Digital Defense BluePrint Initiative

Meet our team

The Digital Defense Blueprint (DDB) is powered by a youth-led, multidisciplinary team of researchers, creatives, advocates, and community organizers working at the intersection of technology and human rights.

Our team combines grassroots experience with continental digital rights engagement, ensuring that research, art, and advocacy remain grounded in lived realities while influencing policy and public dialogue.

Ilana Gasa: Founder

Digital rights researcher and creative advocate advancing youth- and women-centered approaches to freedom of expression, digital safety, and ethical technology governance in Southern Africa. Leading a participatory research, data analysis, and policy translation under the Surveillance and the Self study supported by Policy Lab Africa.

Cecil P. Nyawasha : Program Associate

Social Work professional and Mental Health Recovery Coach advancing youth-centered digital resilience, community advocacy, and social protection initiatives in Zimbabwe. His work bridges grassroots mobilization, digital campaigning, and program implementation, with experience spanning mental health recovery, disinformation resilience, trafficking prevention, and youth economic empowerment, grounded in participatory practice and ethical research.

Pamela V. Moyo : Spoken Word Artist & Creative Storyteller

Creative Storyteller using voice, performance, and spoken word to translate digital realities into human experience. An IT student and emerging data practitioner exploring the intersections of technology, voice, and impact. With a growing focus on data science and artificial intelligence, she pairs technical curiosity with powerful storytelling translating complex ideas into compelling narratives. As part of DDB’s creative team, she uses spoken word to amplify youth and women’s voices, champion responsible technology.

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🔎Our perspective is “localized data”. Africa must digitalize responsibly.

Ilana

Digital freedom comes with digital responsibility. “ human rights are digital rights”

Cecil P Nyawasha

“Every platform has a point of view” Design with justice. Regulate for rights not profit.

Pamela V Moyo

🔎Our perspective is “localized data”. Africa must digitalize responsibly.

Ilana

Digital freedom comes with digital responsibility. “ human rights are digital rights”

Cecil P Nyawasha

“Every platform has a point of view” Design with justice. Regulate for rights not profit.

Pamela V Moyo

🔎Our perspective is “localized data”. Africa must digitalize responsibly.

Ilana

Digital freedom comes with digital responsibility. “ human rights are digital rights”

Cecil P Nyawasha

“Every platform has a point of view” Design with justice. Regulate for rights not profit.

Pamela V Moyo

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Join us in advancing freedom of expression and digital safety. Empower your voice with the Digital Defense BluePrint Initiative's groundbreaking work in Southern Africa.