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Edetaen Ojo

Edetaen Ojo

Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda

Edetaen Ojo is Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda in Nigeria. He is also Chair of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of freedom of expression organizations in Africa; and a member of the Advisory Network of the Freedom Online Coalition.

In 2013, he served as a member of the International Advisory Committee for UNESCO’s project on “The Safety of Online Media Actors Doing Journalism" and was also in 2013 named an Internet Freedom Fellow by the U.S. State Department.

Mr. Ojo is a member of the National Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria and a member of the Board of Directors of International Media Support (IMS), an international media development organization based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He has worked on Freedom of Information, freedom of expression, media freedom, media development, Internet freedom, human rights and democracy issues in Nigeria, regionally and internationally for over 20 years.

Sessions

Promoting Meaningful, Equitable Internet Access

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This interactive session will enable panellists to discuss varied digital inclusion efforts in their unique contexts in order to together derive a more nuanced view of digital divides and inclusion efforts. It will enable participants to draw on empirical lessons from research and practice to recalibrate their focus on promoting access to rather promoting meaningful, equitable access - or digital equality - while also addressing the risks that accompany access to and use of digital technologies.