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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Daniel Abugre Anyorigya writes: Social Media, Electoral Integrity & Ghana Police Service
“God bless our homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong. Bold to defend forever the cause of freedom…
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#FIFAfrica20: iWatch Africa accounts for its efforts at sanitising the online space of Ghana
iWatch Africa, a not-for-profit organisation, based in Accra on 29th September 2020 presented to the world its efforts at developing…
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#FIFAfrica20: iWatch Africa calls on tech multinationals to do more to protect journalists & rights activists in Africa
Policy Director of iWatch Africa, Gideon Sarpong has called on tech multinationals such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to do…
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Q2 Report: Manasseh Azure, Nana Aba Anamoah & Justice Annan among most abused journalists online
iWatch Africa’s second-quarter tracking of online abuse and harassment directed at journalists and rights activists in Ghana has established that…
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STATEMENT: iWatch Africa petitions Police CID over individuals who threatened journalists online
iWatch Africa has officially submitted a complaint against three individuals who consistently threatened journalists; Manasseh Azure Awuni and Afia Pokua…
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SURVEY: iWatch Africa Digital Rights Stakeholder Engagement
iWatch Africa with support from the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), through the Africa…
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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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