Sponsors & Partners

Meta builds technologies that help people connect with friends and family, find communities, and grow businesses.

Luminate’s mission is to ensure that everyone – especially those who are underrepresented – has the information, rights, and power to influence the decisions that affect their lives.

Safaricom PLC is a listed Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered at Safaricom House in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the largest telecommunications provider in Kenya and one of the most profitable companies in the East and Central Africa region.

ESET is a software company specializing in cybersecurity. Its security products are made in Europe and provide security software in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices.

Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union. The CADE consortium, led by DiploFoundation, includes expert organisations from different regions. With a shared commitment to inclusive, evidence-based IG policymaking

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisations founded in 1990, dedicated to empowering and supporting people working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs). 

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) works to promote effective and inclusive ICT policy and practice for improved governance, livelihoods, and human rights in Africa.

Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. By combining direct technical support, strategic advocacy, grassroots grantmaking, and convenings such as RightsCon, we fight for human rights in the digital age.

KeNIC is a company, limited by guarantee, licensed to manage and administer the dot ke Country Code Top-Level Domain (.Ke ccTLD) name. This took place after intensive consultations with the Local Internet Community. This public-private partnership was therefore the initial step in facilitating the growth and uptake of the Internet sub-sect ICT in Kenya. KeNIC’s Mission is “To manage and promote a secure and reliable .KE domain namespace.”

ARTICLE 19 works across the region in partnership with other national and regional organisations and mechanisms to safeguard freedom of expression and information, and to create solidarity networks aimed at achieving this goal. We engage with regional bodies including the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Court, the African Union, and the East African Community.

ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable, and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. Through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.

Paradigm Initiative works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures the protection of their rights. Across our regional offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond, we work to connect under-served African youth with improved livelihoods through our digital inclusion and digital rights programs.

Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK) is a professional, non-profit organization representing the interests of Technology service providers in Kenya. Established in 1999, the strength of the Association rests on its ability to be truly representative of the Kenyan industry as a whole.