How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech
There has been little research into the regulation targeting fake news and hate speech in Africa, and the role state institutions play...
The Political Impact of Social Media: A Case Study on Uganda’s...
During the 2021 General Elections in Uganda, we monitored social media accounts belonging to nominated women candidates and highly vocal women to...
Digital Democracy in Africa – Watch the Roundtable!
You can now watch the video of the fantastic high level round table on Decoding Digital Democracy in Africa organised by Democracy...
#BookClub Nigerian politics & journalism: Embers of empire
Why are calls for the restructuring of Nigeria a recurring subject of debate? For our popular #BookClub feature, Mercy Ette celebrates the...
How young, queer Nigerians use Twitter fight homophobia
Nigeria continues to be largely homophobic, mainly as a result of cultural and religious conventions. Negative perceptions of homosexuality led to the...
Why social media activists face an uphill struggle in Zimbabwe
Long considered economically and socially underdeveloped compared with the rest of the world, Africa has in recent years emerged as an important...
The hidden costs of social media in African elections – the...
Some say social media is killing democracy. But others counter that social media is making politics more inclusive and accountable. What does the evidence...
How Social Media is Changing Politics in Africa
In our popular Book Club feature, Maggie Dwyer and Thomas Molony reflect on the key lessons of their important new volume on Social Media...
Short on strategy: WhatsApp use in the Ugandan elections
This week’s general election in Uganda concludes a unique campaign. In July 2020, the Electoral Commission announced restrictions in response to the...
Governance and Public Policy in the Digital Age
The US President announces that he authorised a targeted assassination of a senior Iranian military official. The Iranian Foreign Minister announces that...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?