Digital Future
Development and Cooperation, issue September (2019), pp. 19-33
"Information technology and its multifold applications offer spectacular opportunities in business. They can also contribute to making public institutions more transparent and accountable. In recent years however developmental visions that are related to digitalisation have become darker. The reason is that technology in itself is not a blessing. Vested interests can use it to gain yet more influence or entrench monopolies – often even in illegitimate ways." (Page 18)
How the innovative approach of Copia, the Kenyan e-commerce company, is improving the lives of marginalised communities / Interview With Sophia Waweru, 19
The demand for fact checking is growing in Africa, but much more must happen to stem the tide of misinformation on web-based platforms / Alphonce Shiundu, 21
Uganda's government resents criticism that is expressed online, so it is making efforts to reduce its reach and impact / Edward Ronald Sekyewa, 23
The defamation clause of Indonesia's internet law makes it easy to intimidate media workers / Ika Ningtyas, 25
China's digital surveillance system monitors people in everyday life and sanctions behaviour the government does not like / Felix Lee, 26
The considerable downsides of India's biometric ID code / Nirmal Dutta, 28
Relying on block-chain technology, KfW's TruBudget platform facilitates secure international cooperation at eye level / Piet Kleffmann, 29
Serious concerns are dampening experts' previous tech euphoria / Monika Hellstern, 32
The demand for fact checking is growing in Africa, but much more must happen to stem the tide of misinformation on web-based platforms / Alphonce Shiundu, 21
Uganda's government resents criticism that is expressed online, so it is making efforts to reduce its reach and impact / Edward Ronald Sekyewa, 23
The defamation clause of Indonesia's internet law makes it easy to intimidate media workers / Ika Ningtyas, 25
China's digital surveillance system monitors people in everyday life and sanctions behaviour the government does not like / Felix Lee, 26
The considerable downsides of India's biometric ID code / Nirmal Dutta, 28
Relying on block-chain technology, KfW's TruBudget platform facilitates secure international cooperation at eye level / Piet Kleffmann, 29
Serious concerns are dampening experts' previous tech euphoria / Monika Hellstern, 32
