In Nigeria, The Government Weaponises The Law Against Online Expression
By Tomiwa Ilori Online expression is not free in Nigeria. In fact, laws that ought to protect online expression in Nigeria are currently being used…
Africa
Biden Admin Unleashes Omicron Dragnet: CDC Demands Airlines Hand Over Names Of All Passengers from Southern African Nations
By Tyler Durden We can almost feel the xenophobia intensifying. As we wait for President Biden to confirm the new travel restrictions that have been…
Why Do Kenyans and Ethiopians Win Most Marathons?
By Neenah Payne In the 2021 New York City Marathon on November 7, men’s winner Albert Korir and women’s winner Peres Jepchirchir made it a…
Kenyan Government’s Use of Surveillance Technologies to Tackle COVID-19 Raises Human Rights Concerns
By Cecilia Maundu In August this year, misconfigured power apps from Microsoft led more than a thousand web apps to mistakenly expose 38 million records…
Wind Power Project “became a living nightmare”. Taxpayers Swindled and No One Is Being Held Accountable (Kenya)
By B.N. Frank Some experts have insisted that the infrastructure and technology being used to build and operate wind farms are not biologically or environmentally…
200 Organizations Ask Gates Foundation to Stop Funding “Failed” Green Revolution which “does not speak for Africans”
By B.N. Frank According to 200 organizations, the billion-dollar Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) program has been hurting Africans instead of helping them. What…
World Bank Funded Digital Identity Scheme in Nigeria Leads 60m to Link National ID to SIM Cards
(Biometric Update) – Nigeria’s federal government says well over 59 million people have now been biometrically enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN) as deadline for…
Ghana to Become First Country to Use Contactless Biometrics in National Vaccination Program
The following article is further proof that the plot to tie vaccination to biometrics and digital IDs is real. Don’t think Ghana will be the…
“Dangerous Precedent”: US High Court Sides With Corporate Giants Nestlé and Cargill in Child Slavery Case
By Julia Conley Human rights advocates Thursday denounced a Supreme Court decision in favor of the U.S. corporate giants Nestlé USA and Cargill, which were sued…
Kenyan Activists Intimidated as Irked Citizens Stage Online Protest Against IMF Loans
By Njeri Wangari Kenyans online have, for the last three days now, been holding online protests against the decision by International Monetary Fund (IMF) to…
Sierra Leone’s New Cybercrime Bill Could Turn a Phone into a Crime Scene
By Alhaji Koroma Digitization has been a huge boost to Sierra Leoneans in recent years, making new spaces available online to freely express and share…
Kenya Police Turn to Twitter PR as the Arrest of a Blogger Goes Against Public Opinion
By Njeri Wangari Kenya police have taken to Twitter in an effort to gain the population’s trust, but their handling of the arrest of a…
Blockchain Africa Conference 2021
By Neenah Payne The Blockchain Africa Conference 2021 is virtual event March 18-19 from Johannesburg, South Africa to offer insights on the future of blockchain…
The Growing Return To Africa
By Neenah Payne ‘Coming to Africa’ Movie Premier in Ghana says “The movie Coming to Africa is a collaboration of Ghanaian and African American creators….