Going digital: Five young people leading Malawi’s tech transformation howwemadeitinafrica.com/going-digital-…

Social media giants silent on threats risk to elections integrity  dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

Numbers: trust in African electoral commissions is so low and dropping.

Some reflections on media in the 30 years of Malawian democracy.

British Academy Mentorship Program: Receive support to create top-tier publications and successful grant proposals. Share this opportunity with your networt!
Click link below to access the call for papers unima.ac.mw/announcements/…
The British Academy Happy Kayuni Michael Chasukwa Jimmy Kainja 🇲🇼

Congratulations to @HumanRightsMw for receiving its A Status certificate from the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions! We will continue to work with institutions like MHRC to support and strengthen efforts to promote and protect human rights in Malawi.

#AccessToInformation #Malawi

Call for Abstracts:
Are you passionate about digital rights and identity issues in Africa?

Join the new research project: 'Digital-ID in Africa: identity, power, and interests.'

It will explore the impact of biometric ID systems on citizens' rights and access to services.

Join us! #Zatikwana

Our latest paper from the COVID-19 and Mental Health project. Congratulations, guys ⁦Li⁩ ⁦Yamikani Ndasauka⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…

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as Centers of Excellence, higher education leaders, private sector representatives, dev't partners, gov't representatives, & think tanks explore #research and #innovation cooperation between Africa, Europe & other continents.

What is African about digital citizenship in Africa? democracyinafrica.org/what-is-africa…

Here's a quick peak at which countries, which disinfo campaigns and which authors feature in our new African Digital Rights Network book on 'Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power and propaganda' 👇👇👇🧵 #DigitalRights

It is our collective responsibility to defend and promote press freedom worldwide. Democracy, human rights and free media go hand in hand. You can’t win one without the other. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Freedom of expression, including media freedom, is a human right!

On #WorldPressFreedomDay , we encourage governments around the world to stand up for a free press. #WPFD2024

Jimmy Kainja 🇲🇼 It is always a pleasure working with Jimmy Kainja 🇲🇼! One hell of a scholar and practitioner! 👏👏

I am very excited to share the latest journal paper, co-authored with Yamikani Ndasauka - 'Stewards or Manipulators? Knowledge Brokers’ Complex Positionality in Combating the COVID-19 Infodemic in Malawi' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

CRAFS, in partnership with Stellenbosch University, offers tailor-made postgraduate supervision training for early-career academic staff. Participants will gain essential knowledge to guide doctoral and MA students successfully. The training takes place between 27 & 31 May 2024.

I'm excited to be part of this exciting project. I am looking forward to it.