TECHDIGEST – In anticipation of the upcoming August 23 elections in Zimbabwe, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) and Gender Media Connect (GMC) have joined forces to host an informative session dedicated to raising awareness about digital rights among female journalists and women in politics.

During the session, journalists were educated about pressing digital rights matters and were sensitized to the significance of capturing stories related to digital rights.

Bridgette Ndlovu, the Partnerships and Engagements Officer at PIN, emphasized that the occurrence of internet shutdowns and deliberate reduction of internet speeds has become a widespread occurrence within the African digital rights landscape.

She stated, “Digital rights stand as an extension of human rights. The advent of digital technologies has revolutionized the exercise, safeguarding, and violation of fundamental rights.

“In Africa, we’re witnessing trends in digital rights violations such as internet shutdowns, dissemination of false information, online gender-based violence, and hate speech.

“These incidents have now crept into the electoral phase as political entities and candidates vie to amplify their political influence.”

Ndlovu underscored the responsibility of journalists to not only advocate for the safeguarding of digital rights but also to report instances of digital rights violations.

“Your role as journalists involves shedding light on digital rights violations, thereby fostering awareness of these challenges within communities.

“We’re aware that Zimbabwe has previously shut down the internet, and as the election approaches, our focus remains on enlightening the public about digital rights, urging their respect.”

Furthermore, Ndlovu highlighted that compromising digital rights during elections could detrimentally impact campaign efforts, given that political parties rely heavily on social media platforms to communicate their political messages.

“The breach of digital rights would not only hamper campaigning activities but also hinder the circulation of messages related to civic engagement, combat misinformation, and limit access to information about the electoral process,” she affirmed.

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By Y.Z. Ya’u

TECHDIGEST – Today, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) is observing a national Media Day of Action on Digital Rights in Nigeria. The day which is being marked with a variety of activities such as radio discussion panels, lectures, twitter blast and Facebook live, among others, is meant to sensitize the public to the importance of digital rights, raise citizens awareness around it and engage government with a view to creating the necessary conductive environment for the respect for and flourishing of digital rights in the country. One of the expected outcomes is to catalyze citizens voice to demand for and activate their agency to promote and protect digital rights in Nigeria.

This is very important given the two contradictory development in around digital eco system in the country, both driven by the government. On the one hand, government is rushing for deep penetration of digitization of the society in line with its digital economy strategy and policy which has seen the hasty implementation of a cashless banking policy in the last three or so weeks that has resulted in untold hardship on the part of the ordinary citizens. On the other hand, in spite of its embrace of the digital economy, government is not comfortable with the political economy imperative of the digital economy, which must allow citizens to access and use digital platforms to not only access and use information but also to express their opinions and to, more importantly, hold government and its officials accountable.

This latter development has seen government clamping on citizens, including the arrest and detention of a student who made a twitter comment about the wife of the president, the detention of several journalists for reporting corruption and unaccountable conduct of government officials, etc. 

Digital rights are really not new as they are mere extension and projection of our fundamental human rights in the context of the information society. For instance, the right to freedom of expression online means the right for citizens to freely use the internet to express themselves, the right to freedom of association has found expression in a similar version online, the use of digital spaces for associational life.

The right to education implies the ability of citizens to use the internet to access educational opportunities and to engage in education processes. 

The notion of digital rights being imperative is the logical conclusion and implication of the online migration of governance processes. Today, many governments, including that in Nigeria, have migrated their services and processes online such that citizens can only access these services via the internet.

The most visible of this in the country is that application for admission to institutions of higher learning in the country is online and all the processes involved are also necessarily online. Getting a passport, voter’s card, vehicle license, etc have also all moved online, and from last three weeks now, everybody in the country is required to carry out financial transactions and engage in commerce and associated activities digitally. 

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This online migration of governance and its services, means that unless citizens have access to the internet, they will be excluded from not only the governance processes but also in benefiting from the services of governments. Also, the migration of education processes online mean that accessing education requires the internet. Since education is a right, the tool with which to access education (a right), that is the internet, must also be a right.

