Safer internet day (SID) is celebrated in the month of February and this year’s global theme is “Together for a better Internet”. This year the day was celebrated on Tuesday, February 7 and as a country, Malawi commemorated the day under the sub-theme “Inspiring Change? Making a difference, managing influence, and navigating change online”. MACRA […]
Students from Chayamba Secondary school and Kamuzu Academy have expressed gratitude for informative awareness sessions organised by #MACRA in partnership with local NGOs on the dangers and risks that go with digital communication services. The sentiments were made as the Safer Internet Day (SID) 2024 outreach campaign in the central region reached Kasungu district targeting
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In the southern region the team visited Michesi and Phalombe Secondary Schools in Phalombe district.The team in the south comprises of Boniface Mandere from Article III and a cyber security specialist Exile Njoka. During the sessions it was noted that children and young adults have access to digital communication services both at school through ICT
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#MACRA’s Safer Internet Day 2024 has not left any part of the country. The north also had a share of the outreach activities which were being conducted in several secondary schools across the region.In the north, the exercise was conducted in partnership with Youth-Watch Society and reached Kaseye Girls Secondary School in Chitipa. The outreach
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#MACRA took the school outreach program to Mulanje and Providence Girls Secondary Schools as part of the Safer Internet Day 2024 commemorations .The discussions during the the outreach led by Article lll’s Boniface Mandele revealed that most students were not aware that cyber bullying is a crime punishable by law.The discussion led by the cyber
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As the national Safer Internet Day 2024 school outreach program continues, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) was on Monday at Ntcheu Secondary School. During the interface with the students from the school, it was revealed that students are among the main target of mobile money fraudsters, with most of them reporting to have fallen victim
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It was a busy week for #MACRA as it reached out to over a thousand students from five schools in the central region as part of the Safer Internet Day 2024 commemoration school outreach program. The Secondary Schools include Njolomole, Ntcheu, Umbwi, Dedza and Bwaila. In the central region we have partnered with the following
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The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) held school outreach programs as part of the Safer Internet (SID) 2024 commemoration. The school outreach program is aimed at equipping school going children with digital literacy skills and good cyber hygiene practices as they navigate the digital spaces. The outreach team visited Kalibu Academy, Chichiri secondary school and
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Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating Safer Internet Day 2024 under the theme “Inspiring Change? Making a difference, navigating influence and navigating change online”. Speaking at the commemoration event which took place in Lilongwe, #MACRA Director General Daud Elvin Suleman, who was the guest of honor, emphasized the importance of ensuring that
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As a country, Malawi celebrates safe internet day and this year it will be commemorated on the 6th of February. This years theme is “Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online.” and its amining at raising awareness of a safer and better internet for all, and especially for children and young
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