The Tech4Dev Conference is the biennial flagship event of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hosted by CODEV at EPFL. The Conference focuses on the potential of technology solutions to advance inclusive social and economic development in the Global South.Tech4Dev 2018 puts the challenges and the potential of the Global South in the center of discussions reflected by its title Voices of the Global South. Indeed, even though the Sustainable Development Goals apply globally, the needs in terms of access to health and financial services, functioning education systems and sustainable urban and natural ecosystems are undeniably more significant in the Global South. In this perspective, it is crucial to listen to and support stakeholders from the regions who are facing these challenges
2018 ICT4D Conference (Lusaka, Zambia)
The 10th ICT4D Conference brings together public, private and civil society organizations from across the humanitarian and international development community. Participants share how they’ve used innovations in technology to increase the impact of their work. Highly interactive and hands-on, the conference attracts a diverse audience of technical advisors, executives, and others who offer a range of practical insights on applying technology to development, humanitarian, and conservation challenges.
University of Oxford, Bonavero Institute for Human Rights & University of Johannesburg: ‘The Internet Shutdowns in Africa Conference’ (Johannesburg, South Africa)
The Internet Shutdowns in Africa conference is a two-day programme aimed at sparking in-depth and productive conversations about the rise of internet shutdowns on the continent. It is organized by the ERC-funded ConflictNet programme at the University of Oxford’s Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights, and the Department of Journalism, Film, and Television at the University of Johannesburg’s School of Communication. The conference is convened by Nicole Stremlau and Eleanor Marchant.
There has been a dramatic increase in internet shutdowns in Africa. In 2016, the number of shutdowns doubled from the previous year, affecting citizens in 11 countries on the continent. And while the number of shutdowns declined slightly in 2017, governments that resorted to disrupting the internet did so more frequently and for longer periods of time. From anti-government protests to Cameroon to exam cheating in Ethiopia, concerns of election-related violence in Uganda, and quelling social unrest in Zimbabwe, the justifications are diverse.
There is a pressing need for more in-depth research into the whys and hows governments are choosing to curtail internet access. In particular more research is urgently needed to answer questions around motivations, the legal and political processes that enable internet shutdowns to take place, the technological developments enhancing the ability and willingness of actors to resort to such measures, and the role that international and non-state actors like technology companies, ISPs, and governments are playing in this process.
OII Technology and Mobilities in Africa Seminar Series: From FM radio stations to Internet 2.0 overnight – information, mobility and social media in post-failed coup Burundi (Oxford, UK)
The OII is excited to welcome JB Falisse from the University of Edinburgh for the Technology and Mobilities in Africa talk “From FM radio stations to Internet 2.0 overnight: information, mobility and social media in post-failed coup Burundi”.
The failed coup of 13 May 2015 led, overnight, to the quasi-destruction of independent media in Burundi. Ordinary citizens, journalists, and politicians turned to social media to gather information, voice their opinion, and try and influence public life. This paper considers this fast transition, the ways citizens, diaspora members, refugees, journalists, and politicians have navigated it, and the sort of public space it has contributed to building. In line with the literature on social media, it is argued that a new public space was –somewhat forcibly– opened. However, we also contend that this space is not necessarily more inclusive of the ordinary citizen, be they than the space available to citizens during the ‘golden era’ of Burundian FM stations (2005-2013). Although some platforms, and in particular WhatsApp, are vital for the circulation of underground information and can act as an alert system, social media seems, overall, ruled by a minority of brokers who partially overlap with the ruling elite.
This is a free event but registration is required.
USAID Digital Development Forum: The Next 10 Years (Washington, USA)
This event will bring together thought leaders, practitioners, and innovators from across the private sector and international development to discuss how organizations are succeeding in adapting to the global digital economy and adopting information and communication technologies as a way to more effectively achieve their social and economic missions.
Hosted by USAID and mSTAR, the event will explore how to effectively catalyze organizational change, and incentivize new approaches, risk-taking, and adaptation needed to tackle the most intractable development challenges.
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