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The increasing use of surveillance technologies🕵️ across Africa🌍 poses significant risks to privacy and data protection. While governments often justify surveillance for national security, weak legal frameworks and lack of oversight lead to rights violations. To address these

Yes! 🚨The 3rd book in our #DigitalRights series is officially launched today by Zed Books. 🚨All African Digital Rights Network publications are open access. Physical copies are available from the publisher & online bookstores. Free electronic copies downloadable here: bloomsbury.com/uk/digital-sur…

Let me tell you what "Digital Surveillance in Africa" contains: 8 chapters by 10 African scholars on rights-violating use of surveillance tech across Africae. The intro co-authored by Admire Mare reviews the literature and presents our themes of power, agency & rights

Chapter 2: Gifty Appiah-Adjei & Oyewole Oladapo interviewed journalists in Ghana surveilled by police and forced to use circumvention tech. This shrinks civic space, making it more difficult to hold the government to account. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 3. Afef Abrougui analyses Smart City #Surveillance Tech in Sisi’s #Egypt. Cities are being equipped with facial recognition CCTV cameras recording activity 24 hours a day to control the spaces where citizens come together to protest. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 4. Kiss Brian Abraham & the late Sam Phiri examine the surveillance of online space in #Zambia where the government invested hundreds of millions of dollars on Chinese #surveillance tech to exercise control over its citizens. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 5. Jimmy Kainja 🇲🇼 raises concern that Malawi may be sleepwalking into a surveillance state as the government makes biometric ID & SIM-card registration mandatory while investing in mobile interception technology. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 6. judy & Muthuri Kathure aks whether Kenya’s rapid uptake of internet interception surveillance tech & social media monitoring alongside #biometric #digitalID create real-time panoptic surveillance capabilities. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 7. Nana Nwachukwu analyses how the Nigerian government has directed surveillance technologies procured to fight terrorism at citizens exercising their constitutional and civil rights. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In the final chapter Anand & Sebastian Klovig Skelton lift the lid on which companies from which countries supply which #surveillance technologies to Africa governments. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

The University of Malawi, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and supported by funding from the British Academy, is launching a mentorship initiative for ECRs across Southern Africa. The project is titled "Religion and Social Transformation in Africa."

I’ve just recorded my last contribution for the BBC after 39 years. It’ll be on the next edition of From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service Now onward to new adventures… As my hero Marcelo Bielsa might say, ‘Vamos Carajo!’

It's Day 3 of the British Academy International Writing Workshop: 🔍 Morning: Mentees strengthen their manuscripts through expert feedback. 🎤 Afternoon: Mentors lead thought-provoking discussions on: 🌍 Interdisciplinary research 🕊️ Religion in African research 🎓 Mentorship

The Centre for Resilient Agri-Food Systems at the University of Malawi invites proposals for community action research projects to enhance the resilience of agri-food systems in Malawi. Africa Centers of Excellence Maurice Monjerezi University of Malawi (UNIMA) crafs.unima.ac.mw/proposal/call-…

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Authors of the chapters of book "Digital Surveillance in Africa": Gifty Appiah-Adjei (Ghana), Admire Mare (Uni of Joburg), Jimmy Kainja (Malawi) and Kiss Abraham (Zambia). Their new book has been published open access and is free to download here: bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci…

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On World Press Freedom Day Sellina Nkowani argues that political intimidation, legal constraints, & economic pressures threaten press freedom in Malawi. Legal reforms, adequate funding, & a political culture that values truth are needed to protect press freedom wan-ifra.org/2025/04/when-t…

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