Somalia’s Cabinet officially approved its new Cybercrime Bill on August 21, 2025, to strengthen national digital security and fight online crime. The law will help protect computer systems and support investigations into cyber threats. Source:allAfrica.com – Somalia Approves New Cybercrime…
The United Nations General Assembly has officially adopted resolution A, marking a major milestone in the regulation and governance of Artificial Intelligence worldwide. Passed on August 28, 2025, the resolution sets out global principles for the ethical use and development…
By Patricia Ainembabazi As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes digital ecosystems across the globe, one group remains consistently overlooked in discussions around AI design and governance: Children. This gap was keenly highlighted at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in June…
By Raymond Amumpaire & Gelila Geletu On 23-24 April, 2025, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) convened a training workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Regulation Trends in Africa. Hosted in Windhoek, Namibia, the event…
By David Iribagiza Across Africa, digital technologies have rapidly transformed how societies function. Technologies have revolutionised most sectors including economic, education, healthcare, and entertainment. However, these digital gains are increasingly under threat from internet shutdowns to surveillance, censorship and other…
In half a decade towards the year of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, there are still inequalities in the ways different parts of the world are addressing global digital challenges.In a decade where most conversations in digital spaces are around…
Press Release | The Digital Rights Alliance Africa (DRAA) strongly denounces the ongoing restriction of access to X (formerly Twitter) in Tanzania, a move that undermines fundamental freedoms and erodes the democratic foundations of open societies. As the country approaches…
By Edrine Wanyama | At the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) recently held in Lusaka, Zambia, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) hosted a session examining content moderation and tech accountability from…
As individuals increasingly exercise their rights online, threats to digital civic space have been on the rise across Africa. In the past three years, at least fifteen countries have introduced or enacted legislation restricting civic freedoms online. Tactics include digital…
By Edrine Wanyama Digital and physical surveillance by states, private companies that develop technology or supply governments and unscrupulous individuals globally and across Africa is a major threat to the digital civic space and operations of civil society organisations (CSOs),…
