AfDec takes data protection to the regional internet governance forum
Event reports
25 December 2020
In Africa, the need for robust data protection regulations has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic continues to move most human interaction online, efforts to mitigate the risks and effects of the Covid-19 virus have involved the use of digital technologies to manage large data sets of personal information. At this year’s Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF), the African Declaration on…
2021 Uganda Elections: Open Letter to Alphabet Inc
Statements/Press releases
20 December 2020
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition endorsed an open letter to Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google services, in which they urged the tech giant to contest a request by the Ugandan government to ban over 14, mainly opposition and citizen journalists’, YouTube channels.
The request…
Privacy and Data Protection in Africa Conference
Event reports
14 December 2020
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (AfDec Coalition) in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights (CHR), University of Pretoria: Expression, Information, and Digital Rights Unit hosted a virtual conference on the challenges and prospects of privacy and data protection in Africa. The collaboration between CHR and the AfDec Coalition sought to establish and strengthen a human…
Building cyberspace back better: Introducing the #RestoreDataRights movement
Event reports
24 November 2020
2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for far too many people. News of death, disease, quarantine, lockdown, financial hardship, heightened anxiety and distress dominate headlines around the world. One of the things that distinguishes the COVID-19 pandemic from crises that have come before it is that our collective grief, loss, anxiety and hardship are expressed in cyberspace more than ever before. We text…
How MIL enables citizens to claim their digital rights
Event reports
03 November 2020
Media and Information Literacy is essential for citizens to claim their human rights, especially in the digital sphere. Zimbabwean digital rights activist Koliwe Majama explores the barriers against MIL in Africa.
Although comparatively lower than in other parts of the globe, the increase in internet access and technologies in Africa has evolved the telecommunication sector, bringing about marked and…
African Civic Tech and COVID-19: Five Emerging Trends
Publications
29 October 2020
Africa has a growing civic tech community that focuses on issues such as accountability and transparency, data journalism, citizen participation, and public services monitoring. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, various technologies have been deployed by citizens, civil…