ICT policy

Seeding change: Cameroon’s PROTEGE QV on amplifying digital rights advocacy efforts across the African continent
Seeding change: Cameroon’s PROTEGE QV on amplifying digital rights advocacy efforts across the African continent 19 May 2021 APCNews

How are APC members improving their communities’ lives? APC subgranting has empowered Cameroon's PROTEGE QV to contribute to the development of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms, amplifying digital rights advocacy efforts across the continent.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 35
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 35 29 April 2021 APCNews

Welcome to the 35th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

Seeding change: Zenzeleni provides community-rooted connectivity in rural South Africa
Seeding change: Zenzeleni provides community-rooted connectivity in rural South Africa 28 April 2021 APCNews

How are APC members improving their communities' lives? Find out how Zenzeleni Community Networks has been growing its capacity to provide internet access while building a local source of income alongside community members in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.

Leave no one behind: A people-centred approach to achieve meaningful connectivity
Leave no one behind: A people-centred approach to achieve meaningful connectivity 27 April 2021 Various

We call on governments, industry, multilateral institutions, civil society and international financial institutions to close the digital divide by putting people at the centre of our approach to achieving meaningful connectivity for everyone.

GISWatch 2020 launch: Technology, the environment and a sustainable world
GISWatch 2020 launch: Technology, the environment and a sustainable world 07 April 2021 APCNews

The new edition of GISWatch on "Technology, the environment and a sustainable world: Responses from the global South" is launching! Be sure to save the date – 22 April – and join us as we explore the constructive role that technology can play in confronting environmental and climate crises.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 34
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 34 25 March 2021 APCNews

Welcome to the 34th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 33
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 33 25 February 2021 APCNews

Welcome to the 33rd monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 32
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 32 29 January 2021 APCNews

Welcome to the 32sd monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

APC welcomes Fabrizio Hochschild’s appointment as the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Technology
APC welcomes Fabrizio Hochschild’s appointment as the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Technology 25 January 2021 APC

APC congratulates and welcomes Fabrizio Hochschild to his new role as United Nations Envoy on Technology. APC sees the Tech Envoy role as crucial to promoting improved coordination and synergy among different spaces and processes concerning internet governance and global digital cooperation.

To protect privacy in the digital age, world governments can and must do more
To protect privacy in the digital age, world governments can and must do more 25 January 2021 APC, Access Now and ARTICLE 19

A new resolution on privacy in the digital age adopted at the UN General Assembly reaffirms the fundamental importance of the right to privacy and renews international commitment to ending all abuses and violations of this vital right worldwide.

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