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December 12, 2022
Africa: The Digital Divide - Africa the Least Connected With 60% of the Population Offline
The digital divide - between the world's rich and poor nations --remains staggeringly wide. Read more »
November 28, 2022
Africa: Digital Human Rights Need to Be Enshrined in Law
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA, will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Africa: The Paradox of Invisibility - Submarine Cables and the Geopolitics of Deep Seas
The recent incidents of sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the depths of the Baltic Sea, the authorship of which still raises doubts today, have reminded us that some of… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Rwanda: Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross "Petite… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: How Digital Can Drive a Green Recovery
As much of the world was starting to glimpse recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it now finds itself amid a cost-of-living crisis brought on by disruptions in global energy and… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Uganda: Covid-19 Forced Teachers to Go Digital, Teaching Them Important Lessons
Before the outbreak of COVID-19, an education officer in the district neighbouring Uganda's capital Kampala decreed that teachers could not take computers, mobile phones, or… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Makes First Journalist Arrests Under Cybersecurity Law
Zimbabwe's press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages." Read more »
August 03, 2022
Africa: Technology Helps Traffickers Hunt Their Victims, Enslave Them, Sell Their Organs
Human beings have proved to be capable of producing innumerable practical inventions while much too often making the worst use of them. Take the case, per example, of how criminal… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: Androids in Human Populations
It is time for countries, especially those with slow growing and ageing human populations, to welcome androids, i.e., humanoid robots with human-like appearance and behavior,… Read more »
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