Democracy in Africa: digital voting technology and social media can be a force for good – and bad

By Maxwell Maseko, Postdoc Research Fellow - Digital Governance and Media, University of the Witwatersrand

It’s a bumper year for elections on the continent: by the end of 2024, 20 countries ought to have gone to the polls to vote in national elections. A handful of others are also scheduled to conduct local-level elections. As is the case elsewhere in the world, digital technologies have come to play a key role in African elections and political life more broadly – sometimes, but not always, in positive ways.

Maxwell Maseko researches digital…

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~	Labour v SNP: the general election is a closer race in Scotland

~	Black-affirming campus spaces are vital for Black student academic success

~	Gazans’ extreme hunger could leave its mark on subsequent generations

~	Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company

~	Want to help our precious nocturnal bugs during Matariki’s longer nights? Turn the lights down low

~	Friday essay: ‘why is it always on public transport?’ – racist threats have shaped, but not defeated me

~	What’s next for the Climate Change Authority under Matt Kean’s leadership?

~	Young people hate making phone calls – could it be hurting their careers?

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