Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)

Investigations by Privacy International expose cellphone manufacturer TECNO’s weaknesses in protecting users’ privacy and security at risk.

A look at digital taxes enforced in a number of African countries shows that internet services become less accessible to the public and the taxes result in the obstruction of citizens’ digital rights.

The enactment of regressive laws and policies facilitating surveillance and the collection of biometric data is undermining privacy rights across Africa.

After failing to raise the revenue it had anticipated, Uganda removes the Over The Top Tax it had imposed on social media use and introduces a levy on internet data instead.

A review of Malawi’s long awaited Data Protection and Privacy Bill shows there are a number of clauses that hinder freedom of expression and access to information.

A year into his rule, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has taken several corrective measures, but has yet to make meaningful decisions to transform the restrictive media freedom and civic space.

A private telecommunications operator has been licensed in Ethiopia, but the real test is in how it will operate in the country’s heavily controlled media environment.

The perceived need by Mauritius to regulate social media could turn one of the most democratic freedom of expression and data protection countries in Africa into a surveillance state.