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MWC Kigali 2025: Task force formed to tackle child safety onlineMWC Kigali 2025: Task force formed to tackle child safety online
GSMA Africa's Director of Public Policy, Caroline Mbugua, spoke to Connecting Africa about a new task force launched at MWC Kigali 2025 in Rwanda this week which is aimed at keeping African children safe online.
_(1).jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "GVA CEO Jean-François Dubois (left) with Ghana's Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Samuel George")
_(1).jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Congo's regulator meeting with mobile operators.")
.jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Young woman coding AI on desktop")
.jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Medium shot of two smiley friends with smartphones")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Liquid Intelligent Technologies Zambian team")
_(1).jpg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Picture of Matshepo Sehloho")
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Republic of Congo flag")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Representatives from both Zimbabwe and Russia during the MoU signing")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga speaking at a World Bank Group Town Hall")
.jpg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Picture of Eden Harris")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Morocco's Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, and PwC Senior Regional Partner Réda Loumany cut a ribbon at the opening of the DRC")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "TINNO Vice President of Global Business Andy Meng and Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Namibia's MICT Minister Emma Theofelus with representatives from Angola and Telecom Namibia.")
_(1)_(1)_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Canal+ and MultiChoice Group logos")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Kenyan flag")
_(1)_(1)_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Starlink antenna on a mountain")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Representatives from Kenya and Romania during the MoU signing.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Cybersecurity collage concept design")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Close up of African woman with long red and white braids smiling at her smartphone")
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Huawei's director general for Portuguese-speaking countries, António Hou and Angola's President João Lourenço.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Flenk Mnisi, Sentech acting CEO; and Anton Jooste, Seacom's MD for digital services for South Africa")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Botswana's national flag.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "New Microsoft South Africa CEO Vukani Mngxati")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "MTN South Africa and Ericsson South Africa representatives outside the MTN building")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ooredoo Group Chief Business Services Officer Najib Khan and Innovatix Systems CEO Ahmed Al Mannai at the partnership ceremony")
.jpeg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Mastercard and Smile ID representatives")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Map of planned route for the Seacom 2.0 cable system.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Startup company back-end developer working on AI coding on desktop computer")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Cubbes CEO Peter Adeyemi.")
_(1)_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Canal+ and MultiChoice Group logos on a white background.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Representatives from Burkina Faso and the Presight at the MoU signing.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "African woman looks at her smartphone, sitting on a bench between two male friends")
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "A telecommunications tower")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "The foyer of Google's office in Lagos, Nigeria – colourful mural on the wall, yellow chairs and a wooden reception desk")
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