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There is a need to educate Nigerians on the difference between the digital representation of cash deposits in bank accounts and the eNaira in digital wallets. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

November 10, 2021

Nigeria’s digital currency: what the eNaira is for and why it’s not perfect

Iwa Salami, University of East London

Nigeria can pull off its newly introduced digital currency but there are concerns that must be addressed for its smooth operations.

Cellphones are everywhere in Africa - but that doesn’t mean the digital divide is closing. Legnan Koula/EPA

October 31, 2018

Data deficit means we’re in the dark about the digital divide

Alison Gillwald, University of Cape Town

We don’t have the data in developing countries, and in global statistics to know if the digital divide is being closed.

John Magufuli after he was declared president in 2015. His distaste for social media has heralded a national clampdown in the digital space. Reuters

October 30, 2016

Tanzania’s social media policing increases the risks of government abuse

Charlotte Cross, The Open University

The biggest cyber security concern for many Tanzanians is the risk of inadvertently becoming a perpetrator of politically-defined cybercrime, rather than becoming a victim

Most South Africans are dependent on unaffordable mobile data to access the Internet. Indra de Lanerolle

June 1, 2016

Internet freedom: why access is becoming a human right

Indra de Lanerolle, University of the Witwatersrand

It is time to demand the ‘positive right’ of affordable access if we want internet freedom for all.

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