Information they provide. The means to want to express g. W. On facebook and twitter to up to date and in touch follow us. And. Look at. This as news africa coming up on the program for good or bad how do you use the internet in an era where fake news is testing the boundaries of democracies we ask on internet governance experts where do need to order live and what rules are you and i place. Also coming up amy vs Upcoming Elections i missed economic crisis quality for my dentist put a dent in the incumbents chances. And facing the tragedy would come in. Find out how and why this country really and is bringing back some fun and laughter area where violence is fast becoming the norm. I. Know youre welcome to the program now whether you like it or not the internet and social media here to stay but the question is how are you using them do you verify before you share information and how safe is your data to know more about that experts in that its all developmental data on internet regulation currently in berlin for the annual Internet Governance Forum they are here to debate what legal frameworks are necessary to ensure the use of data for public good and discuss strategies for harness and data the conference was opened by the un secretary general we have a collective responsibility to give the election to these technologies so that we maximize benefits and any intended consequences. And so far. We have not yet. There is an absence of Technical Expertise among policymakers even in the most developed. From on this i have in the studio on journalist. Who is out in the conference and set up thanks for joining us that evening so the u. N. Secretary general has as we just heard says theres a lack of expertise to handle the challenges the internets comes with which african countries are doing it well which ones are not i think a lot of countries are approaching the problem from Different Directions and some are doing more political work thats trying to lay the groundwork for regulations and sort of control over hate speech and other things challenges that are arising on the internet and some are focusing more on the technical aspects to do with for example governance of International Property and governance of how information is generated on the internet is managed so far we have only about only 2 countries that have an explicit Data Protection law we have south africa and kenya and thats really focused on Financial Technologies and how we use the internet for business and how to use them to Corporate Governance but i think more and more were seeing african countries sort of catching up with the realization that this is something that they need to get on board with very quickly that is good you already mentioned that but why is it important to look at the author of the specter of war and talk about internet and governance theres 2 challenges i think we need to Pay Attention to one is because of the lack of regulation with a lot of International Corporations going into african markets to sort of experiment on african populations with technologies that would not be acceptable anywhere else in the world and of course there are ethical questions that come from that but on the other side we also have the internet as a possibility as a frontier that african countries can explore for Economic Development for building inclusive societies and its very important to get ahead of some of these challenges before theyve become completely out of control and were not able to rein in any of the problems that arise now in your book you speak about a digital doublecross yet its influence on politics what exactly do you mean by those well my love my books of the. Collision between technology and politics and it looks at how the society the history and the politics of kenya sort of intersects with how the technology has rolled out in the country as you know kenya is not the biggest anything in africa its not the biggest by population its not the biggest item on the sides lot of biggest by any metric and yet here we have this country that is the world leader in mobile money transactions that is the world for example in uptake of internet based many internet based technologies how does that happen i look at the intersection of that because my argument is basically if you want to understand how the internet will affect a society you have to begin by understanding that society and thats the best way you can move forward so the internet is like a tool is like having a nice you can use it for good or for bad. News is all over the place how can leave that scene internet cycle because i think Everybody Needs to be more deliberate and intentional about developing the tools to discern between truth and propaganda the bottom line is propaganda has been with us since time immemorial this is a new medium this is a new platform that requires new skills and new techniques and i think weve left it a little bit late but theres still time to catch up we just have to develop internet specific approaches internet specific discernments or for example im using reverse image search thats something thats very specific to the internet good that can help you that can stop you from sharing an image thats being shared out of context with alarmism and other things so its disseminating that information and hopefully having the same kind of generational shift that we had for example on the radio was introduced when television was introduced those media specific tools that help us navigate the mess that can arise. Or journalist and call you on it spreads out into the confidence that here. Medians are preparing to vote in the general election on wednesday their ruling that you suspect that to retain its 2 thirds majority in the National Assembly they are president ial candidates the current incumbents jango is also likely to secure a 2nd 5 year term bought poll suggests gun go up could receive far fewer votes than in 2 into 14 groups worsening economic crisis. The final election rally of namibian president hard again goal. His supporters are putting their best foot forward to whip up enthusiasm for the president s campaign. The stadium is less than full but gang gobs victory and that of his ruling swapper party are all but assured. They have been in power in the country since independence 3 decades ago a gang of uses this past to appeal to the voters. Who are. Or who. You were what would have gone on. The Opposition Center right p. D. N. Party are also doing their best to create an atmosphere. Their candidate mchenry banani was the runner up in the 2014 poll but he secured less than 5 percent of the vote then one poll suggests his partys support base remains narrow. Ironically the greatest threat to the ruling swapo party. Could be this man. A former dentist hes a member of swapo but hes running as an independent some analysts say this is a sign of a power struggle in swapo. The fear there is that he will put a dent in the president s support and here is another newcomer essam when junk way was elected leader of the National UnityDemocratic Organization in march and has become the 1st woman to run for president in the history of the country. Like candidate a tuna shes tapping into unhappiness with the state of the economy this is been in a slump since 2016 and its getting worse by the day with a situation exacerbated by a drought and falling Commodity Prices youth unemployment stands at nearly 50 percent she says this is having a transformative effect on a new generation. There is a change in the Political Climate in the media the youth has been very apathetic there was a buffy amongst the yours they never. Minded about going to the polls and so on but now you see it every that or meetings that political but this if you see more and more young people coming on board when jungle is also running on a platform of investing in education and housing her goal being as she puts it to restore dignity to the people of namibia. Having fun in cameroon yes you can we often report on the unrest thats rocked the countries in this be convenience after supper it is declared independence of. Thousands have been killed half a 1000000 have fled the violence but today we have a different take in one of the main cities in the angle of the country and educated comedian has made it his goal to bring back some fun and create spaces to perform. For boy duck called make. It is his 1st performance here in the city of borja for more than a year. 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