Sellina Khumbo Kapondera is a lecturer in the Department of Library and Information science (LIS) at Mzuzu University, Malawi, since 2010. She is also the head of LIS Department. She holds a Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, obtained in March, 2015. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Library and Information Science from Mzuzu University, Malawi, obtained in 2010.

For five days last year, I was privileged to attend the Second (2014) African School on Internet Governance in…

Michael Graaf, from the Right to Know Campaign (South Africa) is a lifelong activist in anti-apartheid, antimilitarist, green, and information liberation fields. His education background is some science, some humanities, some media studies, and some IT.  

Almost everybody loves Wikipedia, and while we may not all love Facebook (FB), many of us are somewhat addicted to it anyway. So, if cellular networks offer access to them free of charge, it is an offer that few would resist. But we should remember the cliche about “free” products on…

Wellington Radu is Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, South Africa. He is interested in information and communication technologies, human rights and sustainable development. Wellington holds a Masters Degree in Development Sociology from Wits University and a certificate in Human Rights Theory and Practice from the University of Cape Town.

Aside from the diversity of the participants, the length and breadth and maybe depth of the topics discussed, there was something really special about the second African School on…

Serge Daho is currently volunteering as an ICT researcher for PROTEGE-QV, a civil society organization located in Yaounde, Cameroon. He holds a Professional Diploma in International Relations from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC), 2005 cohort. He also hold a Master Degree in Political Science from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon.

Longtemps sujet de moindre importance, la gouvernace de l’Internet s’affirme depuis les révélations d’Edward Snowden comme un enjeu politique majeur. Heureusement, l’Afrique n’a pas…

Emilar Vushe is APC’s Africa Projects Coordinator of the Communications and Information Policy Programme. Prior to joining APC, she worked as a researcher both in Zimbabwe and South Africa, mainly focusing on public information rights and human rights. She is a graduate of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe.

Participating in the second African Internet Governance School was incredibly useful – at a personal and professional level. Interacting with over 70 people from more than 50 countries is…

Dora B. Mawutor is a Programme Officer at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Ghana. She is also in charge of leading MFWA’s Internet Freedom and Digital Rights Advocacy in Ghana and the rest of West Africa.  She has a Masters of Philosophy Degree in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Information Studies and French, all from the University of Ghana.

The 2014 African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) was full of diverse experiences and a great platform to meet people from different parts…

Ayanda Lebele is a Library Manager at Botho University, Botswana. She holds a masters in library and information science and another in development studies. She is currently a library and information science Phd candidate, studying with the University of South Africa. She has vast experience in public, academic and special research libraries.

The waves of the “Tiny dot on the beach” are spreading inland towards the Khalahari desert in Botswana. I have also had similar questions “what has internet governance got to do with…

Seaparo Phala is Chief Information Officer at the South Africa Department of Arts and Culture, where he is responsible for information and communication technologies including providing leadership for ICT services for the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa as well as the National Film, Video and Sound Archives. He has a Bachelor in Commerce (Law).

As we land at OR Tambo International Airport on our return from Mauritius, I cannot help but feel as big as a Baobab Tree. We left from various parts of the…

Pria Chetty is the founder and director of EndCode, a network of tech law and policy stakeholders in various African cities. She is a technology law and policy advisor to public and private sector organisations, developing country governments and international organisations. In 2007, Pria founded a leading South African technology law firm which was acquired by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in 2011. She currently serves as a member of regional and international expert groups and advisory boards …

Tarryn Booysen is Administrative Assistant at the Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa. She is a South African Bachelor of Arts graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology who currently works on APC’s End Violence: Women’s rights and safety online project and is a part of the Women’s Rights Programme. Tarryn is also responsible for the weekly section of…

Michael Ilishebo is a Law Enforcement Officer at the Zambia National Police. For the last six years he has been working under the Information and Communication Technology Department. He did his Information Technology studies at the Copperbelt University and was also a 2013 Cyber Security and IT Policy Scholar at the United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) in Washington, DC,USA. He also studied with World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy (WIPO) and the International…

The 2nd School on Africa Internet Governance (AfriSIG2014) has just concluded. The five days intensive training brought together practitioners, actors and non actors in the civil society fraternity, academics and Government to discuss the future of internet, the evolution,policies, management and governance structures. The School was held in Mauritius from the 21st- 26th of November 2014. WOUGNET was represented by two of its staff…

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Dorothy Mudavanhu is a Human Rights Researcher at the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, a non- profit  organisation which aims to establish a society that respects all human rights, free from organized violence, torture and cruel inhumane degrading treatment. She holds  a Bachelor of Science and Honors Degree in Psychology awarded by the University of Zimbabwe. 

Although I am a proud owner of an Honors degree in Psychology, I…

APC interviewed Wellington Radu, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, and a participant in the African School on Internet Governance, which took place between 21-26 November 2014 in Mauritius.

Wellington Radu is Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa. He is interested in information and communication technologies, human rights and sustainable development.

APC: Why did you decide to join the African School on Internet Governance?

Wellington Radu: While the future…

APC interviewed Nhlanhla Ngwenya, Director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Zimbabwe), and a participant in the African School on Internet Governance, which took place between 21-26 November 2014 in Mauritius.

Nhlanhla Ngwenya is the Director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe. His job entails daily supervision of strategic interventions in promoting freedom of expression and access to information in Zimbabwe through independent and diverse communication platforms.

APC: Why did you decide to join the African…

Gbenga Sesan is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, a social enterprise that connects Nigerian youth with ICT-enabled opportunities. This is his reflection on AfriSIG 2014:

“Thank you, Madam Chair”, he said, before going ahead to make a point about which paragraph – in a statement various groups worked on over the past few days – he thought required some form of revision. This form of language is not new to actors within the United Nations system, or similar platforms, but today, delegates…

Brenda Kite is the rural projects manager of the Women of Uganda Network, an NGO that focuses on the use of ICTs among women, women organizations and youth to address issues of sustainable development. 

Having been selected to take part in the second African School on internet governance, I was so anxious especially as the concept was very unclear to me. On the first day of the school, I became a little nervous and wondered whether I would “catch up” with the discussions especially when it got to the so many acronyms ccTLD…

Michael Graaf, from the Right to Know Campaign (South Africa) is a lifelong activist in anti-apartheid, antimilitarist, green, and information liberation fields. His education background is some science, some humanities, some media studies, and some IT.  He is the author of this post on peer-to-peer (P2P) name services as a potential game changer in internet governance.

Much of the first day of the …

Maggie Hazvinei Mapondera works in Communications  for Just Associates Southern Africa, a global network of activists, popular educators and scholars in 27 countries working to strengthen and amplify the voice, visibility and collective power of women for a just and sustainable world for all.  She graduated from Yale with a BA in Comparative Literature, focusing on African literatures in French and English. She has…

Collection of tweets that have been part of today's conversation around AfriSIG2014:

• It came down from the planner to the pilot, to the stakeholder and now the ironyist. #AFRISIG2014 pic.twitter.com/Ar31sPgo8l — Nnenna (@nnenna) November 23, 2014

• Interesting and poetic breakdown of planning, governance, stakeholderism, transparency. I…

It is our first day at this year’s African School on Internet Governance, which is taking place in the beautiful Mauritius island between 21-26 November.

More than 40 participants have arrived from all over Africa to take part in the school, which aims at building knowledge of internet governance institutions and processes; engaging people from governments, civil society, business and the technical and academic…