Policy Briefs

Research ICT Africa policy briefs

Policy brief: COVID-19 Exposes the Contradictions of Social Media Taxes in Africa

Shamira Ahmed · Tapiwa Chinembiri · Naila Govan-Vassen

Mar 2021

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Policy brief: Africa’s Expansion of AI Surveillance — Regional Gaps and Key Trends

Oarabile Mudongo

Jan 2021

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Policy brief: How technology can be deployed to scale-up Social Protection during COVID-19: The Case of South Africa, Nigeria and Africa

Mundia Kabinga · Gabriella Razzano · Tapiwa Chinembiri

Jan 2021

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Policy brief: Digital labour in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

Onkokame Mothobi

Jan 2021

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Policy brief: Multifaceted challenges of digital taxation in Africa

Shamira Ahmed · Alison Gillwald

Nov 2020

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Policy brief: The public-private: a key legal nexus for South Africa’s AI future

Gabriella Razzano

Oct 2020

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Policy brief: An African perspective on gender and artificial intelligence needs African data and research

Araba Sey · Shamira Ahmed

Oct 2020

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Policy brief: Contact tracing in South Africa

David Johnson · Alex Comninos · Alison Gillwald

Sep 2020

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Policy brief: Smart Townships will build Smarter Cities

Shamira Ahmed · Alison Gillwald

Aug 2020

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Policy brief: Despite reduction in mobile data tariffs, data still expensive in South Africa

Tapiwa Chinembiri

Jun 2020

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Policy brief: Temporary COVID-19 spectrum – a missed opportunity for some regulatory innovation?

Alison Gillwald · Senka Hadzic · Pablo Aguera

Apr 2020

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Policy brief: Uzi’s failed attempt to enter Zambian market leads to more than 70% fall in data prices

Onkokame Mothobi

Oct 2019

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Policy brief: Visualisation and mapping does not compensate for poor data

Onkokame Mothobi

Jul 2019

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Policy brief: Collaborative Cybersecurity: the Mauritius case

Anri van der Spuy · Enrico Calandro · Ian Brown

Nov 2018

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Policy brief: Lagging ICT adoption in SA reflects social and economic inequalities

Onkokame Mothobi · Alison Gillwald

Sep 2018

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Policy brief: Dominant operators’ data prices remain static while SA struggles to get and stay online

Onkokame Mothobi · Alison Gillwald · Broc Rademan

Jun 2018

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Policy Briefs: SADC not bridging digital divide

Onkokame Mothobi · Chenai Chair · Broc Rademan

Sep 2017

Policy Briefs: Low Internet penetration despite 90% 3G Coverage in Lesotho

Alison Gillwald · Onkokame Mothobi

Aug 2017