ANALYSIS | Implications of Joe Biden’s win for Africa
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ANALYSIS | Snapshots from US presidential election: The role of media bias
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What will happen to Africa after the coronavirus?
Caledonian stadium in Arcadia where homelessness people are being accommodated during this 21-day lockdown. Picture: Bongani Shilubane/African News Agency (ANA) Published Mar 29, 2020 Already, tonnes of writings have surfaced on the geopolitical implications of the coronavirus. Most analysts rightly concur that the
Bridging the gender-based digital gap in Northern Nigeria
The need for the Nigerian authorities to take concrete steps toward bridging the digital gap across the gender line, particularly in the northern region of the West African nation has been on the front burner of public discourse over past
The use and ownership of double or multiple permanent voters’ cards and its threat to democracy
By Michelle Agoh. First published in Nairametrics. “There is no scenario or technical issue within the INEC system that allows double registration. The Commission’s current technological framework and internal mechanism are sufficiently robust to detect any attempt by any individual to register
Data for fraud: How the biometric system exposes Nigerians to cyber thieves
In December last year, an unidentified middle-aged man surfaced on social media, threatening to kill himself at a United Bank for Africa (UBA) Iju branch, Lagos State, alleging that the bank transferred his money to hackers who compromised his account. By
Troubled quest for identity of asylum seekers in South Africa
At the end of 2019, South Africa gazetted two pieces of legislation on migration – the Refugees Amendment Act (2017) and the Refugee Regulations (2018). By Diana Chiyangwa. First published in TalkAfrica. The two laws, gazetted by Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Aaron
Women data scientists created GPS-driven app to help Kenya keep Covid-19 numbers low
Test data, GPS coordinates and contact tracing help an innovative project spot outbreaks in real time. By Sharon Kiburi. First published in Zenger. A group of female data researchers are providing the tech and data muscle behind digital tools the Kenyan government uses
Data trails: How Nigeria’s state surveillance crackdown on journalists, active citizens
By Hannah Ajakaiye. First published in International Centre for Investigative Reporting. IN 2018, Azeezat Adedigba, a reporter at the time with Premium Times – a digital news platform – was about her duties when she received a call from an unfamiliar line.
Four years tracking ‘stateless Nigerians’ through the paths of death
By Oluwamayowa Tijani. First Published in The Cable. This journey began in January 2017, at a time when the Nigerian military said it had “accidentally” bombed a civilian camp in Rann, the capital of Kala Balge LGA in north-east Nigeria. I travelled