INFORMATION ETHICS IN AFRICA

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES

 (2011-2014)

Rafael Capurro

CONTENTS

Introduction

I. Conferences
II. Publications


 

I.  CONFERENCES

Africa Network for Information Ethics (ANIE): 3rd International Conference on Information Ethics (2012)

The Third African Information Ethics Conference on Ethics and Social Media was held in Pretoria, South Africa, 5-7 September 2012, under the auspices of UNESCO, sponsored by the South African Government, Department of Communications and organized by the University of Pretoria, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the International Center of Information Ethics: See Provisional Programme

Pre-Conference Workshop

Reports of participating universities:

- University of Zululand, South Africa
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
- University of Zambia, Zambia
- Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Tanzania
- University of Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- University of Fort Hare, South Africa
- Rodes University, South Africa
- Kenya Polytechnic University College, Kenya
- University of Botswana, Botswana
- University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Moi University , Kenya
- Makerere University, Uganda
- University of Ibaban, Nigeria
- University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
- University of Ghana, Ghana
- Uganda Christian University, Ghana
- University of Pretoria, South Africa

Training the Trainers - detailed discussion of the curriculum content

ANIE Conference

5 September

Introduction to the Conference Theme: Social Media and Information Ethics in Africa, Prof. Rafael Capurro

The role of Government in sustaining Information Ethics, Dr. Harold Wesso, Department of Communications, South African Government

Guidelines towards WSIS Action Lines on Information Ethics, Mr Jaco du Toit, UNESCO

6 September

Theme discussions:

Session 1:
- Globalization versus public information ethics (Prof. Edwin Ijeoma, Univ. of Fort Hare)
- Child protection and social media (Prof. Jacques du Plessis, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- Ethical dimension of social media in teaching and learning at the university (Prof. Stephen Mutula, Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal)

Session 2:
- Ethical Challenges of supervising undergraduate research - a case study of Ugandan universities  (Dr Jane Kawalya and Mr Abel Mukakanya)
- Social media of social exclusion (Ms Esther Obachi, Univ. of Nairobi)
- Challenges and opportunities of social media teaching and research in Africa (Prof. Dennis Ocholla, Univ. of Zululand, South Africa)

Session 3:
- Students' perception on dissemination of information through social media by university libraries in Kenya (Ms Hellen Amunga, Kenyatta Univ.).
- The impact on privacy and freedom of laws on social media (Prof. Japhet Otike, Moi University)
-  Theme T.B.C. (Mr Kgosi Maepa)

Session 4:
- Social media and information ethics awareness on universities in Kenya (Ms Jane Maina)
- Information ethics and the social media: An LIS educationalist view (Prof. Isaac Kigongo-Bukenya, Makerere Univ.)
- Social media in Africa. Urban and rural considerations: Is there a gap? (Ms Nozipho Mashiyi, SA National Department of Communications)

Session 5:
- Challenges of social media in LIS Ethics in Africa (Dr Sarah Kaddu, Uganda Christian Univ.)
- Social Media and rewards management: the missing link (Prof. Nathan Mnjama, Botswana Univ.)
- Theme TBC (Mrs Esabel Maisiri and R Lawton Hikwa)

7 September

Session 6:
- Social media for information dissemination in libraries (Ms Sarah Kibugi, Kenya Polytechnic Univ. Colelge)
- Are established democracies less vulnerable to internet censorship than authoritarian regimes? The social media test (Ms Lilian Ingutia-Oyieke, Prof. Archie Dick and Prof. Theo Bothma)
- Mobile learning and Information Ethics (Ms Shafika Isaacs, UNESCO International Consultant)

Session 7:
- Theme T.B.C. (Iyabo Mabawonku (Univ. of Ibaden)
- Trends in transition from classical censorship to internet censorship: selected countries overview (Dr Connie Bitso, Prof. Ina Fourie and Prof. Theo Bothma, Univ. of Pretoria)
- Theme T.B.C. (Dr Shana Ponelis, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

The Capurro-Fiek-Foundation (CFF) together with the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics (ACEIE), Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria had the pleasure to present the second ANIE (Africa Network for Information Ethics) Award to Prof. Stephen Mutula (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) for his outstanding support of information ethics in Africa.

