Paahibu Space, Accra (2026)

19/05/2026

The headlines this week say it all.
A businessman drugging and secretly filming women on Telegram. Children as young as six are exploited online. Foreign nationals leaving Ghana only to discover their intimate images circulating without their consent.
This is Ghana's digital reality in May 2026, and it is exactly why the Digital Walansi Programme exists.
If you are a young woman in the Upper West Region who is ready to be a voice with a message in your school, in your community, in digital spaces, as a Digital Walansi Fellow, your time is now.

🚨 Applications close TOMORROW — 20th May 2026 at 11:00pm GMT.

Don't let the deadline pass you by.
📲 Apply now → bit.ly/DigitalWalansiFellowship

04/05/2026

PAAHIBU SPACE was honoured to participate in the Mastercard Foundation Associates Program Employer Kickoff Session by Jobberman Nigeria & Jobberman Ghana, a convening designed to formally onboard employer partners into the 12-month program while providing clarity on the program structure, operational processes, partner expectations, and opportunities to learn from existing host organizations.

For us as a youth-led organization, this engagement represents a strategic partnership in youth development, leadership, innovation, and building dignified pathways for young people to grow, contribute, and thrive within mission-driven organizations.

Representing PAAHIBU SPACE at the session were our Operations, People & Culture Manager and Digital Solutions & Training Manager, who engaged deeply in conversations around inclusive workplace practices, safeguarding, disability inclusion, talent development, organizational systems, and youth-friendly work environments.

As an organization committed to inclusion, care, safety, and meaningful youth participation, the session provided valuable learning and practical insights that will continue to strengthen our internal systems, people-centered culture, and approach to supporting emerging talent across Africa.

We appreciate the Mastercard Foundation and implementing partners for creating spaces that not only connect young people to opportunities, but also intentionally strengthen the institutions and ecosystems that host and support them.

We look forward to the journey ahead and to contributing meaningfully to a future that moves beyond young people’s inclusion, to trusting, empowering, and equipping them to lead transformation within their communities and beyond.

23/04/2026

𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦e

Today is Girls in ICT Day 2026, a moment to reflect not only on access, but on what meaningful participation and influence in digital spaces actually looks like for girls and women in Ghana.

Across Africa, ICTs are increasingly shaping how girls and women access opportunities, learn, trade, and exercise their agency. Importantly, more girls and young women are coming online, but beyond participation and access, girls deserve the safety, confidence, and the ability to engage online without harm.

Recent insights from our work show a clear tension where 87% of girls want to be active online, yet 79% say they are afraid. This is the gap the Digital Walansi Fellowship is responding to.

As we mark this year’s Girls in ICT Day, we are sharing five reasons to apply for the Digital Walansi Fellowship Programme, an invitation to engage with this work more directly.

𝟏. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞
Technology-facilitated Gender-Based Violence ( TFGBV) is limiting how girls participate in digital and civic spaces.
This Fellowship places you within a structured, community-based response.

𝟐. 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲
Fellows become equipped to:
• Identify and respond to TFGBV
• Counter misinformation and strengthens media and information literacy, AI literacy and digital safety.
• Understand how to handle sensitive disclosures safely and refer girls to appropriate support.

𝟑. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬
As a Digital Walansi Fellow, you will be supported with continuous personal and professional development, lead sessions, engage diverse groups, and support peer learning in real-world settings.

4. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲
Fellows contribute to building safer, more responsive school environments through clubs, workshops, and reporting mechanisms.

𝟓. 𝐁𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 '𝐖𝐞𝐛' 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞
Fellows contribute to a growing ecosystem of young advocates working on digital rights, digital inclusion, safety, and civic engagement.

The Fellowship is designed for young women who are ready to respond to digital harm in their communities, support safer participation for girls in schools
and contribute to building more inclusive digital environments

If this is work you care about, we encourage you to explore the opportunity.

