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Dec 14

In: Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-12-14
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Publications

Walubengo, J., & Mutemi, M. (2018). Treatment of Kenya’s internet intermediaries under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 21, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/26114 Walubengo, J., & Mutemi, M. (2018).Intermediar...

Dec 10

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-12-10
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Minimizing algorithmic bias and discrimination in the digital economy

By Arthur Gwagwa and Dr. Ansgar Koene Discussion points of this paper will cover: Need for open algorithm code in the 4th Industrial Revolution Defining algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) Socio-technical causes of algorithmic bias Technical and Policy Solutions to algorithmic and socie...

Dec 04

In: Blog
By: John Walubengo
Date: 2018-12-04
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Should government censor porn websites?

By JOHN WALUBENGO Last week the ICT Cabinet Secretary, Joe Mucheru, directed the Communication Authority (CA) to explore how pornographic content could be controlled, in an effort to protect children from harmful content. This sparked off heated debates on social media, with different grou...

Nov 30

In: Blog
By: Arthur Gwagwa
Date: 2018-11-30
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Rwanda’s Resilient and Consistent Censorship Regime

By: Arthur Gwagwa Key Findings The Open Observatory on Interference (OONI) technical measurements collected between1st July 2018 to 15th November reveal web connectivity anomalies caused by Domain Name System (DNS)-based censorship. Manual tests on a sample of 5 of the technically tested websi...

Nov 26

In: Blog
By: Emeka Njoku
Date: 2018-11-26
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Digital Counter-Terrorism in Nigeria

Since the establishment of the African Cyber Security Conventions in 2014, only two countries, Mauritius and Senegal have ratified the Convention. This is another major challenge confronting Nigerian efforts as cyber warfare in tackling the activities of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African ...

Nov 12

In: Blog
By: Arthur Gwagwa
Date: 2018-11-12
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Africa Cybersecurity Multi-Stakeholderism- the good, the bad and the ugly

By Arthur Gwagwa Post- Sony Pictures & Pentagon Cyber attacks Landscape In the aftermath of the massive attack on Sony Pictures and the Pentagon’s social media accounts in 2014, discussions on the preparedness to safeguard critical infrastructure have escalated, for example, Microsoft’s ...

Nov 02

In: Blog
By: John Walubengo
Date: 2018-11-02
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Algorithm bias and pitfalls : How big data can benefit the economy without imperiling vulnerable groups

A few weeks ago, stakeholders gave their views on the upcoming Data Protection Bill that will be headed to Parliament for debate. In particular, the principles of fairness, transparency, purpose limitation and data minimisation seem to go against the normal practices that big data companies take for...

Oct 21

Whiter the NITDA Data Protection Guidelines 2017?

By: Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu Towards the end of year 2017, the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA or the Agency) released a draft Data Protection Guidelines 2017 (the Guidelines) and in the first quarter of year 2018 solicited for comments regarding the Guidelines. According to NITDA, the ...

Oct 21

In: Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-10-21
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Data Commoditization in Nigeria: Legal Considerations for Creating a Viable Market for Big Data Transactions

By Chuks Okoriekwe Introduction Dubbed the new oil, consumer data drives global digital economy with new business models developed to leverage data analytics for target marketing. This has resulted in exponential growth for big tech companies, reflected in their market capitalisation or valuations....

Oct 21

In: Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-10-21
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PRIVACY AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA’S HEALTHCARE SECTOR

By Ridwan Oloyede Introduction The increased digitalisation and rise of electronic health records (EHRs) is fast replacing the traditional paper records. In Nigeria, there remains a wide digital divide – health records are still largely recorded and stored in paper form. The adoption of healt...

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