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7 March 2023 Halkan waxaad ka heli karta Buugyaraha Ereybixinta Xuquuqda Dhijitaalka ee Af Soomaaliga! Here you can download the Somali Digital Rights Lexicon Booklet! Buugyarahani waxaa ku jiraa ereybixino iyo qeexitaano Af Soomaaliga oo la xiriira saameynta tignoloojiyada ay ku leedahay bulshada casriga ah iyo mas’aaloyin ku saabsan xuquuqda dhijitaalka. Mashruucan waxaa dhiirigalin u …

Ereybixinta Xuquuqda Dhijitaalka ee Af Soomaaliga [Somali Digital Rights Lexicon] Read More »

11 October 2022 Our Datafication and Digital Rights in East Africa Network is excited to announce the publishing of a comic entitled “Hustling Day in Silicon Savannah”. A product of collaborations between Network partners, the comic focuses on specific socio-economic implications of digital technologies in East Africa.   The story is based on research that the authors …

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Edwin Tallam (24 May 2022) Kenya has seen a huge growth in the use and reliance on mobile technology for economic and social life, propelled by rapid expansion over the last decade in mobile money and smartphone access, particularly in urban areas. There is a need to reflect on how internet connectivity is revolutionizing information …

‘Bundles Mwitu’ and Kenya’s booming parallel data markets Read More »

By Behailu Shiferaw Mihirete (12 May 2022) Efforts to liberalise and digitalise Ethiopia’s economy have picked up an unprecedented pace since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018. Reforms to the telecommunications sector, hitherto dominated by the state-owned Ethio Telecom, have been identified by Abiy’s government as the foundation of economic and …

Telecommunication sector reform: The controversial key to Ethiopia’s economic recovery? Read More »

By Abdihakim Ainte (2 November 2021) There’s a burgeoning tech hub scene across Africa with a footprint that stretches from South Africa to Somalia. In part, this is because tech hubs are seen as a new trend that is disrupting traditional ways of doing business. According to GSMA, there are 618 active tech hubs in …

Building a Digital Ecosystem in Start-Up Somalia: Tech Hub Hopes and Hurdles Read More »

Na Rosemary Okello-Orlale (Kitivo cha Biashara cha Chuo Kikuu cha Strathmore) na Steve Kenei (Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu la Kenya), tarehe 2 Juni 2021. [The original English blog post is available here] Majanga na hali ya mizozo mara nyingi huambatana na matukio ya kuhama kwa watu wengi barani Afrika. Mataifa ya Kusini mwa Jangwa la …

Teknolojia ya Blockchain na Sarafu Zinazoshirikisha Jamii katika Misaada ya Kibinadamu Nchini Kenya Read More »

By Ahmed M. Musa and Mahad Wasuge In this information age, data is seen as a valuable commodity by a broad range of actors. This means that data are captured and used for multiple purposes, often related to security and commercial interests. Although a fragile country emerging from a prolonged civic war, Somalia has not …

Digital data in Somalia: capture, usage, and protection Read More »

Na Daivi Rodima-Taylor na Michael Kimani, Novemba 2020. [The original English blog post is available here] Vyama vya kusaidiana na vikundi vya kuweka akiba vimekuwa na nafasi muhimu katika jamii nyingi za Kiafrika.  Huku simu za mkononi na pesa kwa njia ya simu zikiendelea kuwa sehemu muhimu  katika maisha ya kila siku ya watu wengi Afrika …

Mashirika ya Kiuchumi Yasiyo Rasmi na Ugeuzo Data katika Afrika Mashariki Read More »

26 July 2021 Maanta halkan waxaynu kusoo soo post gareeyneynaa podcast-ka labaad ee barnaamijkeena cilmi baarista Datafication and digital rights in East Africa, ama Af Soomaaliga lagu turjumo Xuquuqda Digital ah ee Bariga Afrika. Podcast-kan waa wadahadal dhexmaray wariye oo khibrad gaar ah u leh ‘open data’ ama xogta daahfuran ee Mohamed Abdimalik iyo Peter Chonka (Jaamacadda King’s College …

Podcast: Fursadaha saxaafada xogta (data journalism) iyo jaantusyada xogta ku salaysan (data visualisation) Read More »

By Mohamed Abdimalik, 26 July 2021. Listen to an accompanying Somali-language podcast for this blog post here [Af Soomaali]. In early 2015, a civil society colleague invited me to speak to a small gathering of journalists in Mogadishu about how to find and use data in their reporting. The event opened my eyes to the …

Data Journalism in Somalia: Context, Challenges and Opportunities Read More »