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Building Digital Literacy and Security Capacity of Women Refugees in Uganda
By Ashnah Kalemera | Statistics on the prevalence of cyber harassment of women in Africa remain scanty. Where some reports of cyber harassment of women in the region are available, the extent to which...
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Hanging in the Balance: Online and Offline Freedom of the Press in Guinea
By Simone Toussi | Guinea’s media landscape boasts over 70 media outlets including streaming media, radio, television and print media. Yet still, the country does not score highly on international...
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Silent No More! Africa’s Feminist Voices Are Growing Louder
By Juliet Nanfuka | In much of Africa, feminism is often incorrectly considered a new movement. However, the reality is that feminism in the continent has played a role in shaping social and cultural...
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Silent No More! Africa’s Feminist Voices Are Growing Louder
By Juliet Nanfuka | In much of Africa, feminism is often incorrectly considered a new movement. However, the reality is that feminism in the continent has played a role in shaping social and cultural...
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Senegal to Review Data Protection Law
By Thomas Robertson | Twelve years after being among the first African countries to enact data protection legislation, Senegal has published a bill to replace the 2008 Personal Data Protection Law. The...
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Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is currently a senior at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, United States pursuing degrees in Diplomacy and World Affairs and Group Language. He has previously interned...
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En suspens : la liberté de la presse en ligne et hors ligne en Guinée
Par Simone Toussi Le paysage médiatique de la Guinée compte plus de 70 médias, y compris les médias en ligne, la radio, la télévision et la presse écrite. Pourtant, le pays ne se classe pas très bien...
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Joint CSO Letter to United Nations and African Commission Special Rapporteurs...
Letter | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has joined 27 other organisations in submitting a public letter to the United Nations and African Commission...
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Le Sénégal va Réviser la Loi sur la Protection des Données Personnelles
Par Thomas Robertson | Douze années après avoir été l’un des premiers pays africains à promulguer la législation sur la protection des données personnelles, le Sénégal a proposé un projet de loi pour...
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The Africa Digital Rights Fund Awards USD 152,000 to Advance Digital Rights...
By Ashnah Kalemera | The second round of the Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF) has awarded a total of USD 152,000 to 14 initiatives that will work to advance digital rights in 18 African countries....
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L’Afrique Face à de Nouveaux Systèmes de Désinformation et de Surveillance...
Par Daniel Mwesigwa | Une gamme de fournisseurs de logiciels espions, dont la firme italienne Hacking Team, l’anglo-germanique Gamma Group et l’israélienne NSO Group, ont trouvé un marché ouvert auprès...
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Advancing Collaborations in Strategic Litigation for Digital Rights in East...
By Edrine Wanyama | Strategic litigation has gained recognition as a tool for pushing back against restrictions on rights to privacy, access to information and freedom of expression, assembly and...
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Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia and Sudan Revoke YouTube Access Throughout 2010s
By Thomas Robertson | YouTube is an important part of African online space because it offers a platform for both traditional media and independent producers to livestream and broadcast multimedia...
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Togo: #KeepItOn During The Elections
Joint Call | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has joined a call on the Government of Togo to keep digital communications accessible during its...
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New Mali Cybercrime Law Potentially Problematic to Digital Rights
By Simone Toussi | On December 5, 2019, the president of Mali promulgated Law n° 2019-056 on the Suppression of Cybercrime. Although timely and relevant, a number of provisions pose potential threats...
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Malawi’s Democracy and Digital Rights Record to be Spotlighted by the Human...
By Michael Kaiyatsa and Ashnah Kalemera | On February 3, 2020 Malawi scored a democracy victory when the Constitutional Court nullified the May 2019 presidential elections and ordered for fresh polls...
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La nouvelle loi du Mali sur la cybercriminalité potentiellement problématique...
Par Simone Toussi | Le 5 décembre 2019, le président du Mali a promulgué la loi n° 2019-056 portant Répression de la Cybercriminalité. Bien qu’opportune et pertinente, certaines de ses dispositions...
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Silencing Critical Voices: Our Online Civic Space is Shrinking
By Digital Shelter | Somalia had recorded steady growth in telephone penetration – with 7.6 mobile subscribers. However, internet penetration remains low – 2% as at 2017, according to the International...
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In Search Of Safe Space Online: Research Summary
By WomenAtWebUg | Efforts to improve digital rights and digital literacy among more women in Africa should be supported by a thorough understanding of the online and offline social structures that...
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Covid-19 in Africa: When is Surveillance Necessary and Proportionate?
By CIPESA staff | As the world grapples to contain the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to enhance disease surveillance, coordinate...
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