Protecting Children in a Connected World

As children increasingly learn, connect and explore through digital platforms, helping them stay safe online is more important than ever. While technology offers valuable opportunities for learning, creativity and connection, it can also expose children to risks such as cyberbullying, harmful content, online exploitation and privacy breaches.

Through its Child Online Safety Programme, MTN Nigeria is committed to helping create a safer and more positive digital environment for children and young people. The programme promotes responsible digital behavior, raises awareness of online risks and equips children and the adults who support them with practical knowledge to navigate the digital world safely and confidently.

MTN Nigeria recognizes that protecting children online requires collective action. Through awareness campaigns, educational resources and targeted initiatives, the programme supports children and young people, parents and guardians, educators and other stakeholders in identifying online risks, making informed choices and responding appropriately when concerns arise.

At MTN Nigeria, we believe every child should be able to enjoy the opportunities technology provides while staying safe, informed and empowered, and still having the freedom to simply be a child.

MTV Base, in partnership with MTN, launched Room of Safety, a 10-part short-form series designed to empower young people to lead conversations about digital safety. Through authentic youth voices, the series addresses online risks such as cyberbullying, harmful content, unsafe interactions and digital exploitation, while promoting responsible online behavior and reporting.

The series forms part of MTN’s “Help Children Be Children” Child Online Safety Programme and reinforces the importance of collective action by young people, parents, educators, policymakers and digital platforms in creating a safer, more respectful and empowering digital environment.