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Working paper on Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI)

A paper by LINK's Dr. Luci Abrahams and Mark Burke that draws on a study into transformation of scientific knowledge production capabilities and practices by digitally enabling research communities and communication.

Digital Skillshare Project

This two-year project, run by the LINK Centre in partnership with six other organisations and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is exploring dimensions of digital governance in order to identify opportunities for investment and new initiatives.

Data Localisation and Cybercrime Investigations

LINK Sessional Lecturer Melody Musoni has contributed a chapter, "The Role of Data Localisation in Cybercrime Investigations", to the De Gruyter open access volume, "African Data Protection Laws: Regulation, Policy, and Practice", edited by Atuguba et al.

Comments on South African �� Amendment Bill B13F-2017: Some Benefits of Fair Use

A briefing note compiled by Denise R. Nicholson of Scholarly Horizons to mark World Book and �� Day on 23 April 2024.

Hoosen PhD Thesis: Academic Practice and Integrated Edtech Use

"A Critical Review of Academic Practice and Integrated Edtech Use at a South African University: The ‘Real’ Level" -- Nazira Hoosen's thesis for completion of PhD in Interdisciplinary Digital Knowledge Economy Studies (PhD in IDKES).

Matanda MA Dissertation: Youth Perspectives on Digital Transformation

"Socio-Technical Factors Impacting Youth Perspectives on Digital Transformation in Resource-Constrained Environments: A study of Diepsloot Youth" - Lorraine Matanda's Wits MA ICTPR dissertation.

Tribute to ��Prof Barry�� Dwolatzky, the Wits Gentle Software Giant

LINK Director Lucienne Abrahams pays tribute to Wits Emeritus Professor Barry Dwolatzky, founder of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) and the Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, who passed away on 16 May 2023.

AJIC Issue 32

Articles on colourism among Kenyan Twitter users; mergers and acquisitions between online automobile-marketplace platforms; implementation of Ghana's Right to Information (RTI) Act; the centrality of cybersecurity to socioeconomic development policy; regulation of Zimbabwe's mobile money sector; and online teaching during the COVID-pandemic.

Emerging Questionable Publication Practices

A webinar, hosted by the Network of Data and Information Curation Communities (NeDICC), on the emergence of predatory journals and how to avoid such journals and the related challenges posed.

Certificate in Broadcasting and Digital Media Policy-Regulatory Trends

The next offering of this one-week course will be in 2024 (dates to be announced). The curriculum covers trends at both Southern African and global levels.

Certificate in Frontiers in Digital Government

This groundbreaking course -- next offering to be in 2024 (dates to be announced) -- has two modules and draws on experiences from across the African continent.

Certificate in Telecoms Policy, Regulation and Management (TPRM)

TPRM, launched in the mid-1990s, is the LINK Centre's longest-running certificate course. The 2023 offering takes place during the weeks of 10-14 July, 14-18 Aug., 18-22 Sept.

PhD in Interdisciplinary Digital Knowledge Economy Studies

The LINK Centre's PhD degree programme for candidates seeking to conduct intensive research into an element of the African ICT ecosystem and digital knowledge economy.

Master of Arts in ICT Policy and Regulation (MA ICTPR)

The LINK Centre's Master's degree in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy and Regulation, acquired via four coursework modules and a 50% research report.

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Digital Knowledge Economy Studies (MA IDKES)

The LINK Centre's Master's degree for candidates seeking a Master's via a full-length dissertation drawing on research into a facet of the African digital knowledge economy.

PhD and Master's Student Research

A listing of LINK Student's PhD theres, approved PhD research projects, Master's dissertations, and Master's research reports, as produced in the Centre's current PhD, MA ICTPR and MA IDKES programmes and in the earlier MM ICTPR programme.

The African Journal of Information and Communication

Published by the LINK Centre, AJIC focuses on dimensions of digital, electronic and physical ecosystems that facilitate information, communication, innovation and transformation in African settings and in the broader Global South.

Justine Limpitlaw's Electronic Communications Law Digest

This is a free service provided by Wits LINK Centre Visiting Adjunct Professor Justine Limpitlaw.

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