Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications 2025

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

Call for Session Proposals and Travel Support Applications

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

Check also:
Mastercard Foundation Scholars' Program at ALCHE 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit CIPESA Progrm webpage