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Amplifying Youth Voices Through Digital Rights: My Journey with the AWA Digitalise Youth Project 2026

Diff·@Robertjamal12·2 months ago
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The internet has become one of the most powerful spaces for civic engagement, storytelling, and advocacy. Yet, across many parts of Africa, there are still significant gaps in how issues like digital rights, online freedom, and civic participation are documented and represented on open knowledge platforms. I am excited to share that I have been selected as a fellow for the AWA Digitalise Youth Project 2026, an initiative by Code for Africa in partnership with the African Wikipedian Alliance. This project aims to empower experienced African Wikimedians to amplify youth voices and contribute to critical conversations around digital rights on Wikimedia platforms. My name is Robert Obiri (User: *Robertjamal12*), a Wikimedia volunteer since 2019. I am a member of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group and the Founder and Lead of the Fante Wikimedians Community.…

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