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In this blog, the author share her learnings and reflections from visiting communities and interacting with women across several Nigerian states - Bauchi, Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Kaduna…

What immediate steps should be taken – at the national, regional or international level – to ensure that AI is developed and deployed in ways that advance the rights of women and girls? This is one…

This edition provides critical insights that have emerged from the 10 research projects under the Feminist Internet Research Network's third cycle. They illustrate the complexities of technology…

This stakeholder report focuses on key issues relating to human rights in the digital context in Namibia, including digital connectivity and inclusion, freedom of speech and expression online and…

The APC stakeholder report focuses on key issues relating to human rights in the digital context in Namibia, including digital connectivity and inclusion, freedom of speech and expression online and…

This article critically examines the dominant “AI for Development” narrative in Africa, arguing that the continent’s engagement with global AI is shaped by unequal power relations that limit its…

The 10th anniversary of the first Indigenous concession for telecommunications provided an opportunity to reminisce about the road travelled by TIC A.C., inviting us to look back on the historic…

Access to low-cost monitoring kits is allowing community networks to collect local environmental data – to better understand phenomena like deforestation or agricultural burning. As the world follow…

This essay draw a connection between digital infrastructures and (non)access to the internet as an element in centuries of predatory exploitation. The author suggests that the current methods used to…

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council is an important mechanism for the promotion of human rights in digital contexts. This report is intended to support…

Taking this year's FIFAfrica in Namibia as an opportunity, we asked our members what gives them hope, what change they wish for, and how we can act together. Members identified three interlinked…

Gendered disinformation is emerging as a powerful tool to silence women and gender-diverse people in Africa, especially activists, journalists and politicians. Drawing from APC’s panel at FIFAfrica…

Collective solidarity and action can play a powerful role in responding to defenders at risk. This support, however, needs to be articulated in a participatory way that is meaningful to their…

This summary statement focus on the centrality of human rights to achieve the WSIS vision of building a people-centric, inclusive, and development-oriented Information Society.

APC and other civil society organisations remain deeply concerned that the UN Convention Against Cybercrime (UNCC) will facilitate human rights abuses across borders. The UNCC obligates states to…

Recognising its groundbreaking work, APC member Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in) was honoured with the EFF Award recently. Over the past decade, SFLC.in has actively engaged in strategic…