Kano Joins Six Other States in Switch Over to Digital Terrestrial Platform
Kano State in North-west Nigeria has joined six other states that have completed the Digital Switch Over (DSO) to migrate digital terrestrial broadcasting under the second phase of the national DSO programme.
The first rollout...
MRA, IPC Condemn Federal Government’s Twitter Ban, Threaten to Lodge Complaints Before AU, UN...
Two non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) on June 7, 2021 condemned the Federal Government’s indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and threatened to lodge a formal complaint...
Paradigm Initiative Announces Date for DRIF24, Calls for Session Proposals
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a non-governmental organisation that works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities, and ensure the protection of their rights, has announced that it will host the 2024 edition of the...
17thAnnual Internet Governance Forum to Hold as Hybrid Event
The 17th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) scheduled to hold from November 28 to December 2, 2022 will be hosted as a hybrid event with the aim of accommodating the participation of stakeholders present...
UNESCO Issues Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms to Safeguard Free Expression, Access to...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has issued a new report titled “Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Access to Information through a Multistakeholder Approach”,...
NGO Network Develops Online Game to Help People Bypass Internet Shutdown
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a membership-based international network of organisations and activists with its main office in Johannesburg, South Africa, has developed a facilitated training activity in the form of a game...
