This paper is part of the Charter Project Africa, a pan-African effort focused on the
commitments in the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) …

This editorial advances the point that a dialectic of oppression and liberation, implicit in a
multiplicity of objects of Information and Communication Technology for Development …

This article considers the regulation of social media usage in Nigeria and Africa, drawing
from ideas on critical political economy, securitization, and state–citizen distrust. Using a …

The spread of democracy in Africa in the 1990s, often dubbed the third wave of democracy,
was a period of democratic optimism on the continent. This revolution, which led to an …

The use of digital technology to open online civic spaces is particularly important when
offline civic spaces are shrinking. But digital technology can also be used to repress civic …

Globally, there is concern about the growing power of technology companies as they
pervade private and public spheres of life. Shifting the gaze from the European Union and …

In high-risk environments where unlawful surveillance is prevalent, securing confidential
communications is critical. This study introduces a novel steganographic game-theoretic …

Digital surveillance that targets journalists, human rights workers, human rights lawyers,
politicians, and dissidents has rightfully developed into a global concern. Bahrain, China …

Adopting a mixed method of interrogative review of literature, secondary data and case
study of a digital legislation employed in jailing a TikToker in Uganda, this study critically …

Abstract [Purpose] The right to privacy has been gravely undermined in the pretence of"
protecting national security and safety". Although the idea of privacy has been around for a …