How are the Ugandan and Kenyan governments silencing dissenting voices?

At what cost are we bridging Africa’s digital divide?

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Kenya

How technology has entrenched the authoritarian electoral practice of controlling political choice in Kenya's democracy 

Kenya and the fallacy of trading individual privacy for national security

Kenya’s corporate, NGO and public sectors keep violating copyright laws on image rights

As Kenyans prepare for a general election, how will officials combat fake news?

Behind the success of the Kenyan Twitter disinformation campaign to discredit the Pandora Papers

Kenya police turn to Twitter PR as the arrest of a blogger goes against public opinion

Kenya must implement data protection law before 2022 presidential election

Seven African governments employ surveillance spyware, says new study

For journalists in Kenya, ‘2020 is the worst year on record’

Toward a cyberfeminist future: A new study centers African women as protagonists online

A new game plays with ideas about how disinformation works in East Africa

Kenya now has a data protection law. What does this mean for netizens?

Taxed, throttled or thrown in jail: Africa’s new internet paradigm

Across the continent, the legal and economic costs of speaking up are rising.

Censored in 2018: Protest videos, court verdicts, real news — and Peppa Pig

From blocked websites to revoked media licenses to account shutdowns, censorship comes in many forms. Here are a few we saw in 2018.

One Country, Two Leaders and Four Censored TV Channels: Kenya's Political Crisis Takes a Toll on Human Rights

The illusion of an independent Kenyan media that is free from state interference has evaporated.

Kenyan TV Networks Censored for Airing Symbolic ‘Swearing In’ of Opposition Leader Raila Odinga

When Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga was symbolically—if not legally—sworn in as the "people's president" on January 30, three major broadcasting networks were unplugged by the Government of Kenya.

Data and Democracy: What Role Did Cambridge Analytica Play in Kenya's Elections?

The data analysis company that helped Donald Trump's campaign claim victory in the US is working with Kenya's ruling party.