Network Blog
Network Insights
Between 2020 and 2021 the network project team of coordinators and partners has produced a series of blog posts that discusses different aspects of digital rights and datafication in East Africa. These blog posts reflect the research and concerns of the organisations involved in our network and highlight emerging issues that require further in-depth study.
7 March 2023 Halkan waxaad ka heli karta Buugyaraha Ereybixinta Xuquuqda Dhijitaalka ee Af Soomaaliga! Here you can download the Somali Digital Rights Lexicon
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
Edwin Tallam (24 May 2022) Kenya has seen a huge growth in the use and reliance on mobile technology for economic and social life,
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
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.
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.
By Ahmed M. Musa and Mahad Wasuge In this information age, data is seen as a valuable commodity by a broad range of actors.
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
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
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
By Rosemary Okello-Orlale (Strathmore Business School) and Steve Kenei (Kenya Red Cross Society), 2 June 2021. A Kiswahili version of this article is available
22 March 2021 Maanta halkan waxaynu kusoo soo post gareeyneynaa podcast-ka kowaad ee barnaamijkeena cilmi baarista ‘Datafication and digital rights in East Africa’, ama
By Ayaan Khalif (19 January 2021) Listen to a Somali (Af Soomaali) podcast with the author discussing this article here. When talking about ‘digital
By Abdifatah Hassan Ali (19 January 2021)Listen to a Somali (Af Soomaali) podcast with the author discussing this article here. In today’s world, many aspects
By Keren Weitzberg (11 January 2021) ‘I do not have any documentation that shows that I am a Kenyan,’ Adan lamented. ‘My children have
Expanding our (research) toolkit By Peter Chonka, Stephanie Diepeveen, and Yidnekachew Haile (17 December 2020) Part 1 of this pair of blogposts highlighted problematic
Problematic ‘predictions’? By Peter Chonka, Stephanie Diepeveen, and Yidnekachew Haile (8 December 2020) Search engines are an integral part of our digital lives that
By Daivi Rodima-Taylor and Michael Kimani (November 2020) A Kiswahili version of this article is available here. Self-help associations and savings groups have long