Open Space Zambia Podcast

Worldwide, over 50 countries have enacted access to information laws, meanwhile in Africa, 26 countries have enacted laws that allow for the access to information. Sustainable development goal number 16,  provides for the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, and specifically under target 10 it ensures public access to information. In Zambia, the ATI bill has been in development for about 20 years.

How can activist, lawyers and journalists join forces to defend – and expand – freedom of expression on the Internet in the Tanzania and Zambia? Listen to the Global Podd's first episode of the podcast series Expanding the Space – The fight for freedom of expression in Tanzania and Zambia. The fight for ‘Freedom of expression’ is on both in Tanzania and Zambia. Laws and policies have been used to throttle these rights and freedoms.

Discussing the topic is Richard Mulonga – digital rights activist, CEO at Bloggers of Zambia Bloggers of Zambia, Rebecca Ryakitimbo – Founder of KsGEN, a National Geographic-funded project, Asha Abinallah – activist in the intersection of Innovation, Technology and Digital Practices, founder of the ICT company Media Convergence, Achilleus Welamira – human rights Advocate of the superior Courts in Tanzania.

The host is David Isaksson, editor of Global Bar Magazine.

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Bloggers of Zambia and Panos Institute Southern Africa are implementing a project called Fighting Misinformation and Promoting Democracy in Zambia. This project is funded by Open Society Initiative. In this episode, we discuss media and information literacy.

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