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Privacy & Protection: Do Ugandans Care What Happens to Their Data?

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By Neema Iyer | Let’s be honest. When was the last time you read the “Terms and Conditions” before you signed up for a new service online? We don’t blame you. It’s easy to get lost in the legal jargon. But do you know what happens to your personal data every time you click on “I have agreed […]

Let Us Bring People To The Centre Of The Digital Future

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Joint Call | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is part of a joint calling on G20 countries to place citizens and consumers at the centre of decisions around the digital society. The call states, “For the digital society to be open, safe, and empowering for everyone, policies for […]

Sections of Kenya’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018 Temporarily Suspended

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By Juliet Nanfuka | Barely two weeks after the presidential assent to the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018, a High Court judge has issued a conservatory order suspending the entry into force of 26 sections of Kenya’s contentious Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. The order by Judge Chacha Mwita, suspending the sections until […]

Uncertainty Over How Uganda’s New Social Media Tax Will be Collected

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By Juliet Nanfuka | On May 30, 2018, Uganda’s parliament passed the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill 2018, which will see users of Over-The-Top (OTT) services that include messaging and voice calls via Whatsapp, Facebook, Skype and Viber pay a mandatory fee of UGX 200 (USD 0.05) per day of use. In another move that could […]

Tanzanian Court Acquits Jamii Forums Founders on One of Three Charges

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By Ashnah Kalemera | A Tanzanian court has acquitted the founders of popular online discussion platform Jamii Forums, who were charged over failure to comply with a police order to disclose the identity of two users of their platform. The magistrate’s court at Kisitu in the capital Dar es Salaam found that Maxence Melo and […]

Uganda: New social media tax will push basic connectivity further out of reach for millions

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By Alliance For Affordable Internet | Uganda’s government has passed a new tax that will require citizens to pay UGX 200 (US$0.05) per day in order to use messaging and voice over-the-top services (OTTs), including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and Viber. The tax, slated to take effect on 1 July, will push the cost of basic […]

CIPESA Joins The Global Network Initiativee

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Announcement | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is the newest member of the civil society constituency of the Global Network Initiative. CIPESA works to inform policymakers and other stakeholders across the African continent about the connection between rights-based ICT policies and good governance and improved livelihoods. GNI will […]

Internet Freedom in Africa and the Universal Periodic Review

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By Ashnah Kalemera | Human rights review mechanisms such as the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the Africa Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) provide a unique opportunity to address human rights concerns in African countries. The cooperative nature of the review mechanisms allows different stakeholders to make country submissions for consideration […]

2018 Edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) Set To Take Place In Ghana

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Announcement | The Collaboration for International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica). This year, the Forum will be hosted in partnership with the Media Foundation West Africa (MFWA) and will take place on September 26–28, 2018 in […]

Oral Statement Delivered At The United Nations Human Rights Council

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Joint Statement | Thank you, Mr. President. This statement is delivered on behalf of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Derechos Digitales, and the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET). As organisations committed to maintaining the use of the internet for human rights, social […]

Uganda Blocks Access to Social Media, VPNs and Dating Sites as New Tax Takes Effect

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By Juliet Nanfuka | As of midnight on July 1, 2018, telecom companies in Uganda blocked access to social media platforms for all users and required them to pay a newly introduced Over-The-Top” (OTT) tax before regaining access. The tax resulted from a March 2018 presidential directive for social media to be taxed to raise […]

Apply For UPRoar: Advocating for Internet Freedom with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

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Apply Now | Are you interested in Internet Freedom? Are you worried about the social and economic impact of internet shutdowns? The increase of media censorship? Is your government using outdated media laws to regulate online spaces? Are they inventing new policies to clamp down on internet users? Do you want to do something about […]

MFWA to Co-Host Africa’s Biggest Internet Freedom Event

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Announcement | From September 26 to 28, 2018, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will co-host Africa’s biggest Internet freedom forum in Accra, Ghana.  The annual convening, which is dubbed Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) brings together key stakeholders in the Internet governance and online/digital rights environment from the continent and beyond. The MFWA […]

NetBlocks and CIPESA to launch COST tool at the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa

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Announcement | LONDON — Today, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and digital rights group NetBlocks are announcing plans for the Africa launch of the Cost of Shutdown Tool – COST, at the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 2018, set to take place 26 – 28 September, 2018, in […]

A New Interception Law and Blocked Websites: The Deteriorating State of Internet Freedom in Burundi

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By CIPESA Writer |  The state of internet freedom in Burundi continues to decline as the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza tightens control over independent media and critical online publishers. Of recent, frivolous sanctions have been slapped against media houses, access to some online publishers’ websites restricted, and last May, an obnoxious law was enacted […]

African Human Rights Commission Denounces Stringent Internet Regulation in East Africa

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By Daniel Mwesigwa and Edrine Wanyama | The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has denounced moves by countries in East Africa to slap stringent regulations on internet access and use. The commission’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, Lawrence Mute, and the Country Rapporteur responsible for monitoring […]

Register for the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2018 (FIFAfrica18)

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Register Now | We are excited to open registration for the upcoming Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2018 (FIFAfrica18) set to take place on 26-28 September, 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The Forum is a landmark event that convenes various stakeholders from the internet governance and online rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on […]

Dialogue on Social Media and Mobile Money Taxation in Uganda

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CIPESATalks | The evolution of the digital economy in Uganda over the last 20 years has broken barriers associated to geography and time and thus enabled information flows critical for business processes, innovation, entrepreneurship, civic participation, learning and research, and government service delivery. Following concerns on the growing public debt bill, and a constrained tax […]

Challenges and Prospects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Africa

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Policy Brief | Privacy is a fundamental human right guaranteed by international human rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its article 12 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in its article 17. Further, these provisions have been embedded in different jurisdictions in national constitutions and in acts of […]

The Reforms Ethiopia Needs to Advance Internet Freedom

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Policy Brief | Since April 2018, the new Ethiopian government has been undertaking unprecedented political and economic reforms. This follows countrywide protests that forced the former Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn to resign in February 2018, leading to the appointment of a young and charismatic new premier, Abiye Ahmed two months later. Since then, the government […]
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