The current hardship that resulted from the implementation of the cashless banking system is due to the fact that many Nigerians are experiencing simultaneous digital and financial exclusions which are linked.  If you live in an area where there is no internet, even if you have a bank account, you cannot access your money and therefore cannot carry out any financial transaction. This is why the United Nations has accorded internet the status of a right, falling into what normatively is referred to as fourth generation of rights. In line with this, it launched the Campaign of Leave No One Behind, that is digitally.

We are just coming out from a grueling election period. One of the simple requirements of the credible election system is transparency. One way the election management body could assure such transparency is the use of open but secure digital transmission of election results from the polling units up to the final collation points at which the results are announced. This can only be possible via digital systems.  In this, it is important not only for citizens to access but also for government to ensure that its agencies have the necessary digital systems to with which citizens can audit their performance. 

It is thus important that digital rights are available for all citizens. They cannot assert and enjoy their citizenship with accessing their digital rights. Government itself cannot guarantee these rights without ensuring that the infrastructure for citizens to access their digital rights is available. 

But while government is upbeat about the economic benefits of digital technology, it does not seem to think much about ensuring that citizens should have access to and use digital technology. There are five critical factors that determine whether citizens are able to use digital technology for both personal development as well as tool for political participation. 

The First is that they need to understand what digital technology can do to their life. Government has responsibility to raise about on this. Government agency with mandate to do this, notably the National Information Technology Development (NITDA) is doing some awareness building engagements, but it needs to do more. 

The second is that government needs to find ways in which it should extend digital infrastructure to all parts of the country. At the moment, figures by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) indicate that there are 97 clusters of communities, termed as underserved and unserved communities where access to digital signal is poor or not available at all. These clusters of digitally excluded people have a combined population of close to 30 million people.

Most of these are in the rural areas where private sector players find it difficult to go because they are not profitable largely as a result of the fact that the people there are poor and or the population is too small as to guarantee them return on investment. One of the ways governments can address this infrastructural depicts is by enabling conducive environment for the emergence and flourishing of community networks. Community networks, as seen in several other countries, are community-owned, community-designed and community-managed infrastructure to address community communication need.

While a few community networks exist in this country (including about seven set up by CITAD in different parts of the country), there are no policies to guide their operation and certainly no support from government to ensure their sustainability. Government set up the USPF partly to drive infrastructure to areas where market has failed to reach.

However, rather than supporting communities to mobilize their own endowments to address their infrastructural needs, the USPF has opted to be subsidize the private sector which places digital centres in communities as turkey projects delivered to government on cash and carry basis, lacking elements of sustainability. We must retrace out steps and look for models that will ensure sustainability if we really want bridge the internal dimension of the digital divide in Nigeria. 

The third factor for the effective use of digital technology by the citizens is that citizens must have the necessary skills to use digital technology. Digital literacy today is needed for all to live a happy, productive, and meaningful life in the digital world.

While the national education curricula have made computer studies compulsory right from basic education, the challenge is that most of the schools at this stage of the education pyramid do not have the necessary facilities to provide digital skills and do not even have a clear understanding of what digital skills look like.Instead, most pupils are taught about history of computers and the different parts of computer as computer studies. We must address this serious problem. We must also develop and implement serious national digital literacy programme.

While NITDA has the National Strategy which commits it to achieving 95% digital literacy in the country by the year 2023, it does not seem to have then required platform, coalition, and synergy to achieve this. For the moment within government, digital literacy is seen as the responsibility of NITDA alone and not a collective and shared one of all stakeholders, including state governments which owned most of the basic education schools in the country.

The fourth factor is to address the issues of affordable. This is an economic matter. Most poor people cannot afford digital goods and services in the country.  This is even worth for women who are relatively poorer than males in the country. As most research have observed that poverty has a feminine face in Nigeria.  The question of affordability is both technical and social matter in the sense that certain technologies provide cheaper services than others.

