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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

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

A critical moment in the struggle to safeguard freedom of speech

Written by francaigwe

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

Nigerian government suspends Twitter after controversy over president's deleted tweet threatening violence

‘Violence always starts with dehumanization’

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

4 June 2021

Nigerian politician arrested for condemning the kidnap of schoolchildren

Salihu Tanko Yakasai tweeted, 'deal with terrorists decisively or resign'

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

27 February 2021

Nigerian protesters arrested for resisting reopening of the Lagos Lekki toll gate

The toll gate was central to last years' #EndSARS protests

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

17 February 2021

COVID-19, digital rights and Nigeria's emerging surveillance state

The real impact of COVID-19 goes beyond the death toll

Written by Boye Adegoke

19 January 2021

Seven African governments employ surveillance spyware, says new study

The snooping technique tracks phones and intercepts calls and texts

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

10 December 2020

Shutdowns, throttling and stifling dissent online: Africa’s new normal, Part II

The rising authoritarian crackdown on online freedoms in the continent

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Khattab Hamad

9 November 2020

Shutdowns, throttling and stifling dissent online: Africa’s new normal, Part I

Internet blackouts are increasingly common across the continent.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Khattab Hamad

9 November 2020

How Facebook derailed Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement

Facebook and Instagram falsely labeled content as ‘fake news’

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

28 October 2020

Digital rights in Africa is still far from the internet freedom we desire

What’s the future of digital rights in Africa?

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

2 October 2020

African Union turns to biosurveillance tech to curb COVID-19

As borders reopen, PanaBIOS can track COVID-19 across Africa

Written by Kofi Yeboah

16 September 2020

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

How can all internet users become more discerning online?

Written by Amanda Lichtenstein

16 June 2020

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