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Aid And Development Summit 2018, Set To Take Place in Nairobi
Announcement | The Collaboration on Internetaional ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is proud to be a media partner of the upcoming 3rd annual Aid & Development Africa Summit set to...
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Study Reveals that a Culture of Secrecy Among Public Officials Hinders Media...
By MISA Tanzania Correspondent | A prevailing culture of secrecy among public officials in Tanzania at both central and local government levels is hindering the work of journalists, according to...
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Digital Security And Privacy Practices In Context For Human Rights Defenders
Workshop | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for Eastern and Southern Africa (CIPESA) in partnership with Outbox, a Kampala based tech hub are hosting a workshop aimed at building digital...
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Analysis of Tanzania’s Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content)...
Policy Brief | The proposed Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations, 2017 join the catalogue of legislation related to online content in Tanzania that threaten citizens’...
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Harnessing the Data Revolution for National Development: The Case of Uganda
By Loyce Kyogabirwe| The United Nations (UN) has recognised data as a key factor for achieving and monitoring sustainable development. Indeed, the push for open data that contributes to government...
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Solving Uganda’s Challenges through Data & Service Design
By Neema Iyer| Last week, we asked “What is Service Design?” and answered our question with “Service design is the process of taking a service and better tailoring it to the needs and wants of the end...
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Online Chat On Internet Shutdowns
Online Chat | On Friday December 15, 2017, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) will spend some time sharing insights on internet shutdowns. Between 15h00...
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Reflecting on the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) at the...
IGF Pre-event | Join the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) at the Internet Governance Forum 2017 where we will share on the evolution of the Forum on...
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The Digital Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa: What’s Missing?
By Kesa Pharatlhatlhe | The global digital economy continues to grow, fueled by the increasing migration of social interactions, economic activities, and transactions online. Indeed the Information and...
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Disruptions To Digital Communications Persist In The Democratic Republic Of...
By Edrine Wanyama | Internet access and Short Message Services (SMS) were interrupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) on January 20, 2018 ahead of a peaceful protest march organised by...
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CIPESA Submits Comments On The Uganda Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015
Official Submission | Article 27 of Uganda’s constitution provides for citizens’ right to privacy, however, there is no law to protect an individual’s data privacy despite the large amounts of citizen...
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Advancing Internet Policy Research in Africa
By Juliet Nanfuka | The conversation and actions on internet related policy in Africa have grown in recent years as has the appreciation of its impact on internet users. However, research to support...
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Call For Proposals: Mapping and Making Available Evidence-Based Research for...
Call For Proposals | A coalition of prominent internet rights policy and civil society advocates are pleased to issue this open call for proposals for a consultancy on “Mapping and Making Available...
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CIPESA-ICT4Democracy Academia Fellowship Programme
Fellowship Opportunity | About the ICT4Democracy in East Africa network The network works in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to achieve two top-line objectives: 1) Increased citizen participation in...
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CIPESA-ICT4Democracy Media Fellowship Programme
Fellowship Opportunity | About the ICT4Democracy in East Africa network The network works in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to achieve two top-line objectives: 1) Increased citizen participation in...
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Uganda Moves to Register Online Content Providers
By Daniel Mwesigwa | Uganda has become the latest East African country to threaten access to information and free speech online by putting in place measures that require the registration of online...
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Tanzania Enacts Regressive Online Content Regulations
By Ashnah Kalemera | Tanzania has enacted online content regulations that oblige bloggers, owners of discussion forums, as well as radio and television streaming services to register with the...
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Litigating Against Internet Shutdowns in Cameroon
By Juliet Nanfuka | The pushback against internet shutdowns in Cameroon has recently taken a new turn with advocacy organisations filing formal submissions before the Supreme Court of Cameroon. In...
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Uganda’s Social Media Tax Threatens Internet Access, Affordability
By Juliet Nanfuka | Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has directed the finance ministry to introduce taxes on the use of social media platforms. According to him, the tax would curb gossip on networks...
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The Stampede for SIM Card Registration: A Major Question for Africa
By Edrine Wanyama | It is anticipated that by 2025, there will be at least 5.9 billion mobile subscribers accounting for 71% of the world’s population. As of 2017, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) had a...
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