Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net, 2017 report shows that 2017 was, as Wire.com puts it, “terrible year for Internet freedom”. The report shows that almost half of the 65 countries assessed in 2017 experienced a decline in Internet freedoms during the assessment period. Less than one-quarter of users reside in countries where there are
READ MOREPhotoCredit : BBC Africa In 2016 after attending my first Re:publica, a techie conference in Berlin, I wrote of a need for Africa to have what I called a “collective thinking space” where like-minded actors on the African continent would converge to share ideas and inspire each other. The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa, 2017 (FIFAfrica17) just
READ MOREWe were sitting on the old cushioned chairs in the dormitory reception where the temperamental TV set mounted overhead to one corner of the room was not giving us any news about the election results. It was just before 8 pm on a Sunday night, and I had just arrived back in Bulawayo from Harare,
READ MOREI saw that tweet and so I asked fellow social good practitioners what they thought – Sartaj explained a few things. In his words: 1/ Pure tech is backed by pure capitalism because it makes old money relevant again & reinforces the old power to new power transformation. 2/ Empathetic tech requires capital for good
READ MOREThe embedding of social media networks into our daily lives led to the rise of the internet meme, bringing humour to the many words that fill the interwebs. But it was really in 2014 when the ‘Confused Black Girl’ image went viral that it was clear that, the age of the internet meme is upon
READ MORE“For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” – Jesus of Nazareth This blogger is about to close up shop. After ten years of exercising his constitutional right to freedom of expression by blogging, he no longer feels safe. Self-censorship, it seems, is now the
READ MOREThe Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) recent announcement that it has set minimum but high costs for mobile phone voice calls and data charges sparked a bit of a social media outcry. It hasn’t quite started a hashtag movement. But the fairness of it all is being questioned by those that would
READ MOREKenyan doctors have been away from public hospitals for about one and a half months now. The strike was occasioned by a 4-year-old Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that the government failed to honor, claiming the economy could not afford it. The doctors holding on to their point that if the government curbed corruption and focused
READ MORESocial media and technology companies have emerged as major culprit of the 2016 American elections for allowing publication and promotion of ‘fake news’. For sometime journalists and media researchers have warned and argued against the increasingly influential role that technology companies are playing in determining journalistic decision within the mainstream media. Emily Bell, a journalist
READ MOREFor the past two months, Zimbabwe has been dominating the regional and international news headlines following a “wave” of protests, mainly in the capital city Harare. Most significant are the events of July 6, which many commentators and some sections of the media are attributing the successes to mobilisation through #hashtags on social media. However,
READ MOREI am looking at how Media houses are reporting about the Buganda Cabinet reshuffle and I am not surprised! So these journalists expected some names not be replaced? Is that the new mindset?
Vidic: Aggression against Liverpool is ✔️manutd.com/en/videos…
Was stuck in traffic because, cancelled trip b'se : Wife followed Husband and his girlfriend from wherever and then parked right on front of them in the middle of the road. Husband had child in car. Wife gets out of car, goes to husband, and throws punches.
I've been saying for a long time that @EzekielMutua and @InfoKfcb instrumentalize the language of protecting kids to censor what adults can watch and do. twitter.com/EstherPa…
In exercise of rights under Article 35 of the Constitution and Access to Information Act, I ask Chief Justice @dkmaraga to disclose the fate of a petition to dissolve Parliament for failure to comply with the 2/3rds gender rule filed by #WeAre52percent. #Julisha @KenyasOmbudsman
.@VictoriaNyeko You should have researched about People’s Government! @kizzabesigye1 actually formed that government in May 2016! My sister you are the one who is late here! twitter.com/nbstv/st…
Dear Kenyans, A Japanese Cabinet Minister has issued a public apology for being 3 minutes late to a parliamentary meeting yesterday. Obviously @UKenyatta and his Cabinet colleagues would have a difficult time understanding why that was even an issue. google.com/amp/s/www…
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