Who Gave Them My Number? The Consent Gap Behind Africa’s Unsolicited SMS “Pandemic”
It usually starts the same way. A phone buzzes with a loan offer, a betting promo, or a campaign jingle from a politician whose rally you never attended, sent to... Read more.
From Defamation to Data Rights: How Litigation is Reshaping Platform Accountability
When an AI-generated video used Femi Falana’s face and a cloned version of his voice to claim he had suffered from prostatitis for sixteen years and to sell... Read more.
The Algorithmic Border: What TikTok’s “Account-Skipping” Trend Reveals About Digital Inequality
A digital creator in Lagos or Nairobi spends months building a dedicated audience, scripting video concepts, and editing high-definition content. Their videos generate... Read more.
The Burden of Consent: How Digital Systems Offload Data Risk Onto Job Seekers
Amina had spent weeks searching for work online. Like many recent graduates, she uploaded her CV to multiple job portals, recruitment websites, and application platforms,... Read more.
The Illusion of Popularity: Instagram’s Bot Purge and the Economy of Fake Influence
On May 7, 2026, social media users across the world noticed something unusual: follower counts were suddenly falling. Major celebrity accounts reportedly lost millions... Read more.
Truth Fatigue: When Questioning Everything Becomes Believing Nothing
In West Africa’s digital public square, something quieter and more dangerous than “fake news” is taking root. It isn’t just the viral spread of a... Read more.
AI Cannot Fix What it does not Understand: Why Local Data is the Cornerstone of African Development.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way nations approach productivity, governance, and innovation. Across the world, governments are turning to AI not... Read more.
AI and Disinformation: A Discursive Analysis of West African Election
Summary AI-generated disinformation—including deepfakes, bot networks, and voice cloning—plays a role in amplifying ethnic and religious divisions, undermining... Read more.
How to Tell a Story in an Age of Disinformation: A Journalist’s Guide
The battle for truth is no longer fought only in newspaper columns or television broadcasts. Today, it continues to rage on social media timelines, WhatsApp groups,... Read more.
Beyond the Headlines: How our New OSINT Resource Page Empowers You to Fact-Check Like a Pro
In today’s hyper-connected world, where information flows faster than the Niger River, the lines between fact and fiction are blurrier than ever. From deepfake... Read more.