Research ICT Africa’s work this month points to one growing reality: effective digital governance is not just a technical issue but one of power, public trust, and democratic accountability.
RIA’s work on information integrity, AI governance, and digital public infrastructure (DPI) highlighted how these questions are unfolding across the continent, from media narratives about misinformation, to the invisible labour structures shaping content moderation, and the institutional capacity required for effective AI governance.
The conclusion of the School of Digital and Data Futures’ inaugural course, convened with AUDA-NEPAD, and our Rapid Response Webinar Series on emerging African AI policy frameworks demonstrated the growing demand for African-led spaces for policy exchange and collaborative learning.
In response, RIA continues to support evidence-led approaches across our research and policy engagement to strengthen Africa’s agency in shaping the digital systems threaded through our daily lives. As governments pursue increasingly data-driven systems, we continue to ensure that questions of inclusion, representation, and accountability remain central in our suite of new projects and research outputs.
Other updates from the month of May include:
- New research by Zara Schroeder and Dr Scott Timcke, Framing the source: How African newsrooms present information disorders.
- A new chapter also by Dr Scott Timcke and Zara Schroeder in the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa’s latest publication, Information Disorder and Resilience in the Global South: Structural Drivers, Governance, Media Literacy and Fact Checking.
- New research by Dr Thomas Linder, Taking digital inequality seriously for DPI.
- Updates from the School of Digital and Data Futures, the CRASA Summit, as well as a selection of announcements on RIA staff and projects.
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