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Home / News / African digital rights networks to collaborate on a regional strategy By Koliwe Majama Published on 27 May 2021 27 May 2021 Four African digital rights-centred networks have committed to increasing collaboration for the consolidation of their work and avoidance of duplication of activities while ensuring the full attainment and protection of digital rights at national, regional and global levels. Representatives from the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition, (AfDec), #KeepItOn Coalition, Access Now, NetRi...

19 May 2021 How are APC members improving their communities’ lives? In this column we’re highlighting stories of impact and change by our members, supported by APC subgranting. Such support has empowered Cameroon-based PROTEGE QV to contribute to the development and promotion of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms, amplifying digital rights advocacy efforts across the continent. Since 1995, PROTEGE QV has been working on innovative ways to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) for rural development, community support and environmental sustainability in ...

Publisher:  APC The country reports collected here offer an in-depth rights-based analysis of the status of privacy and data protection legislation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. This publication was part of a project by the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedom (AfDec) Coalition, “Strengthening a rights-based approach to data protection in Africa”, whose objective was to foster a rights-based approach to the adoption and implementation of this legislation. In assessing country contexts, the authors gave an analysis of a state�...

New toolkit offers insights into advocacy around the growing need for privacy and personal data protection in Africa Home / News / New toolkit offers insights into advocacy around the growing need for privacy and personal data protection in Africa By African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition Published on 3 May 2021 3 May 2021 As online interactions form an ever greater part of our daily lives, a growing amount of our personal data is being collected, stored and mined by different public and private sector players. As a resu...

Niger: Government must investigate post-election crackdown and release protesters Also available in: French Protests followed the recent elections, with widespread reports of police brutality Following on from Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum, being sworn in on 2 April 2021, ARTICLE 19 calls for an independent investigation into the continued detention of hundreds of people, including children, in connection with protests over preliminary election results. It also deplores the brutality police used against protesters, including use of bullets, which resulted in the death of a proteste...