📅 Application Deadline: 20th May, 2026

👉🏽👉🏻👉🏿👉Apply Here: bit.ly/DigitalWalansiFellowship

Through the funding partnership from WACC - Global and the ITU Gender Champion Initiative, we remain dedicated to advancing girls’ safety, voice, and civic leadership in digital public life.

20/04/2026

𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈 - Are 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫
𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐍𝐋𝐅𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?

We are excited to open applications for the Digital Walansi Fellowship Programme 2026.

In the Upper West Region and across Ghana, many girls want to participate in digital spaces, to learn, share, and lead. Yet for too many, these spaces remain unsafe.
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is rising rapidly across Ghana and Africa, and from online harassment and non-consensual sharing of images to coordinated abuse that silences women in civic and public life. This growing threat is pushing girls out of the very spaces where their voices are most needed.

Through the Digital Walansi Project, PAAHIBU SPACE is working to change this by equipping young women with the skills, knowledge, and support systems to navigate digital spaces safely, and use them as platforms for leadership and community change.

We are selecting 30 young women (18–30) to join the first cohort of the Digital Walansi Fellowship, trained community advocates who will:
✅Facilitate digital safety workshops

✅Establish Digital Walansi Clubs

✅Create safer spaces for girls in partner schools across the Upper West Region

If this is you, or you know someone who should apply, we encourage you to share this opportunity.

📅 Application deadline: 20th May, 2026

👉🏿👉🏽👉🏾Apply here: bit.ly/DigitalWalansiFellowship

PAAHIBU SPACE remains committed to advancing girls’ safety, voice, and civic leadership in digital public life, and we are proud to be championing this work through the funding support of WACC - Global and the ITU 160 Gender Champions Initiative.

Follow us to stay updated on our work!

10/04/2026

𝐖𝐞 A𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 (𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐖𝐚)

Paahibu Space is seeking a highly responsible and results-driven Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and community engagement in the Upper West Region.

This role requires strong on-ground presence in Wa, full-time availability, and a commitment to delivering measurable impact through structured programmes and partnerships.

📍 Location: Wa, Upper West Region
🕒 Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
📅 Start: Immediate

We are looking for someone who can lead, execute, and take ownership of programme delivery, partnerships, and participant engagement.

📌 Full role details, requirements, and application process are available here: bit.ly/PaahibuSpaceCareers2026

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

09/03/2026

This International Women's Day, the Paahibu Space team has one message, and we are marking it not with a celebration post, but with a strategic commitment.

In 2026, our work is being guided by five external priorities that we believe represent the most urgent leverage points for advancing digital inclusion, economic participation, and leadership for girls and young women in Ghana and across West Africa. We call it the POWER Framework — Programs for Opportunity, Wellbeing, Engagement and Resilience.

P — Public Digital Literacy and Online Safety
O — Opportunity Through Technology and Entrepreneurship
W — Women-Led Research and Knowledge Production
E — Engagement in Digital Civic and Political Leadership
R — Responsive Ecosystems and Digital Solutions
Five priorities, with a shared direction for the work ahead.

We are sharing this day, in alignment with the day the UN Women marks the IWD 2026 because we believe the most meaningful way to honour this day is to be specific about the work, where we are going, why we are going there, and who we are going there with.

Watch the full video and let us know which priority resonates most with the work your organization is doing. We would love to connect.

02/03/2026

Meet "The Russian Guy" – a predator using AI eyewear and social media to exploit women and girls in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.

This disturbing trend highlights the ongoing and grotesque spread of tech-facilitated gender-based violence. It is also a cautionary tale on AI regulation. Despite calls for his arrest, "The Russian Guy" moves between countries, remains active, posts on social media.

The world needs regulation to stop AI-amplified gendered violence, exclusion, exploitation and misogyny, with harmonized standards across national borders and powerful enforcement.

Join us in taking action to make our digital world safer for all. https://bit.ly/Comment-23Feb25

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02/03/2026

Everything you are able to attempt this week exists because another woman fought for it before you arrived.

