Oluchi Uchegbu
Ministry of Justice
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Oluchi Uchegbu is a State Attorney with the Ministry of Justice and a leading advocate for digital rights and inclusion in Africa. She is the Founder of Her360Africa, a Nigeria-based social enterprise committed to promoting digital literacy, access, and meaningful participation for women and girls across the continent.
With extensive experience in the public sector, Oluchi works at the intersection of law, technology, and public policy, advancing the use of technology for social good, inclusive governance, and the protection of fundamental rights in the digital age. Her work focuses on ensuring that digital transformation processes are people-centred, equitable, and responsive to the needs of marginalized communities.
Oluchi is an Ashoka Changemaker Fellow, a Fellow of the Nigerian School of Internet Governance, and an Alumna of the Enterprise Development Centre, where she strengthened her leadership and social enterprise development skills. Through her professional and advocacy work, she continues to contribute to critical conversations on digital inclusion, public sector innovation, and rights-based digital development in Africa.
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Beyond Access: Advancing Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa’s Growing Digital Economy
As Africa’s digital economy expands rapidly, millions of people remain excluded from meaningful participation due to structural inequalities, weak policy implementation, and limited awareness of digital rights. While access to the internet is improving, access alone does not guarantee inclusion, safety, or the protection of fundamental rights online.
This session will explore digital rights and inclusion beyond connectivity, focusing on how governments, civil society, the private sector, and communities can work together to ensure that digital transformation is people-centred, rights-respecting, and inclusive. It will examine key issues such as data protection and privacy, freedom of expression, digital literacy, gender and disability inclusion, and the impact of emerging technologies on marginalized populations.
Using African case studies, policy examples, and lived experiences, the session will highlight practical strategies for embedding digital rights into national digital agendas and for closing persistent inclusion gaps. Participants will be encouraged to critically assess existing frameworks and to identify concrete actions that can be taken at local, national, and regional levels.
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