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications
• Aim and Benefits of Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications
• Requirements for Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is one of two centres established under the Catalysing Access to Information and Communications Technologies in Africa (CATIA) initiative, which was funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID). CIPESA focuses on decision-making that facilitates the use of ICT in support of development and poverty reduction. CIPESA’s establishment was in response to the findings of the Louder Voices Report prepared for DfID and the G8 Dot Force Implementation Team, which cited the lack of eas... continue reading

Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications

Application Deadline	20 Jun 2025
Country to study	South Africa
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications

Limited funding is available to support attendance (travel and/or accommodation) for successful applications.

Requirements for Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications Qualification

• Civil society organisations
• Independent researchers and academics
• Journalists and media practitioners
• Policy-makers and government actors
• Regional and international organisations
• Private sector actors

Interview date, Process and Venue for Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications

Session formats include:

• Panel discussions
• Lightning talks
• Workshops 
• Interactive roundtables
• Exhibitions 

Key Dates

Milestone	Date
Submissions close	June 20, 2025
Notification of Selected Proposals	July 04, 2025

 

Application Deadline

June 20, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) on docs.google.com to apply

For more details, visit CIPESA Progrm webpage