For instance, government has said there is a universal coverage of the country by Elon satellites, the Starlink system but the services of starlink are not affordable to more than 60% of Nigerians. The USPF second mandate was to equalize affordability by subsidizing the poorer sections of the population, but it is hardly doing this. 

Finally, government has to address the factors that inhibit the effective use of the internet. This include the preventing harmful content online that drives people away from the cyberspace, especially directed against women who are subjected to sexual harassment, weaponing the internet against them, and making them to internalize its fear and becoming reluctant in using. 

But more crucially, government must see the internet as a continuum of the civic space for citizens to live and exist and to perform their role as civic subjects. It must respect the right of citizens to a free and safe internet and digital space. It must respect the privacy of digital users and refrain from unnecessary surveillance on its citizens and enact and implement a regime of digital rights as provided in the current Digital Rights Bill that will not only ensure the protection and promotion of digital rights but also enables government to protect the rights of citizens from being abused by third parties. Government must also commit to the protection and flourishing of digital rights as not only a necessary requirement for the consolidation of our democracy but also as a precondition for the success of the digital economy transformation agenda of the country. This is our message today as we mark the Media Day Action on Digital Rights.

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TECHDIGEST – The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on Nigerian agencies, particularly the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), and the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, among others, to ensure that the rights of citizens, both online and offline are protected during and after the 2023 general elections.

Mr Ali Sabo, Digital Rights Officer, CITAD, disclosed this today during a press briefing, in Kano State.

“These rights correspond to the fundamental rights provided in the Declaration on Human Rights as Freedom of Expression, Right to Information, Freedom of Assembly and Association, as well as the right to personal privacy and dignity.

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“The UN has recognized the right to Internet as fourth generation rights. The right to Internet as means to access these offline rights has at its core the issues of Privacy and Personal Data Protection.

“Any breach of the above is a negation to Nigerian commitment to Human Rights as well as other international covenants on human rights, including the African Charter and Peoples and Human Rights”, he said.

According to Sabo:

1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure the protection and confidentiality of the people’s mandate and not allow anybody to temper with it

2. The Nigeria Police Force to desist from being used by politicians to intimidate voters, journalists and election observers during the election

3. Tech giant companies to ensure the protection and confidentiality of the people’s data so as not allow third parties to have access to it

4. The National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria Communications Commission, Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, National Identity Management Commission, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to not allow themselves to be used or transmit citizens data to a third person for any reason unless this request is by a competent court

5. The government to respect the citizens’ rights for association, assembly and speech online during this election

He called on the security agencies to ensure the protection of both the election and telecommunication infrastructure, for smooth transmission of election results.

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TECHDIGEST – Stakeholders have called for renewed efforts toward passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill by the National Assembly and the President.It is hoped that presidential assent will equally follow the passage this time around.

A One-Day National Stakeholders Meeting on Digital Rights in Nigeria, was organized by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), to discuss on the ways to speed up the passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill by the president; Galvanize voices who will advocate for the assent of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill in the country; and Enlighten the stakeholders about the importance and the need for the Digital Rights in the country.

The stakeholders stressed the need for all to rally round the National Assembly to get the Bill passed and proceed to the next stage of getting the President to assent to it.

Recall that the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill was the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill was passed by the National Assembly in 2018. However, in early 2019, the president declined assent and since the National Assembly did not override the President, the Bill failed. Moreover, following more consultation, a revised version of the Bill was reintroduced at the National Assembly. This bill is still pending and needs to be passed.

The stakeholders noted that the National Assembly has shown commitment to the idea of digital rights by reintroducing the Bill and therefore acknowledged their effort.

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The Country Director, Advocats Sans Frontieres France, Angela Uzoma-Iwuchukwu who noted that technology is evolving and affecting the everyday lives of Nigerians in a very unique way, stressed the need for the human rights community to adapt to the evolving context of digital technologies.

Uzoma-Iwuchukwu who stressed the need for the country to have a template to govern its digital space, however explained that digital rights do not introduce a new set of right but an extension or transfer of the fundamental human rights to the digital space.

