[2] It provides a normative framework on which basis recommendations for policy and legislative processes on internet rights, freedoms and governance in Africa are made.
With millions of people engaging online on issues such as political, social, economic and governance matters, many African countries try to control the internet in some kind of way.
As an example, China is trying to export its Internet technology to Africa, which is based on an authoritarian cyberspace governance model, in attempt to extend their influence as a 'cyberspace superpower'.
The drafters’ group was led by Edetaen Ojo (executive director of Media Rights Agenda) and developed the contents, purpose and text for the Declaration.
This meeting was used to start and build a shared civil society campaign and develop purposes and strategies for the design of an African Declaration of Internet Rights and Freedom.
The goal was set to promote the Declaration further, especially “in different institutions involved in the dispersed internet governance field, including the African Union and UNESCO”.
[1] These include providing legal frameworks and effective remedies against violations as well as ensuring transparent, well-resourced, independent regulators on the Internet.