Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
tech talklatest news & developments
A ballot is stamped at a Johannesburg voting station, during South Africa’s national and provincial elections on 29 May, 2024. (Delwyn Verasamy, Mail & Guardian)
ARAB SPRING

Democracy in Africa: digital voting technology and social media can be a force for good – and bad

Many African countries have weak election management systems, and citizens are rightly worried about human interference in electoral processes

  • Maxwell Maseko
5 min read