Enhancing Digital Security Awareness for CSOs in Africa
A publication on digital security for civil society organisations and journalists in Africa. It describes how these groups have moved over 20 years from print-based activism to digital tools that help them hide their identities and contact sources quickly. It argues that media and civil society groups need to adopt new technologies to stay effective, and sets out to raise awareness of digital security practice among them.
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Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA); West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) (2019). Enhancing Digital Security Awareness for CSOs in Africa. https://search.issuelab.org/resource/enhancing-digital-security-awareness-for-csos-in-africa
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