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The Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Rights in Africa

African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (2020), 297 pp.

"This publication is a compilation of 19 articles by African researchers, academics, journalists and human and digital rights activists on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital rights in Africa. The articles were commissioned by the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (AfDec ... ) Coalition as part of its project on “Securing human rights online in Africa through a strong and active ‘African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms’ network”. The AfDec Coalition is a pan-African initiative which promotes human rights standards and principles of openness in internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent, guided by the 13 principles established in the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms. At the time that the papers were commissioned, in June 2020, African states had either invoked existing policies or adopted new policies for prevention of spread, containment and treatment of the virus that had an impact on the enjoyment of digital rights. For example, most governments employed the use of contact tracing applications to track and trace citizens’ movements and put in place measures criminalising free speech when it contained false information about the pandemic. These two examples had the potential to be abused, particularly the latter, which was used to silence journalists and government critics. The pandemic also moved most citizens’ communication, education, work, trade and access to basic services from physical interactions to primilary online interactions. However, the continent is still largely made up of informal economies, has a low internet penetration rate of 28.2% (far below the global average of around 53%), and has seen an increase in reports of digital rights violations resulting from repressive cyberlaws, making the efforts to address the pandemic inadequate and inequitable. These articles offer reflective analyses on government efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the AfDec principles, with a focus on a number of the principles including privacy and personal data protection, gender equality, freedom of expression, internet access and affordability, and the right to development and access to knowledge." (Introduction) more

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Digital Inequalities in the Global South

Massimo Ragnedda, Anna Gladkova (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xvii, 372 pp.

"This book discusses how digital inequalities today may lead to other types of inequalities in the Global South. Contributions to this collection move past discussing an access problem - a binary division between 'haves and have-nots' - to analyse complex inequalities in the internet use, benefits, ... more

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State of Internet Freedom in Malawi 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

Jimmy Kainja

Kampala: CIPESA (2020), 18 pp.

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The Role of Community Radio in Promotion of Indigenous Minority Languages and Cultures in Malawi

Victor Chikaipa, Anthony Mavuto Gunde

Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 28, issue 2 (2020), pp. 327-343

"This article analyzes the role of community radio broadcasting in promoting indigenous minority languages and cultures in selected parts of Malawi. The study collected empirical data from two community radio stations and their surrounding populations. Using the theories of ethnolinguistic vitality ... more

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Watchdog Role: How Malawi Media Utilise Question Time During Press Briefings

Albert Sharra

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2020), 25 pp.

"This paper explores how Malawian media utilise question time during press briefings to fulfil its watchdog role. Using the concept of ‘journalistic interview’, which treats interviews between journalists and politicians as an encounter of two institutions, each making a claim on its legitimacy, ... more

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Cyclone Idai: Integration of Multisectoral C4D Interventions Into the Humanitarian Response in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Nairobi: UNICEF (2020), ii, 21 pp.

"In March 2019, Cyclone Idai brought death and destruction to Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as a result of heavy rains and extensive flooding (Figure 1). The respective governments together with UNICEF and other partners, responded swiftly to the disaster. Rescue and relief operations were impleme ... more

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Communication for Development: An Evaluation Framework in Action
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Jessica Noske-Turner (ed.)

Rugby: Practical Action Publishing (2020), xiii, 124 pp.

"This book presents five cases that reflect on the experiences of using practices consistent with the 'Evaluating C4D framework' [published by June Lennie and Jo Tacchi in 2013]. Case studies are important to help move from a set of ideal principles to an understanding of how the framework may be op ... more

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How African Economies Work: A Guide to Business and Economics Reporting
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Nixon K. Kariithi (ed.)

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 220 pp.

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Creating Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Description of the Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania

Stanley Kutcher, Kevin Perkins, Heather Gilberds, Michael Udedi, Omary Ubuguyu, Tasiana Njau, Rex Chapota, Mina Hashish

Frontiers in Psychiatry, volume 10, issue 542 (2019), 8 pp.

