By Stephen G. Fellajuah
Monrovia, November 14, 2025: The Authorities of Liberia, by means of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, in collaboration with the African Union Fee (AUC), has convened a two-day multi-stakeholder session to pave the best way for the event of Liberia’s Nationwide Information Coverage.
The session, which runs from November thirteenth to 14th, 2025, on the Mamba Level Resort in Monrovia, brings collectively representatives from authorities, civil society, academia, the non-public sector, growth companions, and the media.
This pivotal engagement marks a serious milestone in Liberia’s efforts to ascertain a coherent nationwide framework for information governance, safety, and utilization, a cornerstone of the nation’s rising digital transformation agenda. As Liberia deepens its use of know-how to enhance public providers and stimulate innovation, information administration and safety have turn into central to selling transparency, effectivity, and inclusive socio-economic growth.
In response to the organizers, the forthcoming Nationwide Information Coverage will make sure that information is handled as a strategic nationwide useful resource, supporting evidence-based decision-making, enhancing service supply, and fostering belief amongst residents, authorities, and the non-public sector.
This initiative types a part of the broader continental effort to cultivate the African Union Information Coverage Framework (AUDPF), adopted by AU Member States in February 2022. The AUDPF outlines a shared imaginative and prescient and guiding rules to allow safe information flows throughout Africa, safeguard residents’ rights, and promote the accountable use of knowledge for financial development, digital commerce, and innovation.
The Framework seeks to create a shared information area and requirements to control information manufacturing and use. Emphasis is on inclusive transformation, information sovereignty, intra-Africa digital commerce, constructing belief, and enabling individuals and establishments to harness information.
By way of this session, Liberia goals to study from regional greatest practices and professional insights to form a coverage that displays nationwide priorities whereas aligning with continental requirements.
The method emphasizes inclusivity and nationwide possession, guaranteeing that each one stakeholders —authorities, non-public sector, civil society, academia, and worldwide companions —play an lively position in co-creating the foundations of Liberia’s upcoming Nationwide Information Coverage.
The initiative is a part of the continental undertaking, “Empowering Governments to Develop, Undertake and Handle Information Governance Frameworks in Africa.”
Talking on the occasion, German Ambassador Dr. Jakob Haselhuber highlighted the significance of knowledge governance, indicating that whereas challenges exist, this workshop could make a big impression within the growth of Liberia’s information framework.
Additionally addressing individuals, Nona Deprez, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Liberia, described the gathering as each vital and well timed.
“I want to urge you to undertake this multi-stakeholder inclusive method as you begin this coaching to develop your nationwide information coverage, with a participatory method that features not simply authorities companies but additionally the non-public sector and civil society,” Ambassador Deprez stated.
She added that the event of the coverage ought to mirror the wants and priorities of the Liberian inhabitants, reaffirming the European Union and its companions’ dedication to supporting Liberia’s digital development.
Put up and Telecommunications Minister Sekou M. Kromah thanked the European Union, the African Union Fee, and different companions for his or her steady assist in advancing Liberia’s digital transformation. He famous that the session comes at a important second within the nation’s journey towards data-driven governance.
“Information is not only a technical asset however a software for empowerment and development,” Minister Kromah acknowledged. “Allow us to collaborate and maintain it collectively. We are able to construct resilient, inclusive, and prepared information that governs the ecosystem,” he urged, whereas calling for elevated funding in Liberia’s digital infrastructure.
A consultant from the African Union Fee recommended the initiative, noting that it marks a digital turning level for Liberia. He emphasised that information is a strategic useful resource, one which fuels innovation, commerce, and inclusive development throughout Africa. – Edited by Othello B. Garblah.
