Tech Justice in Africa

Advancing Tech Justice in Africa examines technology governance across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa three countries that together anchor West, East, and Southern Africa's digital trajectories. African digitalisation is intersecting with deep structural inequalities in labour, gender, climate, health, and civic life. This report situates these contemporary shifts within the continent's longer histories of extraction and inequality, arguing that policymaking and legal reform must be grounded in the lived realities of workers, communities, activists, and the broader public.

The report examines regional and sub-regional governance frameworks, mapping where norms are advancing through the African Union, sub-regional bodies, and judicial interventions and where critical gaps remain. It finds that while strategic litigation is gaining ground however,, enforcement gaps, weak ratification of key instruments, and limited access to remedies continue to constrain effective tech justice across the continent. At the country level, the report documents how these tensions play out in practice

The findings offer critical insights into how African institutions and policy frameworks can respond to the evolving digital landscape while safeguarding rights and accountability. This event aims to foster dialogue and collaboration among key stakeholders committed to advancing technology governance and digital rights in Africa.