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Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 August 2021

Before the pandemic, Africa was the fastest growing continent for developers globally, tech hubs growing by nearly 50% in 2019 alone to exceed 640 by 2020.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263218

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Executive summary
Publication date: 28 April 2022

INT: Internet shutdowns return to pre-pandemic trends

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES268885

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 February 2017

For over a month, the government has imposed an internet shutdown in the largely anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest Cameroon. This stoppage followed a government…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218129

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Graphic analysis
Publication date: 18 July 2019

Authoritarian governments are increasingly blocking or restricting internet access to suppress domestic dissent

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 March 2021

Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 September 2018

Nigerian social media.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 October 2020

The IT sector has been an unmitigated success in recent years and formerly coexisted with the government, but internet shutdowns raised operational risks, and the industry's…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 October 2021

Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 March 2024

The changes follow complaints from the government about the content generated by Gemini on some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies. While election-related disinformation…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285829

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 May 2022

Workers’ protests in Iran have been growing due to the impact of sanctions, economic mismanagement, low and unpaid wages, inflation, increasing poverty levels and corruption. The…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270452

ISSN: 2633-304X

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