About our SID activities
The month-long #ASID2025 activities will include a series of events, campaigns, and training sessions focusing and expanding across African countries.
Digital literacy and safety workshops for parents and guardians, Community roundtable discussions with local community leaders (addressing AI risks and impacts),Digital literacy campaigns on social media, Africa-wide webinar on Safer Internet Day (February 11, 2025) among other activities suggested in the concept note.
What we are doing to create a better internet...
Africa Safer Internet Day (#ASID2025) aligns with the global SID vision but tailors’ activities to address Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities in the digital space. Under the theme Digital citizenship: Empowering Africa's next generation, #ASID2025 will focus on building the capacity of African digital citizens to interact safely and responsibly online.
ASID is a collaborative initiative coordinated in Africa by Child Online Africa (COA), as the continent's Safer Internet Centre, in partnership with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Office in Africa. Originally a European Union initiative, ASID seeks to amplify Africa’s voice in creating safer, inclusive, and transformative digital ecosystems that align with the goals of SDG4 and the AU Agenda 2063.
The 2025 celebration is an opportunity for African countries to evaluate and innovate their digital education strategies while addressing challenges like cyber safety, misinformation, and digital inequality. This is vital to achieving the aspirations of CESA (Continental Education Strategy for Africa) and the UN Transforming Education Summit’s declarations.
About us
Africa Safer Internet Day (ASID) is a regional initiative promoting safer, responsible, and positive digital technology use. Aligned with the global Safer Internet Day (SID) vision, ASID addresses Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities in the digital space. The 2025 theme, “Digital citizenship: Educating an African fit for the 21st century”, reflects the African Union’s focus on resilient education systems and inclusive, lifelong learning under SDG4 and AU Agenda 2063.
ASID 2025 highlights the importance of empowering youth, parents, and educators to navigate the digital world responsibly. Activities focus on fostering digital citcizenship and equipping Africa’s next generation to engage safely online.
Coordinated by Child Online Africa (COA), a SIC+ member, in collaboration with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), the ITU Regional Office in Africa, and partners, ASID unites stakeholders to create transformative digital ecosystems for Africa’s future.
Goals and Objectives:
- Raise awareness about internet safety, responsible digital behavior, and digital literacy across African countries.
- Educate youth, educators, parents, and policymakers about best practices for online safety and responsible digital engagement.
- Empower African youth as responsible digital citizens who can leverage digital opportunities for personal and social growth.
- Encourage collaboration among stakeholders in the safer internet ecosystem, including governments, educational institutions, private sector, civil society, and families.
- Create sustainable frameworks and partnerships for ongoing digital citizenship education across the continent.
About our SID activities
The month-long #ASID2025 activities will include a series of events, campaigns, and training sessions focusing and expanding across African countries.
Digital literacy and safety workshops for parents and guardians, Community roundtable discussions with local community leaders (addressing AI risks and impacts),Digital literacy campaigns on social media, Africa-wide webinar on Safer Internet Day (February 11, 2025) among other activities suggested in the concept note.
What we are doing to create a better internet...
Africa Safer Internet Day (#ASID2025) aligns with the global SID vision but tailors’ activities to address Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities in the digital space. Under the theme Digital citizenship: Empowering Africa's next generation, #ASID2025 will focus on building the capacity of African digital citizens to interact safely and responsibly online.
ASID is a collaborative initiative coordinated in Africa by Child Online Africa (COA), as the continent's Safer Internet Centre, in partnership with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Office in Africa. Originally a European Union initiative, ASID seeks to amplify Africa’s voice in creating safer, inclusive, and transformative digital ecosystems that align with the goals of SDG4 and the AU Agenda 2063.
The 2025 celebration is an opportunity for African countries to evaluate and innovate their digital education strategies while addressing challenges like cyber safety, misinformation, and digital inequality. This is vital to achieving the aspirations of CESA (Continental Education Strategy for Africa) and the UN Transforming Education Summit’s declarations.
About us
Africa Safer Internet Day (ASID) is a regional initiative promoting safer, responsible, and positive digital technology use. Aligned with the global Safer Internet Day (SID) vision, ASID addresses Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities in the digital space. The 2025 theme, “Digital citizenship: Educating an African fit for the 21st century”, reflects the African Union’s focus on resilient education systems and inclusive, lifelong learning under SDG4 and AU Agenda 2063.
ASID 2025 highlights the importance of empowering youth, parents, and educators to navigate the digital world responsibly. Activities focus on fostering digital citcizenship and equipping Africa’s next generation to engage safely online.
Coordinated by Child Online Africa (COA), a SIC+ member, in collaboration with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), the ITU Regional Office in Africa, and partners, ASID unites stakeholders to create transformative digital ecosystems for Africa’s future.
Goals and Objectives:
- Raise awareness about internet safety, responsible digital behavior, and digital literacy across African countries.
- Educate youth, educators, parents, and policymakers about best practices for online safety and responsible digital engagement.
- Empower African youth as responsible digital citizens who can leverage digital opportunities for personal and social growth.
- Encourage collaboration among stakeholders in the safer internet ecosystem, including governments, educational institutions, private sector, civil society, and families.
- Create sustainable frameworks and partnerships for ongoing digital citizenship education across the continent.
