<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi everyone! <div><br></div><div>I am pleased to share that we published a <b>new community interview with </b><b><span data-stringify-type="bold" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Tawanda Mugari, Co-Founder and Geek in Chief of the </span><span data-stringify-type="bold" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" data-stringify-link="https://digitalsociety.africa/" delay="150" data-sk="tooltip_parent" href="https://digitalsociety.africa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Digital Society of Africa (DSA)</a>.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span></b></div><span class="c-emoji c-emoji__medium c-emoji--inline" data-qa="emoji" delay="300" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-2399" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; object-fit: contain; align-items: center; display: inline-flex; overflow: visible; width: 22px; height: auto; position: relative; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><img src="https://a.slack-edge.com/production-standard-emoji-assets/14.0/apple-medium/2728@2x.png" aria-label="sparkles emoji" alt=":sparkles:" data-stringify-type="emoji" data-stringify-emoji=":sparkles:" style="box-sizing: inherit; object-fit: contain; position: absolute; top: 11px; overflow: hidden; width: 22px; height: 22px; margin-top: -11px;"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">DSA is our amazing </span><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" data-stringify-link="https://ooni.org/partners/digital-society-of-africa/" delay="150" data-sk="tooltip_parent" href="https://ooni.org/partners/digital-society-of-africa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">partner</a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> who works in six Southern African countries: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa. </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">DSA works to strengthen the resilience and abilities of frontline activists, human rights defenders and other at-risk groups in the region to independently recognise and respond to digital threats and attacks. </span><span class="c-emoji c-emoji__medium c-emoji--inline" data-qa="emoji" delay="300" data-sk="tooltip_parent" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; object-fit: contain; align-items: center; display: inline-flex; overflow: visible; width: 22px; height: auto; position: relative; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In the interview, Tawanda shares both organisational and personal experiences of preparing to and responding to internet shutdowns in multiple Southern African countries. </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br></span></div><div><b>Watch the full interview here</b>: <span data-stringify-type="bold" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" data-stringify-link="https://youtu.be/upCtt49WFiQ" delay="150" data-sk="tooltip_parent" href="https://youtu.be/upCtt49WFiQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-2404" style="box-sizing: inherit;">https://youtu.be/upCtt49WFiQ</a></span><br><br>This interview is part of our “OONI Community Interviews” series, through which we highlight the important work of OONI community members, you can find more interviews on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1sH9kYR-16nlPlFT-RDBs8O0OiS2N6fJ">YouTube channel</a>.<br><br>We also published a <b>blog post</b> to share the interview and information about DSA's work:</div><div><a href="https://ooni.org/post/2024-interview-with-tawanda-mugari/">https://ooni.org/post/2024-interview-with-tawanda-mugari/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Warmly, </div><div><br></div><div>Elizaveta </div></body></html>