Privacy and Data Protection in Africa Conference
Event reports
14 December 2020
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (AfDec Coalition) in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights (CHR), University of Pretoria: Expression, Information, and Digital Rights Unit hosted a virtual conference on the challenges and prospects of privacy and data protection in Africa. The collaboration between CHR and the AfDec Coalition sought to establish and strengthen a human…
Building cyberspace back better: Introducing the #RestoreDataRights movement
Event reports
24 November 2020
2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for far too many people. News of death, disease, quarantine, lockdown, financial hardship, heightened anxiety and distress dominate headlines around the world. One of the things that distinguishes the COVID-19 pandemic from crises that have come before it is that our collective grief, loss, anxiety and hardship are expressed in cyberspace more than ever before. We text…
How MIL enables citizens to claim their digital rights
Event reports
03 November 2020
Media and Information Literacy is essential for citizens to claim their human rights, especially in the digital sphere. Zimbabwean digital rights activist Koliwe Majama explores the barriers against MIL in Africa.
Although comparatively lower than in other parts of the globe, the increase in internet access and technologies in Africa has evolved the telecommunication sector, bringing about marked and…
African Civic Tech and COVID-19: Five Emerging Trends
Publications
29 October 2020
Africa has a growing civic tech community that focuses on issues such as accountability and transparency, data journalism, citizen participation, and public services monitoring. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, various technologies have been deployed by citizens, civil…
Invitation: Privacy and data protection in Africa: Challenges and prospects
Statements/Press releases
08 October 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to a conference on privacy and data protection in Africa from 12 to 15 October 2020. The conference is organised by the Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit in collaboration with the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (…
AfDec at FIFAfrica20
Event reports
06 October 2020
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (AfDec) Coordinator, Koliwe Majama, was a panelist at the Africa Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) rollout event at the 7th edition of the annual Forum on Internet Freedom Africa (FIFAfrica20). The panel had a discussion on digital rights: their importance as they constitute human rights; the need for collaboration and partnership between state and…