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Jaimee Kokonya

Africa Campaigner

Before joining Access Now, Jaimee worked as a Regional Programme Assistant at Hivos East Africa. She provided project implementation, grants management, fundraising, communications and project administration support to the organization’s Strategic Partnerships programmes, working in the thematic areas of women empowerment, food security and nutrition, governance and renewable energy. Jaimee is also a community organizer collaborating with African grassroots feminist, abolitionist organizers to facilitate political education and build the transformative justice capacity of feminist communities in Africa. She holds an LL.B with a focus on human rights law from University of Nairobi and is currently undertaking training for her admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya at the Kenya School of Law.

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Stop political scapegoating: Ghanaian MPs must reject dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ bill

13 Apr 2026

Access Now and Rightify Ghana have urged the government of Ghana to put human rights first and reject the repressive Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025.

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Stop political scapegoating: Ghanaian MPs must reject dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ bill
13 Apr 2026
Stop political scapegoating: Ghanaian MPs must reject dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ bill
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MTN Group must answer for dangerous bounty SMS campaign in the Republic of Congo

15 Dec 2025

Access Now,together with several human rights organizations, are calling on MTN Group to protect mobile service subscribers and ensure transparency and accountability for data breaches perpetuated by their subsidiaries in the Republic of Congo.

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MTN Group must answer for dangerous bounty SMS campaign in the Republic of Congo
15 Dec 2025
MTN Group must answer for dangerous bounty SMS campaign in the Republic of Congo
CBE Ethiopia

MTN Group must commission an independent investigation into potential human rights violations

15 Dec 2025

Access Now and several human rights groups are deeply alarmed by the allegations of MTN Congo’s enabling of human rights abuses.

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MTN Group must commission an independent investigation into potential human rights violations
15 Dec 2025
MTN Group must commission an independent investigation into potential human rights violations
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Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya

9 Jul 2025

Access Now, alongside several human rights organisations, is calling on the Vodacom Group, as a major shareholder in Safaricom, to launch an urgent, independent, and publicly accessible assessment into the company’s role in potential human rights violations in relation to the ongoing protests in Kenya. 

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Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
9 Jul 2025
Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
CBE Ethiopia

Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses

9 Jul 2025

Vodacom must investigate Safaricom’s role in human rights abuses in Kenya, including data sharing with police and risks to user privacy and safety.

Press Release
Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses
9 Jul 2025
Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses
how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online

15 May 2025

As we mark the IDAHOBIT 2025, we highlight research on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and show how they can lead to digital entrapment and human rights violations.

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How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
15 May 2025
How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online

#KeepItOn: les autorités doivent rétablir l’accès à Goma et dans toute la RDC

5 Feb 2025

The #KeepItOn coalition urgently demand that authorities in the DRC stop imposing internet shutdowns amid the ongoing conflict.

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#KeepItOn: les autorités doivent rétablir l’accès à Goma et dans toute la RDC
5 Feb 2025
#KeepItOn: les autorités doivent rétablir l’accès à Goma et dans toute la RDC

#KeepItOn: authorities must restore access in Goma and across the DRC

3 Feb 2025

The #KeepItOn coalition urgently demand that authorities in the DRC stop imposing internet shutdowns amid the ongoing conflict.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: authorities must restore access in Goma and across the DRC
3 Feb 2025
#KeepItOn: authorities must restore access in Goma and across the DRC
how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

4 Dec 2024

Colonial-era laws and a global anti-rights movement are fueling LGBTQ+ repression across Africa. Access Now documented 214 threats on platforms like TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp, underscoring widespread risks.

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Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
4 Dec 2024
Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

#KeepItOn Mauritius: global coalition urges first-time offender to end crackdown on social media

1 Nov 2024
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#KeepItOn Mauritius: global coalition urges first-time offender to end crackdown on social media
1 Nov 2024
#KeepItOn Mauritius: global coalition urges first-time offender to end crackdown on social media
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