Sources and data on digital participation

The #speakup barometer research made use of a number of secondary sources on Internet infrastructure, media and journalism, digital rights and innovation that are compiled in this overview.

ACCESS:

A4ai: Ghana Infrastructure Sharing and Open Access Study

https://a4ai.org/ghana-infrastructure-sharing-and-open-access-study/

ITU: ICT Development Index
http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/2017/

GSMA: The Mobile Economy West Africa 2018
https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/west-africa/

GSMA: Report on mobile enabled digital transformation in Ghana
https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-publishes-new-report-mobile-enabled-digital-transformation-ghana/

After Access reports about West Africa
http://afteraccess.net/reports

Ecobank: Cost of mobile data report
https://www.ecobank.com/upload/publication/20180910054643018QJEBKEVZKD/20180910054635730h.pdf

Research ICT in Africa: Report about Zero rating in the African context
https://researchictafrica.net/2016/10/06/much-ado-about-nothingzero-rating-in-the-african-context/

Global Information Society Watch 2018, Report: Community Networks in Ghana
https://giswatch.org/sites/default/files/gw2018_ghana.pdf

DIGITAL RIGHTS:

Cipesa: State of the Internet Freedom in Africa 2018

https://cipesa.org/2018/10/state-of-internet-freedom-in-africa-2018-report-focuses-on-privacy-and-data-protection/

Africafex: Report: Internet Freedom in Africa
www.africafex.org/afex/wp-content/.../Internet-Freedom-in-Africa-Report-2017.pdf

MFWA 

Baseline Study: Women's Right Online Issues in Ghana

www.mfwa.org/publication/baseline-study-womens-right-online-issues-in-ghana/

Freedom House: Freedom of the press 2017
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2017

MEDIA:

FES: African Media Barometer
http://www.fesmedia-africa.org/home/what-we-do/africa-media-barometer-amb/

Reporters without borders: Media Ownership Monitor
www.ghana.mom-rsf.org

DW Akademie: Media Deveopment Studies: Cash for coverage - The effects of the practice of soli on the Ghanaian media system

Caribou Digital: Digital lives in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda

http://cariboudigital.net/research/caribou-digital-digital-lives-in-ghana-kenya-and-uganda/

Penplusbytes: Media perspectives on fake news in Ghana
http://penplusbytes.org/fakenews/

SOCIETY:

UNICEF: Risk and opportunities related to related to children’s online practices
http://globalkidsonline.net/findings-ghana/?fbclid=IwAR0BGxGedgI94M-89qcr2ZXIXcYZ-CVZFTEeLwdkCrpSfnHlUoy133qL47M

UNDP: E-governance and Citizen Participation in West Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Democratic%20Governance/IParticipation/e-Governance%20and%20Citizen%20Paticipation%20in%20West%20Africa%20(UNDP-IPAO%20Report%20English).pdf

Afro Barometer
http://afrobarometer.org/countries/ghana-1

INNOVATION:

Accra Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Snapshot
https://ecosystems.andeglobal.org/assets/document/Accra_Entrepreneurial_Ecosys.pdf

British Council: Social Enterprise Landscape in Ghana

https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/social_enterprise_landscape_in_ghana_report_final.pdf

ICT education in Ghana: An evaluation of challenges associated with the teaching and learning of ICT

https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejae/article/view/123

The diffusion of innovation in low-income countries

https://degrp.odi.org/publication/the-diffusion-of-innovation-in-low-income-countries/

The #speakup barometer is a DW Akademie project that examines the connection between digital participation, freedom of expression and access to information. Learn more at www.dw.com/barometer