Projects - Research ICT Africa

2026 Just AI Conference: Grounding AI Governance in Justice

Framework of Inquiry, Just AI, Just AI Conference

Access and Use of ICT by Persons With Disabilities in South Africa

After Access 2022, digital inclusion, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), persons with disabilities, South Africa

Advancing the Governance of Data for Development in Africa

African Union Data Policy Framework, data governance, digital ID, risk mitigation

Africa Digital Policy

cyber policy, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), sub-Saharan Africa

Africa Just AI

AI frameworks, AI governance, data justice

Africa Just AI Lab

Africa Just AI, AI governance, Framework of Inquiry, Just AI, multistakeholderism, research

Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Index

data set, mobile pricing

African Open-Source Digital Infrastructures: Evaluating the Landscape

digital inequality, digitalisation, open source

African Union Data Policy Framework

African Union Commission (AUC), capacity building, GIZ, policy

After Access 2018 Survey

After Access, digital inclusion, Global South, ICT access and usage survey

After Access 2022 Survey

After Access, After Access 2022, COVID-19, data economy, digital economy, ICT access and usage survey, sub-Saharan Africa

AI in Africa Policy (AI4D)

AI governance, digital ID, future of work, gender

Bio ID Evaluation Tool

case studies, digital ID

Capacity building for Southern African regulators

capacity building, information integrity, Platform governance

COVID-19 Responses for Equity (CORE)

After Access, COVID-19, digital inclusion, Global South

Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)

capacity building, cybercrime, cybersecurity

Data Access for Tech Accountability and Electoral Integrity in Africa

African Alliance for Data Access, African elections, Data access, disinformation, East Africa

Digital New Deal for Africa – Governance in the Age of Digitalisation and Datafication

digital policy, governance, policy

DPI and Data Governance in response to Complex Digital Inequalities

After Access, digital inequality, Digital public infrastructure

Evidence Infrastructure for Enhancing Power Distribution in South Africa

infrastructure, smart cities, South Africa, sustainable development

Internet Measurements

broadband, data set

Paving the Way Towards Digitalising Agriculture in South Africa

agriculture, digitalisation, food security, South Africa

Policy and Regulatory Initiative for Digital Africa (PRIDA)

capacity building, governance, policy

Preserving Information Integrity in West Africa

elections, information integrity, Platform governance, West Africa

Public Access to Reliable Information During Elections in Africa

African elections, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania

Resisting Information Disorder in the Global South

democracy, democracy in Africa, information disorders, information integrity

SMMEs’ Potential in Africa: Is the Financial Gender Gap Inhibiting Economic Inclusion?

Facebook, informal business, SMMEs, survey

Social Media 4 Peace: South Africa

information integrity, internet governance, Platform governance, social media

The Africa Digital Public Infrastructure Study

Digital public infrastructure, digital transformation, G20

Understanding Low Internet Penetration Rates and High Gender Disparity in Internet Access and Use in Rwanda

Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN), gender, internet penetration, Rwanda

Unlocking the Potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa

4IR, African Development Bank, case studies, South Africa