Photo: The Director of the Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics at the University of Pretoria, Mr. Coetzee Bester, the Vice-chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, and the prize winner, Prof. Stephen Mutula.

The conference was preceded by a workshop in cooperation with SCECSAL XX Conference on Information for sustainable development in a digital environment, that took place in Nairobi (Kenya), 2-3 June 2012. See also SCECSAL Forum.






14th Information Studies (IS) Annual Conference on Information Ethics in Africa

The 14th Information Studies (IS) Annual Conference on Information Ethics in Africa, was organized by the University of Zululand, Department of Information Studies (South Africa), 4-7 September, 2013.

See the proceedings "Information Ethics in Africa" ed. by Denis Ocholla and Janneke Moskert, University of Zululand, 2013, ISBN 978-0-620-45757-6.

Contents

A consideration of Teaching Information Ethics on Second Year Level at the University of Pretoria: A case-study of Integrating Theoretical Information Ethics with Practical Application.
Erin Hommes and Rachel Bothma

Does Open Access Prevent Plagiarism in Higher Education?
Dennis N. Ocholla and Lyudmila Ocholla

Electronic Waste: the Dumping Site of the Information Age
Laetitia Marais and Marlene A. Holmner

Ethical Dimensions of Theoretical Framework in Qualitative and Quantitative Research - An Analysis of
Modernisation Theory as Applying to Informal Sector Women Entrepreneurs  
Veli Jiyane

Ethical Issues and Challenges in the Access and Use of Information Services in Public Libraries in Nigeria: A PAPA Model Analysis
A.A. Salman, D.N. Ocholla, B.J. Mostert, T. Mugwisi

Information Literacy Programmes in Selected Nairobi - Based Public and Private Universities in Kenya
G. M. Kingori, .A Chege, and .H Kemoni

Information Seeking Behavior in the Academic Environment: A Study of Informal Sector Entrepreneurship in Lagos State
R. Odunlade, Opeyemi and Ojo, J. Onaade

Privacy and Public Access: Using Internet Cafés in Zimbabwe
Lawton Hikwa and Esabel Maisiri
 
Challenges of Access and Use of University Library Services in Uganda: Some Ethical Considerations.
Maurice Kisenyi

Impact of Digital Divide on the Access and Use of Electronic Information Resources at Egerton University, Kenya
Millicent Ong’ondo-Ongus

UNESCO - IFAP InfoEthics WG: Riga Global Meeting of Experts on the Ethical Aspects of Information Society, Keynote: Why Information Ethics?(PP); WG Presentation: Information Ethics in Africa 2007-2013 (PP), Riga, October 16-17, 2013.

Africa Network for Information Ethics (ANIE): 4th International Conference on Information Ethics (2014)

The theme: Information Ethics in Africa - cross cutting themes for managing your digital life.

Venue: Metropole Hotel at Plot 51, Windsor in Kampala, Uganda between 2 and 4 July 2014

The event will be co-sponsored by the South African Government Department of Communications.

Pre-Conference Workshop (2 July):

will focus on matters related to the development and implementtion of the curriculum to teach Information Ethics in Africa. All universities that form part of the project to implement the proposed curriculum to teach Information Ethics in Africa will be expected to present a formal report on 1) What has been done and achieved up until now and 2) what are you planning to do.

Conference (3 - 4 July)

3 July
Paper in framework of the conference theme:
UNESCO
Department of Communications
ACCP
Intel

Information Ethics Colloquium
Topics:
IE and Philosophy (R. Capurro)
IE and Research (J. Britz, Stephen Mutula)
IE and Teaching (Dennis Ocholla)
IE and e-Governance (DDG Ms Reneva Tourie and Ms Nozipho Sihlahla)

Cumulative and integrated effects of Information Ethigs in Information Societies and other communities

ANIE Awards


4 July
Theme discussions

Session 1:
Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in:
- Academic life
- Personal life
- Business life

Session 2:
Cybercrime and identity theft in
- Academic life
- Personal life
- Business life

Session 3:
Privacy in Social Media in:
- Academic life
- Personal life
- Business life

    

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