Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 9/2021

Digital trends

Global standards shape local practice: Congolese advertising.
Internet

Beijing’s growing influence on internet rules

China’s technological clout may influence internet governance

US commercial interests involved: test cultivation of genetically modified maize in South Africa in 2011.
Technology

How food aid sometimes serves US interests

Technologies used in development programmes carry hidden agendas

Commemorating Lasantha Wickre­matunge, a slain journalist, in 2020.
Press freedom

Sri Lankan journalists working in fear

Rajapaksa brothers’ long history of suppressing free speech through attacks and intimidation

More Articles

Not only young Nigerians use smartphones.
Nigeria’s ICT market place

Success due to combination of factors

West Africa’s major ICT marketplace in Lagos is set to relocate

Superheroes Ananse, Oya and Ol'moran of Leti Arts’ new game Africa's Legends Reawakening.
Gaming industry

The opportunity is right now

A game-design pioneer in Ghana tells about the challenges and constraints of his work

The fastest computer in Africa in 2016 at the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) in Cape Town, South Africa.
Our view

Risks and opportunities of digitalisation

Digital transformation of society and the economy requires government regulation

Huawei managers at an event to promote a new mobile device in Nairobi in 2019
Cyberspace

Defining the new digital world order

The US and China are locked in a battle for dominance in cyberspace

Mobile-phone shop in Zanzibar.
Skills training

Skills are needed to grasp digital opportunities

Digital tools can boost productivity in the informal sector, argues GIZ

Government as a family affair: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) greeting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (right) with another brother, Chamal Rajapaksa (who now is serving as irrigation minister)  looks on during an official ceremony in August 2020.
Online media

How Sri Lanka keeps the press muzzled

Sri Lanka’s independent online news outlets face an uphill battle to be heard