what in. africa coming up on the program for good or for bad how do you use the internet in an era where fake news is testing the boundaries of democracies. governance experts where do need life and what rule can you and i play. also coming up in the media as upcoming elections a missed economic crisis. dentist dent in the incumbents chances. of facing the tragedy with comedy we'll find out how and why this cameroonian is

bringing back some fun and laughter. is fast becoming the norm. i. know you're welcome to the program now whether you like it or not the internet and social media here to stay but the question is how are you using them do you verify before you share information and how safe is your data to know more about that experts in the digital development data on internet regulation currently in berlin for the annual internet governance for they are here to debate what legal frameworks are necessary to ensure the use of data for public good and discuss strategies for harness and data the conference was opened by the un secretary general. we have

a collective responsibility to give the election to these technologies so that we maximize benefits and any intended consequences and malicious use and so far we have not yet kept pace. there is an absence of technical expertise among policymakers even in the most developed grim news for more on this i have been a studio on journalist. who is out and then the concerns and set up thanks for joining us for having me so the u.n. secretary general has as we just says there's a lack of expertise to handle the challenges the internet's comes with which african countries are looking at well which ones are not i think a lot of countries are approaching the problem from different directions and some are doing more political work that's trying to lay the groundwork for regulations and sort of control over hate speech and other things challenges that are arising on the internet and some are focusing more on the technical aspects to do with for

example governance of intellectual property and governance of how information is generated on the internet is managed so far we have only about only 2 countries that have an explicit data protection law we have south africa and kenya and that's really focused on financial technologies and how we use the internet for business and how to use them to fill corporate governance but i think more and more we're seeing african countries sort of catching up with the realization that this is something that they need to get on board with very quickly exactly is good you already mentioned that but why is it important to look at the africa bespectacled we talk about internets and governance there's 2 challenges i think we need to pay attention to one is because of the lack of regulation with a lot of international corporations going into african markets to sort of experiment on african populations with technologies that would not be acceptable anywhere else in the world and of course there are ethical questions that come from that but on the other side we also have the internet as a possibility as a frontier that african countries can explore for economic development for building

inclusive societies and it's very important to get ahead of some of these challenges before they become completely out of control and we're not able to rein in any of the problems that arise now in your book you speak about a digital democracy and its influence on politics what exactly do you mean by those well my look my books of the. collision between technology and politics and it looks at how the society the history and the politics of kenya sort of intersects with how the technology has rolled out in the country as you know kenya is not the biggest anything in africa it's not the biggest by population is not the biggest back to mommy size lot of biggest by any metric and yet here we have this country that is the world leader in mobile money transactions that is the world for example in uptake of internet based many internet based technologies how does that happen i look at the intersection of that because my argument is basically if you want to understand how the internet will affect a society you have to begin by understanding that society and that's the best way you can move forward so the internet is like a tool is like having a nice you can use it for good or for bad. news all over the place how could lead

use that see in internet to cycle to i think everybody needs to be more deliberate and intentional about developing the tools to discern between truth and propaganda the bottom line is propaganda has been with us since time immemorial this is a new medium is a new platform that requires new skills and new techniques and i think we've left it a little bit late but there's still time to catch up we just have to develop internet specific approaches internet specific discernments or for example using reverse image search that's something that's very specific to the internet can that can help you that can stop you from sharing an image that's being shared out of context with alarmism and other things so it's disseminating that information and hopefully having the same kind of generational shift that we had for example when the radio was introduced when television was introduced those media specific tools that help us navigate the mess that can arise. manzella author and journalist and we'll call you an expert on incidents governance they fear.

medians are preparing to vote in the general election on wednesday their ruling that you suspect that to retain its 2 thirds majority in the national assembly they are presidential candidates the current incumbents is also likely to secure a 2nd 5 year term bot poll suggests gun go up could receive far fewer votes than in 2 of the 14 groups over the worsening economic crisis. the final election rally of namibian president again go. his supporters are putting their best foot forward to whip up enthusiasm for the president's campaign . the stadium is less than full but gang gobs victory and that of his ruling swapo party are all but assured. they have been in power in the

country since independence 3 decades ago gang of uses this past to appeal to the voters. who are. or who. you work with are gone and. the opposition center right p.d.n. party are also doing their best to create an atmosphere. where candidate mchenry banani was the runner up in the 2014 poll but he secured less than 5 percent of the vote then one poll suggests his party's support base remains narrow. ironically the greatest threat to the ruling swapo party. could be this man. a former dentist he's a member of swapo but he's running as an independent some analysts say this is a sign of a power struggle in swat. the fear there is that he will put

a dent in the president's support and here is another newcomer essam when junk way was elected leader of the national unity democratic organization in march and has become the 1st woman to run for president in the history of the country. like candidate tuna she's tapping into unhappiness with the state of the economy this is been in a slump since 2016 and it's getting worse by the day with the situation exacerbated by a drought and falling commodity prices youth unemployment stands at nearly 50 percent she says this is having a transformative effect on a new generation. there is a change in the political climate in the media the youth has been very apathetic there was about fear amongst the you'll never. minded about going to

the polls and so on but now you see it every that early or meetings that political but if you see more in more young people coming on board. when jungle is also running on a platform of investing in education and housing her goal being as she puts it to restore dignity to the people of namibia. having fun in cameroon yes you can we often report on the unrest that's from the countries in this speaking regions after separate is declared independence of. thousands have been killed half a 1000000 have fled the violence but today we have a different take in one of the main cities in the angle of the country and the decatur comedian has made it his go to bring back some fun and create spaces to befall. reality for boyd called me. it is his 1st performance here in done to force a deal for more than

a year. this city has been gripped by tension because of a standoff between english and french speakers incomer rude. more is determined to change the mood. is important because. people just need to calm down for a little bit and focus on other things other than what i've done it creates. hate speech to me i think there's a reason why it's important where laughs but he's not the only one the show we are most loved has brought together over 20 comedians and musicians. projects in a mix of teaching french and english. many criticize politicians for their rule in the current crisis with one particular target is the president who has been in power for nearly 4 tickets.

let's take that money i. just think that. it is. just too. cool for that and. it's a rare moment of relief for many truly for you know marco mumble is able to nod off steam tonight for a short while at least. a lot has happened during these crises people are dead was in a lot of blog was seeing a lot of injuries did help people cry so if this show comes up and people make other people laugh i mean love so loud it is a very great platform and i am so happy i am here the show is great. no i didn't.

know what. jerks like d.c. how like police harvestman a corruption income rude. we can show is running high in gun reform region the committee sure it's a very welcome little here in boy a. very important to have a good laugh sometimes that's it for now from did a few news africa you can catch all our stories on our web site on the facebook page now with more than 1300000 registered voters in the media expected to head to the polls a wednesday will today leave you with some images from the campaign trail and they are often something. we'll see you next time i forgot.

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