"Addressing depression in young people is a health-care policy need in sub-Saharan Africa. There exists poor mental health literacy, high levels of stigma, and weak capacity at the community level to address this health-care need. These challenges are significant barriers to accessing mental health ... care for depression, soon to be the largest single contributor to the global burden of disease. We here describe an innovative approach that addresses these issues simultaneously while concurrently strengthening key mental health components in existing education and health-care systems as successfully applied in Malawi and replicated in Tanzania. Improving the pathway to care for young people with depression requires the following: improving mental health literacy (MHL) of communities, youth, and teachers; enhancing case identification and linking schools to community health clinics; improving the capacity of community health-care providers to identify, diagnose, and effectively treat depression in youth. Funded by Grand Challenges Canada, we developed and applied a program called “An Integrated Approach to Addressing the Challenge of Depression Among the Youth in Malawi and Tanzania” (IACD). This was an example of, a horizontally integrated pathway to care model designed to be applied in low-resource settings. The model is designed to 1) improve awareness/knowledge of mental health and mental disorders (especially depression) in communities; 2) enhance mental health literacy among youth and teachers within schools; 3) enhance capacity for teachers to identify students with possible depression; 4) create linkages between schools and community health clinics for improved access to mental health care for youth identified with possible depression; and 5) enhance the capacity of community-based health-care providers to identify, diagnose, and effectively treat youth with depression. With the use of interactive, youth-informed weekly radio programs, mental health curriculum training for teachers and peer educators in secondary schools, and a clinical competency training program for community-based health workers, the innovation created a “hub and spoke” model for improving mental health care for young people. Positive results obtained in Malawi and replicated in Tanzania suggest that this approach may provide an effective and potentially sustainable framework for enhancing youth mental health care, thus providing a policy ready framework that can be considered for application in sub-Saharan Africa." (Abstract) more

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Journalism and Human Rights Standards in Africa: Reportage of Violence Against Persons with Albinism in Malawian Newspapers

Joe Mlenga

African Human Rights Yearbook (2019), 15 pp.

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Motsutsana ndi zovuta zonse = Against all odds. A participatory film project in Dowa, Malawi. Facilitator's guide

Steps; Social Mobilization for Transformation (SMOT) (2019), 11 pp.

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Pooling Aid Sector Demand for Digital Public Goods: Lessons from Sizing Mobile Channel Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa

Digital Impact Alliance (dial); Altai Consulting (2019), 38 pp.

"We started by performing fieldwork in five countries, covering the four main SSA regions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. We then conducted 116 interviews across 78 organizations, covering the overall ecosystem: mobile network operators (MNOs), aggreg ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Article 19; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2019), 87 pp.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service ... more

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Questioning the Role of Foreign Aid in Media System Research

Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 401-412

"While the internal dynamics or the role of the state has had a significant bearing on how media systems evolve and change, both internal and external factors have contributed to the type of media that exists in Malawi today. Although Hallin and Mancini did not include at length the role of external ... more

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Creating Mobile Health Solutions for Behaviour Change: A Study of Eight Services in the MNutrition Initiative Portfolio

Kim Viljoen, Tobias Wacker

London: GSMA; Altai Consulting (2018), 50 pp.

"The GSMA mHealth programme, under the mNutrition Initiative funded by UK aid (the UK Department for International Development, DFID), has been working with mobile network operators (MNOs) and other mobile and health sector stakeholders to support the launch and scale of mobile health (mHealth) valu ... more

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Public Engagement in Malawi Through a Health-Talk Radio Programme ‘Umoyo Nkukambirana’: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Deborah Nyirenda, Tamara Chipasula Makawa, Chapita, Greyson, Chisomo Mdalla, Nkolokosa, Mzati et al.

Public Understanding of Science, volume 27, issue 2 (2018), pp. 229-242

"Radio is an effective source of health information in many resource poor countries. In Malawi, 53% of households own radios however few radio programmes in Malawi focus on health issues in the context of medical research. An interactive health-talk radio programme ‘Umoyo nkukambirana’ was intro ... more

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The Daughters of St Paul in Africa 1958-2015

Teresa Marcazzan (ed.)

Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa (2018), 352 pp.

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Privacy and Personal Data Challenges and Trends in Malawi

Kampala: CIPESA (2018), 19 pp.

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Journalism Education and Training in Malawi: A Case for a National Policy

Levi Zeleza Manda, Noel Drake Kufaine

Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2018), pp. 35-53

"[...] despite the welcome increase in the number of journalism and communication qualifications offered by public and private journalism training colleges in Malawi, the quality of the output is still lackluster. This is overwhelmingly because practical skills courses are taught inadequately, hapha ... more

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New Media and the Mediatisation of Religion: An African Perspective

Gabriel Faimau, William O. Lesitaokana (eds.)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2018), xi, 173 pp.

Communication for Development: An Evaluation Framework in Action Deep Insights

How African Economies Work: A Guide to Business and Economics Reporting Key Guides

Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development Deep Insights

Communication for Development: An Evaluation Framework in Action
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How African Economies Work: A Guide to Business and Economics Reporting
Key Guides

Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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