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Think tank on digital policy & regulation in Africa for evidence based policy making. #africadigitalpolicy. [email protected]
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined April 2011
Despite growth in #Tanzania's mobile phone ownership, smartphone penetration remains low at 19%, and only 23% of the population had achieved internet access in 2022. Read the report to find recommendations on a Digital Inclusion Strategy to close the digital divide.
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RESEARCH | Digital Africa post the pandemic: Tanzania . Read the latest from the #AfterAccess here 🖇️
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ENGAGEMENTS | Leveraging the G20 & T20 for an African Digital Transformation Agenda. With the G20 presidency shifting to the US soon, RIA's work to embed digital inclusion remains critical for Africa's digital future. Read the full overview here 🔗
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As the South African Presidency steers the Group of Twenty (G20) towards the final phases of its global policy processes, Working Groups and Task Forces face a critical moment in [...]
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M20 POLICY BRIEF | Power, Politics, and Economics - AI, Africa & the G20. This piece offers recommendations to @G20SouthAfrica regarding the capacitation & recognition of media as AI governance watchdogs. Read the brief here @MediaMattersZA.
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Overview As the G20 advances its AI for Africa initiative, media organisations across the continent face a twin challenge. This is providing journalistic coverage of developments in AI governance...
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ARTICLE | Reflections on AI governance from @AIforGood Summit: Beyond the hype, towards a Just AI future. @Priachetty deliberates unresolved tensions in AI governance and offers recommendations for a more just future. Find the recommendations here 🖇️
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Highlights include: . - Our work for the SA G20 and T20, including an Official T20 Side Event hosted with @AI4Dev & @D4Dnetwork. - Reflections from AfriSIG, AfIGF & IGF. - ED Pria Chetty's review of the AI for Good Summit. - A Research Reading List with our publications 📚.
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NEWSLETTER | 📩 . RIA has been actively engaging across multiple fronts, convening partners, consulting stakeholders, and driving conversations that matter. Check your inboxes for the full July roundup of engagements and research. Read it all here 🖇️
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BLOG | Grok AI: A Conduit for Misinformation in the Digital Age 🛑. RIA researchers unpack Grok's influence on the accelerated spread of misinformation on social media platforms. Read the blog here 🖇️
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NEWS | Pria Chetty Assumes Role of Executive Director 🤝 . The Board of Research ICT Africa (RIA) is pleased to announce that Pria Chetty formally assumes the role of Executive Director, effective 1 July 2025. 🖇️
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Using practical examples of timely policy responses, the panel will explore how human rights frameworks can effectively guide the development, deployment, and governance of technologies like AI by embracing precautionary and anticipatory approaches rooted in human rights.
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When it comes to protecting human rights on and offline, regulatory mechanisms must enforce access and inclusion while balancing innovation with protection. Yet, rapid digitalisation often results in systems and apps being deployed before governance solutions can take effect.
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#IGF20205 | New Technologies and the Impact of Human Rights ⚖️. @alison_gillwald moderates today's IGF plenary session alongside @lphinojosa , facilitating a discussion on the institutional values and choices that shape governance approaches in the face of rapid digitalisation.
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Join via Zoom 🖇️ Add it to your in-person attendance schedule 🖇️
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It explores best practices and innovative case studies operationalising DPI data governance, & concretely showcase approaches in the Global North & Global South to bring diverse perspectives to balancing data safeguarding, data rights protection & equitable data access for all.
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#IGF2025 | 'Data for Impact: Equitable & Sustainable DPI Data Governance' discusses existing data governance principles and frameworks, including recommendations from the G20 and T20 processes, the African Union Commission Data Policy Framework, and UN Universal DPI safeguards.
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RT @T20org: The increasing concentration of digital technologies is exacerbating socio-economic disparities, both domestically and globally….
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@alison_gillwald Listen to the full panel discussion here ⏺️ . See more discussions with @alison_gillwald on RIA's YouTube Channel here▶️
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