ChildSafe.dev has brokered a partnership with AfroLeadership, the Cameroonian civil society organization led by Charlie Martial Ngounou, to launch the Africa Child Online Protection Program (ACOPP) — beginning with Cameroon and structured for pan-African expansion. AfroLeadership will serve as the programmatic implementation partner for the Digital Child Safe Ecosystem™ deployment in Cameroon, with a tri-party framework adding MyData Global as the data governance and digital rights anchor of the program.

ACOPP integrates the full ChildSafe.dev technology stack — RoseShield™ on-device child safety AI, ChildSafe.dev’s compliance and platform safeguarding infrastructure, and ShieldConnect supervised communication — alongside structured digital literacy curriculum for Cameroonian schools, youth-serving institutions, and parents. AfroLeadership brings established programmatic infrastructure, government and donor relationships across the Central African region, and a long track record of work at the intersection of civil society, technology, and human rights.

Charlie Martial Ngounou’s network across MyData Global, the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and People Powered positions AfroLeadership to anchor ACOPP within established international civil society and digital rights frameworks. The MyData Global addition to the partnership ensures that ACOPP’s data governance posture is aligned with global standards for individual data rights, consent, and children’s privacy from day one.

ACOPP is structured as a phased pan-African deployment — beginning with Cameroon as the proof-of-concept country and scaling regionally as additional national civil society partners join the programme. The initiative complements CSD’s existing African deployments through Online Safety Lab in South Africa, Eveminet in Kenya, and Online Safety Foundation Uganda — and contributes to the broader DCSE™ vision of a coordinated continental child digital safety architecture.