Odanga Madung is a Mozilla Fellow, he is the co-founder of Odipo Dev, a data Consultancy in Nairobi. He researches the impact the internet in having in societies in Africa.

Twitter: @Odangaring

Relevant links: In Kenya, Influencers Are Hired to Spread Disinformation https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-in-kenya-influencers-are-hired-to-spread-disinformation/

Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper

Relevant links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45917294

Moudwe Daga is researching Recognition Theory/Frantz Fanon & Race in IR Theory/Statehood in Central Africa/Chad at SOAS University of London

Sekou Owino is the Head of Legal & Training at Nation Media Group Limited in Kenya

Relevant links:

Judiciary and informed citizenry the vanguards of our constitution https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/judiciary-and-informed-citizenry-the-vanguards-of-our-constitution-3526582

Joseph Asunka is the CEO of Afrobarometer, starting his term from April 2021.

Twitter: @joeasunka

Relevant links: Democracy in Africa: Demand, supply, and the ‘dissatisfied democrat’ https://afrobarometer.org/publications/pp54-democracy-africa-demand-supply-and-dissatisfied-democrat

Dr. Roselyn Akombe is the Governance and Peacebuilding Regional Coordinator at UNDP's Regional Service Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with additional offices in Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya and serving 45 Country Offices.

Twitter: @DrRoselynAkombe

Relevant links: A renewed discourse on managing inclusive transitions in Africa https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/a-renewed-discourse-on-managing-inclusive-transitions-in-africa/

Moky Makura is the Executive Director of Africa No Filter. She was born in Nigeria, educated in England and has lived in London, Johannesburg and Lagos.

Twitter:@mokymakura

Relevant links:How not to write about an African election https://www.theafricareport.com/126182/how-not-to-write-about-an-african-election/

How African media covers Africa http://www.africanofilter.org/research-how-african-media-covers-africa

Chair, FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, AFRICA

Dominant narratives about the contemporary problem of “fake news” and cyber-propaganda have focused on how its evolution and manifestation has been closely linked with the rise of populist politics, digital capitalism, the transformation of the public sphere and structural weaknesses of liberal and mainstream media. These narratives often use the Western gaze as an analytical and theoretical toolkit to understand a global phenomenon, thereby missing local specificities and nuances. Read the full article by Admire Mare and Hayes Mabweazara https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23743670.2020.1788295

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