About Zaina Foundation.
Zaina Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2017 and registered under the NGO Act of 2002. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting digital rights and digital inclusion in Tanzania, with a strong focus on empowering women in technology and expanding civic space through the use of digital tools and innovation.
To advance this mission, Zaina Foundation delivers training programs for women, journalists, and human rights defenders to strengthen digital resilience, online safety, and leadership in the digital space. The organization also works to localize open-source digital tools and resources by translating them into Kiswahili, ensuring that Swahili-speaking communities can access technology safely, confidently, and inclusively.
Zaina Foundation actively advocates for internet freedom and against internet shutdowns in Tanzania, while also addressing gender-based disinformation and technology-facilitated gender-based violence. The organization promotes inclusive internet governance and conducts research on digital rights, digital inclusion, and climate justice affecting marginalized women and communities. In addition, Zaina Foundation engages in policy advocacy and supports the development of legal and regulatory frameworks that advance digital rights, gender equity, and democratic participation.
- To promote Digital Rights and inclusion in Tanzania
- To advocate on affordability and accessibility of internet and Digital Security Awareness to women in Tanzania.
- To localize digital tools and Contents into Swahili language.
- To empower women to 21st Century Skills.
We envision a digital future where women and communities can safely access information, express themselves freely, protect their privacy, and shape technology in ways that strengthen democracy, inclusion, and social justice.
- Digital Safety Training for women journalists in Tanzania
- Monitoring Internet Shutdowns in Tanzania (Measure, Document and Advocate)
- Policy Reform
- Digital Literacy Training for young women and marginalized rural women in Tanzania.
- Localization and Translation of open-source tools to Swahili language.
- Digital Rights Coalition (Advocate and annual research on the state of digital rights in Tanzania) 20 members from local NGOs.
- UX project (Tool’s testing and feedback collection then share with developers for improvement and make tools friendlier with users.
Board Members
Journalist - Kenya
Uganda - Member
Secretary - Tanzania
Chairperson - Tanzania
Staff
Consultants
