Digital identification is supposed to provide identity to all people. But sometimes it blocks access to essential services.
- Digital Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
Les coupures d'Internet touchent de plus en plus souvent des millions d'Africains et sont particulièrement fréquentes lors des élections ou des manifestations.
Internet shutdown affects millions of Africans more and more often and are most prominent during elections or protests.
Digitalising social protection overcomes several inefficiencies – but also creates barriers that prevent access for millions of people.
At a time of increasing unease about the checks and balances for the use of AI, some African countries are spending more on harmful surveillance of their citizens.
Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity, or ignore laws completely, to carry out illegal surveillance of their citizens.
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