Henry Muguzi – founder of Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring (ACFIM)
Henry is the founding National Coordinator of Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) – a consortium of CSOs that banded together to foster transparency and accountability in financing of...
View ArticleRichard Ngamita – Senior Technical Lead at Medic
Richard is a member of the core Outbox Hub data team and also a Senior Technical Lead at Medic. Prior to that, he worked for Google in Dublin, Ireland as a data engineer on the spam team, as well as at...
View ArticleLindsay Beck – Senior Programme Manager, Open Technology Fund (OTF)
Lindsay has been the Senior Programme Manager, Open Technology Fund (OTF) since 2014. She previously worked for the National Democratic Institute (NDI), focusing on how NDI and its partners can...
View ArticleAhmed Hamed – Multimedia journalist
Ahmed has worked as a multimedia journalist since 2012 with a focus on reports about Egyptian social and current affairs for online media. He has won international awards in the field of photography...
View ArticleAshnah Kalemera – Programmes Officer at CIPESA
Ashnah is the Programmes Officer at CIPESA. She holds an MSc in Informatics with a major in Electronic Government (Örebro University, Sweden) and a BSc in Computer and Management Sciences (University...
View ArticleWairagala Wakabi – Executive Director at CIPESA
Wakabi has led and coordinated ICT policy research across various countries in east and southern Africa. As Executive Director at CIPESA, he continues leading policy research and driving efforts for...
View ArticleJuliet Nanfuka – Journalist
Juliet has a background in journalism and has worked in the fields of communications strategy, publicity, branding and market research across East and Southern Africa. A lot of her work has involved...
View ArticleJames Wire – Chairman of the Free Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA)
James is an African Entrepreneur and ICT professional with vast experience garnered over the last 18 years. He is a blogger at wirejames.com as well as a small business consultant and mentor for...
View ArticleRay Mwareya – Journalist
Ray is an Africa Correspondent for the Global South Development Magazine. He was also the first journalist in the world to win the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) Global Migration Fair...
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#FIFAfrica16: Final Agenda and Panelist Bios
#FIFAfrica16 | See what we have lined up for the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2016. There will be a series of sessions and the launch of the State of Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 report....
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Should Internet-based Firms Explain Terms and Conditions to Users?
By Kofi Yeboah| There are many users of internet based platforms, like Facebook and Google, who are unaware of the existence of the terms and conditions that are available on the platform websites for...
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Africa At Internet Freedom And Citizen Rights Cross Roads
By Thomas Sithole (@thomysithole)| The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 (FIFAfrica16) was my first time to attend and participate in a continental event on internet freedom. I have previously...
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Africa’s Internet of Things: Challenges and Opportunities
By Dorothy Mudavanhu| The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 served as an opportunity to gather insights from different stakeholders in the information society ecosystem towards promoting a free...
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Forum on Internet Freedoms in Africa 2016. My testimony
By Blaise Ndola| Through presentations and interventions at the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 (FIFAfrica16),I learned about different ways Africans countries are stifling citizens digital...
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Africans Want Cross-Border Data Access Reform, But They Might Get Left Out
By Mailyn Fidler| Mailyn Fidler is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. You can follow her @mailynfidler. At the first session of the 2016 Forum on...
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The Internet Shutdown In Ethiopia Costs The Country Approximately $500,000 A...
By Tefo Mohapi| In October 2016, Ethiopia declared a state of emergency which saw it impose certain measures that included telecommunications, media and Internet shutdowns along with travel...
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Project Evaluation – Open Data and Right to Information
During 2014 and 2015, CIPESA implemented a project aimed at empowering citizens in East Africa to use Right to Information (RTI) laws to lodge requests and document their experiences through the use of...
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Uganda District Officials Trained on Access to Information Tool
By Moses Odokonyero | Local government officials from the northern Uganda districts of Gulu, Amuru and Nwoya were recently trained in the use of the online freedom of information portal Ask Your...
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Amplifying Community Rights Through Social Media in Kenya
By Ashnah Kalemera | Human rights violations incidents are on the rise in Kenya with extrajudicial killings and police brutality among the cases reported recently. Social media has enabled quick...
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Using SMS to Promote the Right to Health in Tanzania
By Ashnah Kalemera | In pursuit of strategic mechanisms to promote and protect human rights in Tanzania, the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) has this year embraced the use of...
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