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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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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Henry Kyeremeh writes: When is technology taking over my job?
The notion that technology will displace humans of work at some point in time is a difficult one to grapple…
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Gideon Sarpong reviews the 2018 Digital Rights Africa report
A review of the 2018 Digital Rights Africa report published by Paradigm Initiative. This review was originally presented to the…
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No need for prosecution yet following EC sale of voters’ data – Data Protection Commission
The Data Protection Commission says the Electoral Commission (EC) is taking steps to address allegations it wrongly sold voter data…
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