Nigeria

The signal we cannot ignore: What the LONDA 2025 report reveals about Africa’s digital rights

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

1 week ago

Africa has 2,000 languages. AI content moderation knows fewer than 20

Written by Guest Contributor

20 April 2026

When technology fails women: Online abuse and Nigeria’s digital weak points

Written by Guest Contributor

10 April 2026

How initiatives to narrow Africa’s digital gap are affecting women’s representation

Written by Mamisoa Raveloaritiana

Translated by Laura

4 April 2026

Stories about Nigeria

How AI is upgrading African dictatorship

The IDS mapping shows cameras clustered where opposition parties organize, not where ordinary crime is highest

Written by Guest Contributor

3 weeks ago

How AI is used to influence global elections

AI tools help campaigns become more effective for the candidates you like — and those you don’t

Written by Tactical Tech

3 April 2026

How censorship is limiting digital development in Nigeria

The Nigerian government is weaponizing cybersecurity laws to intimidate critics and suppress online dissent

Written by Pamela Ephraim

27 November 2025

Do you follow?: How technology can exacerbate ‘information disorder’

‘It is very, very difficult to dislodge [misinformation] from your brain’

Written by Safa, Tactical Tech

10 November 2025

How encryption protects journalists and human rights defenders in West Africa

Encryption is a breath of fresh air for people facing sophisticated surveillance with spyware.

Written by Jean Sovon

26 October 2025

When digital democracy disappears, so does the power of the people

When civil society is pushed offline, what’s lost isn’t just voices, but history, memory, resistance, and possibility

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

23 August 2025

Digital ID systems in Africa: A dream of inclusion or a threat to privacy?

It's important that individuals understand their rights and responsibilities in the digital age

Written by Cecilia Maundu

21 April 2025

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

Challenges about foreign control, environmental impact, data exploitation, and limited digital sovereignty.

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

18 January 2025

2025: The year we decide the internet's future

Can the multi-stakeholder model, which has safeguarded an open, inclusive internet, survive?

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

8 January 2025

The transformative potential of AI and digital tools in securing the integrity of elections in Africa

AI can significantly enhance democratic processes, but only if ethical and inclusive considerations are prioritized

Written by Cecilia Maundu

18 November 2024

Three ways to tackle digital rights in Africa

An interview with digital rights advocacy specialist Shirley Ewang

Written by Zita Zage

23 May 2024

Media control, a threat to Nigeria's democracy

The media requires unwavering support to fulfill its vital role

Written by Guest Contributor

27 September 2023

Navigating the boundaries of free speech: Nigeria’s Twitter ban

A critical moment in the struggle to safeguard freedom of speech

Written by Franca Umasoye Igwe

28 August 2023

Meta's Oversight Board grapples with Facebook and Instagram's opaque content guidelines

Meta's algorithms remove content raising awareness about human rights abuses

Written by Jerome

9 March 2023

Nigerian student arrested after calling First Lady ‘fat from corruption’ on Twitter

The student faces one count of criminal defamation

Written by Pamela Ephraim

2 December 2022

As we enter an era of Elon Musk's Twitter, is it time for us in civil spaces to find alternatives?

Where do the recent changes in Twitter leave the rest of us?

Written by Boye Adegoke

17 November 2022

In Nigeria, the government weaponises the law against online expression

Laws that protect online expression are being used to violate it

Written by Tomiwa Ilori

17 December 2021

Why did Twitter support Nigeria’s #EndSARS and not Ghana’s #FixTheCountry?

Civil society, not governments or tech companies, should protect online free speech

Written by Kofi Yeboah

28 September 2021

#KeepItOn: How the Twitter ban is affecting young Nigerians

“I had anxiety attack the day the news was announced.”

Written by Victoria Audu

30 August 2021

Access denied: the social and economic costs of Nigeria’s Twitter blackout

Nigeria loses $250,000 for every hour that the Twitter ban persists

Written by Olusegun Akinfenwa

1 July 2021

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