Promoting Cultural and Artistic Expression in Africa
By Ashnah Kalemera As humans, individual artists enjoy rights enshrined in national laws and international instruments on freedom of expression, assembly and association. However, there are variations...
View ArticleWomen And Internet Freedom In East Africa
On March 8, International Women’s Day was marked across the world under the theme “Make It Happen.” The OpenNet Africa initiative, which monitors and promotes internet freedom in Africa, participated...
View ArticleTanzania Cybercrime Bill Should Safeguard Citizens’ Rights on the Internet
By Juliet Nanfuka | Tanzania has published a Cybercrime Bill that makes “provisions for criminalizing offences related to computer systems and Information Communication Technologies” and provides for...
View ArticleOpenNet Africa Project Introduction Meetup
Since 2013, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has been coordinating the OpenNet Africa projectwhich is aimed at monitoring and promoting internet...
View ArticleCIPESA Conducts Digital Safety Training for Journalists and Activists in...
By Ashnah Kalemera | This month, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has given training to human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and media...
View ArticleDocumenting the Impact of Aid Cuts on the Peace Recovery and Development Plan...
By Lillian Nalwoga Between March and July 2014, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) in partnership with the Northern Uganda Media Centre (NUMEC) launched...
View ArticleBuilding Africa’s Capacity on Internet Governance
By Juliet N. Nanfuka The growth of the internet has seen numerous efforts to ensure its equitable and sustainable use. A key outcome is the concept of Internet Governance (IG) based on the principle...
View ArticleCall for Partnerships: Technology/Innovation Institutions
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is seeking partnerships with local tech communities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia to...
View ArticleCitizens’ Use of ICTs in Social Accountability in Uganda’s Kasese District
By Ashnah Kalemera The eSociety Resource Centre Kasese is a community centre hosted by the Kasese district local government in Western Uganda. It acts as a one stop point for local government officials...
View ArticleIn Search of Local Knowledge on ICTS in Africa
By reviewing and comparing literature on the role of ICTs in statebuilding and peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on neighboring Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia, this paper examines whether...
View ArticleReflections on Uganda’s Draft Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2014
Towards the end of 2014, Uganda’s government through the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U), Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (MoICT) and the Ministry of Justice and...
View ArticlePromoting Cultural and Artistic Expression in Africa
By Ashnah Kalemera As humans, individual artists enjoy rights enshrined in national laws and international instruments on freedom of expression, assembly and association. However, there are variations...
View ArticleWomen And Internet Freedom In East Africa
On March 8, International Women’s Day was marked across the world under the theme “Make It Happen.” The OpenNet Africa initiative, which monitors and promotes internet freedom in Africa, participated...
View ArticleAccess to Information in Tanzania: Laws, Policies and Practice
By Lillian Nalwoga | Despite the absence of a Right to Information law in Tanzania, advancements in the adoption of Information and Communication technology (ICT) in the country are enabling wider...
View ArticleTanzania Cybercrime Bill Should Safeguard Citizens’ Rights on the Internet
By Juliet Nanfuka | Tanzania has published a Cybercrime Bill that makes “provisions for criminalizing offences related to computer systems and Information Communication Technologies” and provides for...
View ArticleOpenNet Africa Project Introduction Meetup
(Updated) Since 2013, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has been coordinating the OpenNet Africa projectwhich is aimed at monitoring and promoting...
View ArticleCIPESA Conducts Digital Safety Training for Journalists and Activists in...
By Ashnah Kalemera | This month, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has given training to human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and media...
View ArticleDocumenting the Impact of Aid Cuts on the Peace Recovery and Development Plan...
By Lillian Nalwoga Between March and July 2014, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) in partnership with the Northern Uganda Media Centre (NUMEC) launched...
View ArticleBuilding Africa’s Capacity on Internet Governance
By Juliet N. Nanfuka The growth of the internet has seen numerous efforts to ensure its equitable and sustainable use. A key outcome is the concept of Internet Governance (IG) based on the principle...
View ArticleCall for Partnerships: Technology/Innovation Institutions
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is seeking partnerships with local tech communities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia to...
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