Africa

Sellina Khumbo Kapondera is a lecturer in the Department of Library and Information science (LIS) at Mzuzu University, Malawi, since 2010. She is also the head of LIS Department. She holds a Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, obtained in March, 2015. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Library and Information Science from Mzuzu University, Malawi, obtained in 2010.

For five days last year, I was privileged to attend the Second (2014) African School on Internet Governance in Mauritius, curtsey… Read more

Michael Graaf, from the Right to Know Campaign (South Africa) is a lifelong activist in anti-apartheid, antimilitarist, green, and information liberation fields. His education background is some science, some humanities, some media studies, and some IT.  

Almost everybody loves Wikipedia, and while we may not all love Facebook (FB), many of us are somewhat addicted to it anyway. So, if cellular networks offer access to them free of charge, it is an offer that few would resist. But we should remember the cliche about “free” products on the internet: if there’s no charge… Read more

Michael Ilishebo is a Law Enforcement Officer at the Zambia National Police. For the last six years he has been working under the Information and Communication Technology Department. He did his Information Technology studies at the Copperbelt University and was also a 2013 Cyber Security and IT Policy Scholar at the United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) in Washington, DC,USA. He also studied with World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy (WIPO) and the International Intellectual Property Crime Investigators… Read more

APC interviewed Wellington Radu, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, and a participant in the African School on Internet Governance, which took place between 21-26 November 2014 in Mauritius.

Wellington Radu is Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa. He is interested in information and communication technologies, human rights and sustainable development.

APC: Why did you decide to join the African School on Internet Governance?

Wellington Radu: While the future… Read more