The seat at the table. The right to own property. The option to study, to vote, to build a business in your own name. Someone who did not have it demanded it anyway, often at a cost we will never fully know.
Women's History Month is a reminder that you are standing on ground that was cleared for you.

The question it asks of us is simple and serious:
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪?

This week, PAAHIBU SPACE carries that question into everything we do. We hope you carry it too.

Happy Monday. Happy March.🧡

25/02/2026

Violence against women is a human rights violation and a serious threat to societies and economies. It happens every day, in both physical and digital spaces, and it takes many forms, physical harm and verbal attacks to stalking, exploitation and online abuse.

For many women entrepreneurs and girls, safety is not guaranteed when they show up to lead, speak, sell or participate. Some avoid certain spaces. Others scale back their visibility. Many hold back their ideas, their businesses and their leadership because safety comes first.

When women cannot participate safely, we lose the businesses they would build, the jobs they would create and the leadership they would bring to our communities.

Creating safer spaces is essential for inclusive economic growth and civic participation.

Today, we are calling for:
✅ Governments to strengthen legal protections against online and offline gender-based violence.
✅ Technology companies to design safer digital spaces for women and girls.
✅ Development partners to invest in digital safety training led by local organisations, women entrepreneurs and girls.

23/02/2026

As a new week begins, we want to speak directly to you if you are currently building, learning or trying to move your ideas forward in quiet ways that others may not always see. Many women in our community are learning new skills late at night after long days of work and family responsibilities, exploring STEM paths even when they feel like the only one in the room, or deciding to keep showing up for their businesses after a difficult sales week.

We know that much of this growth happens without recognition, and that progress often looks like consistency rather than big public milestones. Every lesson you take time to learn, every risk you decide to take and every moment you choose to continue, even when things feel uncertain, is part of a much larger journey that takes time to unfold.

You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin or even as you continue. What matters most is continuing to show up for the vision you are building and trusting that steady effort will lead to meaningful change over time. As this week starts, we hope you move forward with confidence in your potential and with the reminder that you are part of a community of women who are learning, building and growing alongside you.

If you are still showing up, it means you are already building something that is powerful!

Have a wonderful week ahead!!

18/02/2026

𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚

We want to say this clearly that digital literacy is no longer an optional add-on for women entrepreneurs. It is increasingly becoming part of how businesses stay connected to customers, markets and income.

Across the world, we are seeing how quickly livelihoods can be disrupted by economic shocks, climate events, changing work patterns and growing insecurity both online and offline. These shifts are already shaping how small businesses operate in Ghana.

Many women run businesses from their homes, farms, kiosks, salons and small shops. Their businesses depend on daily sales, repeat customers and local networks. When transport becomes unreliable, markets slow down or cash flow becomes unpredictable, the ability to operate digitally begins to matter in very practical ways.

Digital tools make it possible to continue selling when foot traffic drops.
Digital payments keep income moving when cash is not available.
Online communication helps businesses maintain relationships with customers beyond their immediate location.
These are not advanced technical skills. They are becoming everyday business tools.

Yet important gaps remain. Device access is still uneven. Connectivity and affordability challenges affect many communities. Digital confidence does not automatically come with smartphone ownership, and ownership does not come with literacy.
Many women are navigating an increasingly digital economy without structured support.

Strengthening women’s digital capabilities is therefore not only about individual progress. It is closely tied to economic resilience and inclusive national growth.

Digital skills now sit alongside STEM education, entrepreneurship pathways, AI literacy, online safety and leadership as part of how women adapt to a changing economy. They help women operate from the safety of their homes, access new markets, remain visible to customers and sustain their businesses during uncertain times.

This is one of the realities shaping how Paahibu Space approaches its work. Through our programmes, we continue to focus on practical digital literacy, financial literacy, entrepreneurship support and online safety as part of building long-term resilience.

As Ghana’s economy continues to evolve, ensuring that women and girls can participate confidently and safely in digital spaces is no longer optional. It is essential for the future of work, entrepreneurship and national development.

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