Pria Chetty

The collaboration and grassroots connectivity done by Dunia Moja and @Twahir_H_Kassim team is inspirational #communitynetworks are on the move to greatness @Msmiliza @stevesong @carlosbaca83 @Kyalo84Kyalo @KICTANet @BOSCOUganda @MamailaNetwork @tnetcn @jane_coffin @AlterMundiNet

Do you want to study a master’s degree at a leading UK university? Applications are now open for next year’s Chevening scholarships. Don’t miss your chance – find out more today! chevening.org/scholarships #MyCheveningJourney

Thank you @NEMISA for the excellent discussion yesterday. Placing young people at the centre of the Digital Skills Framework and promoting user centric design will be critical to its relevance to the future of work.

Youth employment & women’s empowerment are key to inclusive growth. Delighted to meet partners & current apprentices and hear how leadership training, technical skill development & work-based apprenticeships are opening up new career paths in 🇿🇦 @Blulever @Harambee4Work

So proud of my team for pushing this @rmack @kateruane @wikimediapolicy 🥰 US companies can provide internet services in Russia thanks to advocacy by @Wikimedia, @accessnow, and others to maintain the free exchange of knowledge online for Russian people. w.wiki/55fM

I’m looking at this map showing countries in red which haven’t ordered enough vaccines for their people (green countries have been able to order enough)- I see a broken system to which current IP frameworks contribute. Let’s help fix this, including @wto & @WIPO !@AfricanIP @MSF

🗣Opportunity alert! Apply for the #MESTExpress accelerator! The free 20-week program is open to early and growth stage #techstartups in #Ghana. Participating startups will receive training, support and the opportunity for grant funding. Apply at bit.ly/mestexpress

Feast your eyes on these beasts!!! Our paper and press release was published today! We've discovered two new giant radio galaxies with the MeerKAT telescope. Check it out if you want to know more about these giants of the cosmos.

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👊 CERN is fighting the pandemic! CERN’s large scale computing experience is helping BioDynaMo– an open source simulation software, visualise #COVID19 trends. For example, how it spreads through a population: ⚪healthy🔴infected🔵recovered. With @CERNOpenLab #CERNKT

Electoral integrity in the digital age relies on an uninterrupted access to digital and telecommunications services, including the Internet. #UgandaDecides2021 @ParadigmHQ @freedomhouse @FreedomExpressn @HurinetU @AFCOD_ @africafoicentre @cipesaug accessnow.org/cms/assets/upl…

Data & Politics - Trends of Digital Data Operations in Elections in Uganda from 2005 - 2020 cdn.ttc.io/s/ourdataourse… @cipesaug

#CIPESAFellow Melissa Zisengwe looks at #CivicTech in Africa and highlights five emerging trends. She looks at several innovations - new or repurposed - to confront the #COVID19 pandemic. 👉🏾 bit.ly/37qR5C1 #surveillances #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedomAfrica

Today, I spoke at an @ASSAf_Official event with ~300 participants about SA's new privacy legislation (POPIA) & a Code of Conduct for research. My key recommendation was to balance POPIA with Open Science objectives for responsible data sharing @AfricanIP @lawtechlab @UctLaw

South Africs: ICASA's latest regulations require ISPs to zero rate websites on COVID-19 #ICASA #zeroratedcontentSA #CoronavirusSouthAfrica greengazette.co.za/documents/nati…

South Africa: Regulations re fake news here satsa.com/wp-content/upl…

Namibia: Namibia FactCheck debunks misinformation on coronavirus #namibia #namibiafactcheck #misinformation namibiafactcheck.org.na/news-item/debu…

See the Digital Rights Tracker here top10vpn.com/news/surveilla…

South Africa: An interesting piece on combating pseudoscience and the audi alteram principle in reporting news24.com/Columnists/Geo…