- A map of Africa made of gold tiles lights up, spreading out from Accra. Text: “Across Africa, governments are writing the rules for data, AI and the digital economy.” Then: “The choices made now will decide who is protected, who can compete and who is heard.”
- “What we work on”: data protection and privacy; AI governance; cybersecurity and cybercrime; digital trade and competition; online platforms and speech; digital finance.
- “Research. We map the law as it stands, country by country.” The map lights up West, East, Southern, North and Central Africa in turn, then the whole continent, then West Africa again beside an example research paper: “Data protection across ECOWAS: where national laws diverge”.
- “Policy analysis. We read draft laws while there is still time to change them.” A clause in a draft bill, “(1) A person who publishes false information online commits an offence”, is flagged: “Too broad. Who decides what is false? Define the harm.” Suggested wording follows: “(1) A person who publishes information they know to be false, and which causes serious harm, commits an offence.”
- “Convenings. We bring the people who write, enforce and live with these laws into one room.” Lawmakers, regulators, companies and civil society take their seats around one table. “Small rooms. Candid conversations.”
- The ACTPOL logo. “Research, policy analysis and convenings on technology law across Africa.” actpol.org.
The paper title and the draft clause are illustrations, not real ACTPOL work.