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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, NetRights Coalition and African Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) shared their experiences working for the promotion and protection of digital rights on the continent. They made the commitment during a pre-session titled “Defining a collective digital rights strategy for Africa”, hosted collaboratively by the World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) and the A ....
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 Cameroon. One of their key contributions has come through their work on the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms, a “Pan-African initiative to promote human rights standards and principles of openness in Internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent.” Founded on well-established African human rights charters and documents, the Declaration brings tog ....
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’s regional and global commitments to privacy, and the impact of the country’s legislative environment on privacy. They also undertook a specific analysis of the data protection laws as they exist in each country, identified key privacy rights actors and institutions, evaluated data protection practices in internet country code top level domain name (ccTLD) registration, and ana ....
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 result, issues regarding the right to privacy and personal data protection have become increasingly relevant. The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up this shift to the digital sphere significantly around the world, and Africa is no exception. This makes the recent launch of the ....
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