Emerging Online Harms
Participants explored grooming, cyberbullying, sextortion, online child sexual exploitation and abuse, and exposure to harmful content.
Completed1st edition · Addis Ababa 2024
1st Africa Child Online Protection Summit
19 – 20 November 2024Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Held in Addis Ababa
19 – 20 November 2024Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The inaugural gathering in Addis Ababa that established ACOSA as a pan-African platform for child online safety.
A New Continental Alliance
The primary outcome was the establishment of ACOSA as a platform for knowledge sharing, capacity strengthening, advocacy and collaboration.
Learn MoreAddis Ababa from Mount Entoto · Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Summit overview
What Took Place
Convened by Watoto Watch Network, the summit brought together child protection organisations, civil society, policymakers, technology stakeholders, researchers and other partners.
Key discussions
What Participants Discussed
Africa-specific Realities
Discussions covered connectivity, digital literacy, identification, reporting systems and institutional response capacity.
Collaboration and Evidence
The summit stressed cross-sector collaboration and African evidence for African policy and solutions, with children's rights at the centre.
Outcomes and significance
A New Continental Alliance
The primary outcome was the establishment of ACOSA as a platform for knowledge sharing, capacity strengthening, advocacy and collaboration.
Partners
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Moments from the Summit
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