{"id":32835,"date":"2025-12-09T00:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=32835"},"modified":"2025-12-09T00:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:11:53","slug":"algiers-declaration-empowers-africa-in-digital-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=32835","title":{"rendered":"Algiers Declaration Empowers Africa in Digital Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, December 8, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 The &#8216;Algiers Declaration&#8217; on Fair, Safe, and Responsible Digital Platforms in Africa has been hailed as a landmark achievement, granting the continent a stronger negotiating position in the global digital landscape. The declaration was adopted during a meeting of African Ministers of Communication, Information Technology, and Digital Economy, held under the auspices of the African Telecommunications Union on the sidelines of the African Startup Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Sid Ali Zerrouki, Minister of Post and Telecommunications, expressed his pride in the adoption of the declaration. He stated that it represents a <em>strategic step<\/em> forward for Africa, enabling the continent to establish new rules for economic contribution, mechanisms for data protection within its borders, and standards for the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis declaration underscores our commitment to safeguarding African culture, language, and identity,\u201d Minister Zerrouki emphasized. \u201cIt prioritizes the safety of users, particularly women, children, and vulnerable groups, within the digital environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister further noted that the adoption of the declaration in Algiers signifies Africa&#8217;s readiness to proactively address digital challenges. \u201cToday\u2019s achievement reflects a growing continental awareness of the importance of building a digital space that protects African interests and enhances our nations&#8217; ability to control their technological future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Zerrouki concluded by affirming Algeria&#8217;s commitment to collaborating with all partners across the continent to solidify this direction and implement the declaration&#8217;s provisions, ultimately fostering fair, safe, and responsible digital development throughout Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, December 8, 2025 \u2013 The &#8216;Algiers Declaration&#8217; on Fair, Safe, and Responsible Digital Platforms in Africa has been hailed as a landmark achievement, granting the continent a stronger negotiating position in the global digital landscape. The declaration was adopted during a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32837,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32835\/revisions\/32837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}