She said,”Right now most of what we do is done online, so, we are seeing that the technology is affecting our everyday lives in a very unique way, in a way that was not envisaged at the time of the process of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“So as we’re having technologies coming out, we are now trying to find ways in the human rights community to adapt to the evolving context of digital technologies.

“So this is one of the reasons why having a digital rights view which of course, we are looking at, translating into a digital rights in Nigeria.It is essential, because now we have unique platforms, that those rights which traditionally have been recognized, have to be adapted in specific contexts.

“For example, we’re talking about data protection, protection of online users, the data that we all use, and we’re also talking about issues of freedom of expression. But in this context, we’re looking at freedom of expression online. We’re looking at our rights to association. Communities have moved from offline communities. We used to talk about engagement at the grassroot level, but right now we’re also talking about online engagement and online communities. So how do we ensure that all this rights that are traditionally protected in the context of online are also respected online?

Uzoma-Iwuchukwu further said that there is also need for accountability in the case of violations of the rights of Nigerians in the digital context, adding that it is the duty of the government to deliver to the citizens a legal framework that will ensure a demand for and respect of this right.

“And most importantly, how do we ensure that when there are violations of this right in the online and digital context, that they are also able to enforce those rights and there is accountability.

“Let’s also have our mind to the fact that violation in the digital context affect different groups differently. It’s mostly fear for certain groups and we look at issues of inclusion.

“We now know that all this is happening in the online space and what is the role of the Nigerian government as the duty bearer for respect and enjoyment of our human rights in all of this conversation? The very first step of course will be the duty, the obligation to deliver to us a legislation and a legal framework with which we can relate to ensure a demand for respect of this right.

“This is our life right now.It’s affecting our education, it’s affecting businesses, engagement, including civic engagement, which is obviously for with elections coming up, we see just how elections, not just in Nigeria is sweeping all across the world, but even particularly in our context.

“We’re seeing that the engagement there’s not a single presidential aspirant that does not have a Twitter account. It means you’re not ready for the elections. You’re going to speak to us on Twitter, as much as whatever you want to do offline for even those that are not coming for debate, they are tweeting. I don’t know, you observed that they are tweeting because you must engage also online. So this is how important it is. For those of us that are digital rights champions, we must also brace up, the contest is going to change again and again,” she said.

Speaking on role of the media in advancing the digital rights of Nigerian citizens, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newsdiaryonline, Mr Danlami Mmodu, mni, stressed that the media has the responsibility to carry out reports, analysis and intensify social media campaign to draw the attention of relevant authorities.

Other role of the media which mentioned by participants include, investigations, advocacy for vulnerable groups.

The media expert who lamented the devastating impact of cyber attacks, especially the most recent attack witnessed by Newsdiaryonline advised victims of cyber attacks to share their experiences or plight with one another to serve as a precaution to others who are yet to fall victim.

Newsdiaryonline has been in existence over the past 13 years, the recent attack on our website was devastating as everything we have published over the past 12 years got deleted,” he said.

He called for synergy among Online publishers.

Also on the role of the media in Digital rights Advocacy, Adenike Aloba, Editor of Dataphyte, in an interactive session, acknowledged that the role of the media include; Agenda setting, analysis, reporting and investigation, among others.

She noted,”To thrive in a digital world, the media has the responsibility to make use of technology for social good, influencing its future direction, and developing infrastructure.”

She explained that characteristics of digital rights include; Openess, internet access and affordability,freedom of expression, rights to information, freedom of assembly and association on the internet, personal data protection, gender equality, right to due process, among others.

During the panel discussions on how to push for the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill, stakeholders noted that without human rights there cannot be digital right. They pointed out that the media has a key role to play, adding they the media is the major source and tool for the advocacy.

They therefore stressed that the media should be a player and push for the the bill to be passed, including civil society organizations, among other stakeholders.

