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Fostering the Right to Information Among Women’s Rights Organisations in Uganda
By Juliet Nanfuka | Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in...
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#KeepitOn: Joint letter on the internet and the election in Gambia
Joint Letter | President Yahya Jammeh cc: Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) Gambia Permanent Mission to the United Nations African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 30 November...
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PRESS RELEASE: Tanzania Should Immediately Release Digital Rights Activist...
By CIPESA Writer | The police in Tanzania has detained Maxence Melo, a freedom of expression activist and co-founder of the popular online discussion platform, Jamii Forums. Although no charges have...
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UPDATE: Maxence Melo Charged with Obstruction of Investigations and Operating...
By CIPESA Writer | Jamii Forums Founder, Maxence Melo has been charged with three offences before a court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The charges are: 1: Management of a domain not registered in...
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LATEST: Maxence Melo Released on Bail
By CIPESA Writer | After five days in police custody, Jamii Forums founder Maxence Melo has been released today (December 19). Melo, who was detained at a police station in the Tanzanian capital Dar es...
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How Applicable is the Multi-stakeholder Approach to Internet Governance in...
By Ashnah Kalemera | What is the value for Africans in international Internet Governance processes if the approach towards Internet governance on the continent has not fully embraced the...
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Zimbabwe’s Digital Activism Amidst Disproportionate Government Control of the...
By Juliet Nanfuka | In 2016, activism in Zimbabwe took on a new persona through various social media campaigns that also transformed into offline activity. In a move which critics believe is intended...
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Supercharging Human Rights Defenders // East Africa
By Small Media | Building off the success of our 2016 report ‘Supercharging Human Rights Advocates in the Levant’, the Small Media team is excited to announce our latest project in a whole new region....
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Call for Expression of Interest: ICT Law Associate
Job Opening | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA, www.cipesa.org) seeks to recruit an ICT Law Associate to support our work in the Internet Freedom...
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Open Letter To Cameroonian Government On Internet Connectivity In Anglophone...
Open Letter | On January 22, 2017, Civil Society Organizations from around the world sent the following open letter to The President of Cameroon, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, and Minister...
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The Right To information in Uganda: Unclogging The Bottlenecks
By Loyce Kyogabirwe | The right to information (RTI) is essential for the functioning of any democracy and is a prerequisite for transparency, accountability, gender equality and citizens’...
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13 Days Later, Cameroon Maintains Internet Shutdown Despite Global Outcry
By Juliet Nanfuka | An internet shutdown in the primarily Anglophone regions of north-west and south-west Cameroon is now in its 13th day. The shutdown was first initiated across the country on January...
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Lobby Calls For Internet Freedom, Urges Responsible Use Of Social Media
By Lillian Mutavi | A civil society that promotes effective and inclusive ICT policy in Africa has called for internet freedom in Kenya and responsible use of social media. The Collaboration on...
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Internet Freedom Festival 2017: CIPESA to Host Session on Navigating Internet...
By Lillian Nalwoga | The annual Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) has commenced in Valencia, Spain with hundreds of journalists, activists, technologists, policy advocates, digital safety trainers, and...
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Gender Digital Divide Persists in Africa
By Juliet Nanfuka | Last month, the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) released its Affordability Report 2017 which indicated that while the world will this year mark a significant milestone of...
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Apply for the CIPESA-ICT4Democracy Fellowship Programme: Academia
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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Apply for the CIPESA-ICT4Democracy Fellowship Programme: Media
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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“What Must Change?” For More Gender Equality Online
This International Women's Month, we reflect on what presently shapes women's participation in the online arena. We go on to ask "What must change?", for a more inclusive online community.
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Safeguarding Civil Society: Assessing Internet Freedom and the Digital...
By Small Media | Over the past decade, East Africa has seen a tremendous boom in connectivity and online participation that is beginning to transform the way that citizens across the region...
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The Evolution of Internet Shutdowns in DR Congo
By Arsene Tungali | In the past seven years, citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have experienced a series of intentional interruptions to online communications, affecting the exercise...
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