Digital Rights
Promoting transparency and accountability regarding digital rights in Africa is part of iWatch Africa’s core mandate. Our reportage and advocacy focuses on three main areas: I. Data Governance, II. Digital Inclusion and III. Security, Safety, Stability and Resilience.
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Ghana: Bridget Otoo, Manasseh Azure, Anas Amereyaw among most abused journalists online
iWatch Africa’s three month-long data tracking of abuse and harassment directed at journalists within the digital ecosystem in Ghana has…
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Ghana: Journalists receive more threats & abuses on Twitter than any other digital platform
Introduction iWatch Africa, as part of our efforts to promote digital rights in Ghana have empirically established that Journalists, Media…
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iWatch Africa to unveil its digital campaign to curb online abuse of journalists & rights activists
iWatch Africa is set to unveil its digital rights campaign this week as part of a concerted effort to curb…
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iWatch Africa marks 2020 Open Data Day in Ghana with focus on Climate Action
iWatch Africa, marked the 2020 Open Data Day last Saturday in Accra in collaboration with GOIF and with support from…
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How multinational tech companies exploit tax laws and shift profit: a focus on Ghana and Nigeria
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, has been accused in Nigeria of large scale oil spills in Ogoniland. As a result,…
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Call For Participants: iWatch Africa’s 2020 Open Data Day Forum
iWatch Africa in collaboration with GOIF and with support from Open Knowledge Foundation is inviting all interested persons to apply…
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iWatch Africa launches digital rights initiative to tackle online harassment in Ghana
iWatch Africa, a non-profit organization, has launched a digital rights initiative in Accra to curb online harassment experienced by human…
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iWatch Africa Digital Rights Initiative: Call for Participants
Introduction and call for Participants: iWatch Africa with support from the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern…
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iWatch Africa to launch a digital rights initiative in Ghana with support from CIPESA (ADRF)
iWatch Africa is glad to announce that we would be launching our digital rights initiative with support from the Collaboration…
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iWatch Africa unveils measures to combat online abuse and harassment of journalists in Ghana
iWatch Africa has unveiled new measures to counter online abuse and harassment of journalists in Ghana as part of its…
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