The aim of this advocacy project is to encourage the Burkinabe authorities to integrate Information and Media Literacy (IML) into training curricula in order to counter disinformation and hate speech on social networks.
Activities
Objectives
Integrating Media and Informarion Literacy (MIL) into training curricula
Effective enforcement of the law on offences committed on social networks
Strengthening collaboration between CSOs active in the digital field and Burkina Faso’s education authorities.
Success
Following the long-running campaign led by ABBurkina from December 2025 to April 2026, the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso publicly committed to incorporating media, information, and social media education into the national school curriculum. The Prime Minister encouraged the association to implement this project in collaboration with the Minister of Education and the Minister of Digital Transition.
About Association des blogueurs du Burkina
Founded in 2011, the Association des Blogueurs du Burkina (ABB) is a national non-profit, apolitical, non-governmental association focused on the promotion of ICTs, citizen and community use of ICTs, and the promotion of science and culture. ABB is a reference in terms of social networking and blogging in Burkina Faso, whose mission is to contribute to the democratisation of digital and to the use of new information and communication technologies by citizens through blogging for better democratic expression. It participates in citizen actions to promote democracy through ICT.
