Digital Democracy in Africa: Issues and Challenges

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Brief Overview

The proliferation of the internet supposedly to aid the growth of democracy in Africa has become its anathema. Despite using the internet and social media to secure political victory, African leaders now use it as an instrument of repression

Author

• Tope Shola Akinyetun, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education