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Dec 29

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-12-29
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African Union Convention On Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection: A Case for Stronger Protection for The African Child Online in The Age of Digital Economy

By: Oloyede Ridwan Abstract The continent is witnessing a burgeoning growth in its digital economy. The increased internet penetration means more users joining the grid and has seen growth in the adoption and application of digitalisation in governance and business models. The emerging datafied mode...

Dec 28

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-12-28
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TOWARDS INDIGINISATION OF ICT EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION IN AFRICA: THE PERSPECTIVE OF INNOVATIVE FIRMS IN NIGERIA’S ICT CLUSTERS.

By Michael Awoleye (Ph.D) Background Activities in ICT clusters hold promising potentials as agents of industrial regeneration. This is a major element in the quest of building knowledge-driven economy. The influence of innovations on business performance cannot be overemphasised; it has been adjudg...

Dec 27

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-12-27
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Getting Tech Start Ups Investment Ready: Commercial and Legal Considerations for Founders

By Afolabi Elebiju and Chuks Okoriekwe Introduction In line with global trends, Nigeria’s Information Technology (IT) sector has been witnessing increasing investment, growth, and innovation from both global and local stakeholders. Home grown tech start-ups are positioning themselves as increasing...

Dec 26

In: Blog
By: John Walubengo
Date: 2018-12-26
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Year in review: How Kenyan ICT sector faired in 2018?

By JOHN WALUBENGO As the Christmas Season kicks in and the year comes to an end, it is customary to do stock taking of what worked and what failed during the year. It was quite a busy year from policy, legislative and regulatory perspectives with three key ICT related policies and acts being put on ...

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

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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 ...

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