ICT developments & the impact on media

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ICT developments & the impact on media

16 Mar 2018

A presentation on the ICT ecosystem, trends and developments in the sector.

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In an increasingly digitised world our personal data is collected and used by different public and private sector parties to enhance customer experiences and service provision. However there are piling concerns over the manner in which law enforcement and state security agencies collect and manipulate some of the data in the name of tackling crime.

Read the article for more on the calls for more accountable use of personal data by state security and law enforcement agencies.

An ideal framework for the accountable use of person… 14 Apr 2021

This article was commissioned and first published by DW Akademie, as part of the Media and Information Literacy week commemorations. Media and Information Literacy is essential for citizens to claim their human rights, especially in the digital sphere. Zimbabwean digital rights activist Koliwe Majama explores the barriers against MIL in Africa. Although comparatively lower than in […]

How MIL enables citizens to claim their digital righ… 03 Nov 2020

Zimbabwe is set to commemorate the International Day for Universal Access to Information on the 28th of September 2020. This comes at a time when the country, alongside the rest of the world, is faced with a health pandemic that has moved citizens’ daily communication, education, work, trade, and access to basic services from physical interactions to, mostly, online interactions.

Solidifying internet rights to increase information … 28 Sep 2020