One of the panelists, Dr Abdul Hamidu , Lecturer, A.B.U, Zaria, noted that the issues of inclusion and accountability cannot be separated from the advocacy for the digital rights and freedom bill, while also calling that the vulnerable groups such as women, children and Persons With Disability should also be considered.

“The issues of of inclusion and accountability, these two can not be separated apart. We should talk about vulnerable groups, women, children, among others. I understand that we are running a patriachal society, and this is tampering with the digital rights of the vulnerable groups,” he said.

On how to address the rural concern about digital right abuse, Eseyin Johnson of the Fansuam Foundation who noted that the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill is about human right and the right to life, lamented that the government does not really want the bill. He therefore appealed to the media to help in advancing the advocacy.

He said,”One thing we should have in our minds is that the government really don’t want us to have the bill. This bill guarantees right to life. I think physical meeting have reduced, where is the life now, it is in the internet. It is the media now that will help us because they know how to pass the message.”

Olanrewaju Oyedeji, Dataphyte Reporter, emphasised the need for stakeholders to continued to call out the government, adding that in some cases, the government are the sponsors of fake news themselves.

“We need to be calling out the government because in some cases the government are the sponsors of fake news themselves. We need to go beyond the issue of creating infrastructure but interrogate the issue of how the government have used funds meant for infrastructures,” he said.

The panel discussion on how to address growing concern of digital rights abuse was moderated by Osai Ojigbo, executive director, Amnesty International.She commended the panelists for their insight.

Some of the dignitaries at the workshop included Y Z Yau of CITAD, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, CISLAC Yusuf Ozi-Usman, Publisher Greenbarge Reporters, Osai Ojigho, Executive Director, Amnesty International among others

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TECHDIGEST – Freedom of expression is a universal human right, a right fundamental to a democratic society which is why it is enshrined in section 39 of the Constitution and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Freedom of expression is important for an inclusive participation in society. It also allows citizens to seek out and circulate information, ideas, comments and opinions and hold those in authority to account.

This right extends to the press, providing a platform for multiple voices to be heard.

The principle of freedom of expression and human rights, according to Paradigm Initiative (PIN), must apply not only to traditional media but also to the Internet and all types of emerging media platforms, which will contribute to development, democracy and dialogue.

In a recent press statement by the PIN, Boye Adegoke who leads Paradigm Initiative Digital Rights Programs in Africa, said they acknowledge that it is not an unfettered right and there are legal safeguards to protect those who may be vulnerable and prevent the abuse of these rights.

“However, around the world, there are governments and those wielding power who find many ways to obstruct it.

“The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court reinforced the importance of this right with their recent judgment on the Twitter ban, where it held that access to Twitter, being one of the social media platforms of choice to receive, disseminate and impart information, is one such derivative right that is complementary to the enjoyment of the right to freedom of expression pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 (1) & (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Consequently, to derogate from such a right requires lawful justification.

“Although the court made its position clear, the civic space especially online has been shrinking for some time”.

The concerns:

“We saw the passing of the Cybercrimes Act, the rejection of the digital rights and freedoms bill, the initiation of the hate speech and social media bills and now the draft Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries and Conditions for Operating in Nigeria (by the National Information Technology Development Agency)”.

PIN’s call to action goes to all stakeholders involved, thus;

To the legislature: Pass the digital rights and freedom bill to guarantee the rights of Nigerian citizens in the digital age and to promote trust.

The Executive: Engage in a broader consultation to achieve an inclusive, democratic and rights-respecting approach to content and platform regulations – This consultation must be had at a level-playing field for all concerned stakeholders(Private sector, government, human rights organisation and digital rights organisations)

Civil society and citizens must continue to hold government accountable and equally work together with the government for better outputs.

The media must remain dogged to report violations and amplify the voices of citizens who daily use digital platforms to hold the government accountable.

“Finally, to our fellow citizens who hold the highest office in the land. Let us continue to partake in governance and hold all and sundry accountable”, he said.

Source: Tech economy.ng

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TECHDIGEST – Digital rights and inclusion is an issue that doesn’t get discussed enough. Yet, with the way things are currently going, it has the potential to become a much bigger problem in the future. And as someone who is passionate about technology and its ability to help people and businesses, this concerns me.

There are many ways that digital rights and inclusion can be addressed in business, but there is also something special about doing so when you’re operating in Nigeria. The country has been hit with a lot of unfair reputations that have held it back for far too long. By addressing this topic from a Nigerian perspective, companies will not only be doing something good but also taking advantage of a unique opportunity to grow their businesses.

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Below are five reasons why your business should make digital rights and inclusion a priority in Africa if you’re operating there or plan on expanding into the region soon.

5 Reasons Why Your Business Should Make Digital Rights and Inclusion a Priority in Nigeria:

Digital Rights and Inclusion is Complimentary for Business

It’s important to understand that digital rights and inclusion are not just something that you should do because it’s the right thing to do. It’s something that you should do because it is complimentary for business. There are many reasons why this is true, but one of the most important is that digital inclusion can help you better understand the needs of your customers.

This can lead to more effective management, more targeted products and services, and more data for strategy. Therefore, the more you know about what people in your community need, the better your company will be able to meet those needs and, therefore, increase its bottom line. The more you can do to encourage people and organizations to use technology, the more you’ll see it become an integral part of life and business in Nigeria. This will, in turn, lead to more and better business opportunities. By being at the forefront of digital inclusion, your company will be better equipped to take advantage of these opportunities because it will have better insight into them. This can, therefore, lead to more growth and success for your business.

An Opportunity to Grow Your Company’s Reputation

As mentioned above, there are many reasons why digital rights and inclusion are good for business. Yet, there’s also a significant amount of reputational benefit that can come from the. By promoting digital rights, you are putting yourself in a position to take control of the narrative around your industry and the role your company plays in it. This is something that is particularly important if you’re operating in Nigeria because you’ll have the chance to break many of the unfair stereotypes that have plagued the nation’s digital ecosystem. By promoting digital rights and inclusion, you can show the world that your company is committed to serving the needs of all people and helping Nigeria catch up with the rest of the world. This can, in turn, lead to greater trust from prospective global customers and clients and, subsequently, more business opportunities in forms of partnerships for expansion.

Commitment to Having an Equal Footing in Nigeria

While it might seem as though digital rights and inclusion are things that only global partners and governments need to be aware of, the reality is that your clients and competitors should be aware too. Nigerians need access to the same technologies, services, and opportunities that people in the rest of the world have. If your company doesn’t provide digital rights, equalities and equities, then your employees are being negatively impacted and you’re missing out on talent that could otherwise be available to you. By addressing digital gender equality and including people with disabilities and special abilities, you can show prospective employees and investors that you are committed to having an equal footing in Nigeria, Africa and globally.

By Promoting Inclusion, You Can Help More People Become Employable

In addition to helping Nigerians get the technology that they need and giving them the opportunity to get jobs and start businesses, digital rights and inclusion can also help more people become employable. By promoting digital rights and inclusion, you can help more people get the education they need to become computer-literate and learn new skills. By promoting digital rights and inclusion, you can help to close the digital divide. This is the gap that exists between those who have access to and proficiency in using technology and those who don’t. Closing the gap is important because it can help Nigerians get the education that they need to get jobs in the 21st century. Including as many people as possible in the digital space can also help Nigerians to continue leading Africa’s Tech ecosystem.

Digital Rights and Inclusion can Help Increase the Quality of Life of Nigerians

There are many ways that digital rights and inclusion can help increase the quality of life for Nigerians. For starters, by promoting digital rights and inclusion, you can help people get the healthcare services that they need and deserve. You can also help people better communicate with loved ones through video and audio communication. You can also help people travel more efficiently by using online transportation booking services and other technologies. Additionally, by promoting digital rights and inclusion, you can help Nigerians learn about and protect the environment. You can help people become more financially secure thus improving the economy. You can also help improve education and access to information.

Isa Ali Musa,
Policy Fellow, Nigerian Global Affairs Council
Abuja, Nigeria.

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