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Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined July 2009
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Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
"The generation that fought for liberation earned its place in history. ... It did not earn the right to govern forever." -@blevava
vanguardafrica.com/africawat… @VanguardAfrica
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
🚨AFRICA WATCH🚨
@Blevava writes that liberation history earns a place in the books, not a lifetime mandate. As South Africa votes this week, the ANC bargains after losing its majority. Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF rewrote the rules to keep Mnangagwa in power.
🔗vanguardafrica.com/africawat…
🚨AFRICA WATCH🚨
@Blevava writes that liberation history earns a place in the books, not a lifetime mandate. As South Africa votes this week, the ANC bargains after losing its majority. Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF rewrote the rules to keep Mnangagwa in power.
🔗vanguardafrica.com/africawat…
Zimbabwe sold US$2.16bn of #lithium this year. 84% left unprocessed. As @COMESA_HQ meets in #Harare, our new paper asks: is regional integration building African industry, or just moving raw materials out faster? drive.google.com/file/d/1f7h… @SADC_News @AfCFTA @WorldBankAfrica
Remembering President #SamoraMachel #40thAnniversary
"No political party owns the liberation struggle, and no movement is entitled to govern without the continuing consent of the people." SACDA's statement on 40 years since the death of Samora Machel at Mbuzini.
Aluta continua! @SADC_News @SABCNews
#SamoraMachel #Mozambique #SADC
Thank you Cdes
𝐗 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 A𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬
X has reportedly suspended 13,000 accounts over alleged foreign influence ahead of the US midterms.
But this story raises one big question for Africa: Who controls the digital spaces where our democracy happens?
As African digital analyst Dr. Blessing Ivan Vava (@blevava) puts it: "African countries cannot claim sovereignty over their elections while powerful companies make consequential decisions about electoral debate without adequate scrutiny."
For Africa, digital sovereignty means more than being users of platforms built elsewhere. It means demanding accountability, protecting our right to participate online, and building technology infrastructure that we can help own and shape.
Africa must not only use the digital world. We must help shape its future.
The internet must be free, open and ours.
#KeepTheSpaceOpen
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
𝐗 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 A𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬
X has reportedly suspended 13,000 accounts over alleged foreign influence ahead of the US midterms.
But this story raises one big question for Africa: Who controls the digital spaces where our democracy happens?
As African digital analyst Dr. Blessing Ivan Vava (@blevava) puts it: "African countries cannot claim sovereignty over their elections while powerful companies make consequential decisions about electoral debate without adequate scrutiny."
For Africa, digital sovereignty means more than being users of platforms built elsewhere. It means demanding accountability, protecting our right to participate online, and building technology infrastructure that we can help own and shape.
Africa must not only use the digital world. We must help shape its future.
The internet must be free, open and ours.
#KeepTheSpaceOpen
X has suspended over 13,000 accounts ahead of the US midterms. Africa must beware: what if Big Tech silences an opposition party days before voting, at the government's request? Who would stop it?
blevava.blogspot.com/2026/10…
Who questions the patron when everyone is waiting for the next car? @wicknellchivayo is gone. The public contracts, political favours & unanswered questions remain.
@NewsHawksLive
My latest article: blevava.blogspot.com/2026/10…
Who questions the patron when everyone is waiting for the next car? @wicknellchivayo is gone. The public contracts, political favours & unanswered questions remain. My latest article: blevava.blogspot.com/2026/10…
.@edmnangagwa ’s meeting with #Google’s James Manyika must deliver beyond the photograph. Zimbabwe needs to invest in its own researchers & innovators. @TateMavetera @MICTPCS_ZW @Jamwanda2
Read: blevava.blogspot.com/2026/09…
Increasingly, the state encounters us as data.
Political independence gave us control over territory and borders. Digital transformation creates another frontier: who controls our digital identities and the systems behind them?My latest #ThursdayBriefing: blevava.blogspot.com/2026/09…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
Our Post-Election Assessment of #Zambia's 2026 elections is out. @HHichilema @SADC_News @zadama24 @dailymaverick
Read here drive.google.com/file/d/1UyC…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
Southern Africa does not suffer from a shortage of elections. It suffers from weak institutions that fail to make them meaningful. On #InternationalDayOfDemocracy, SACDA calls on @SADC_News to move beyond observing elections and enforce accountability.
#SADC #Democracy
New article: Happy Birthday, Your Majesty! @edmnangagwa’s March Towards a Presidency for Life. @ZANUPF_Official @NewZimbabweCom @NewsDayZimbabwe @NewsHawksLive #Munhumutapa
Read more:
blevava.blogspot.com/2026/09…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
On our recent #Zambia show, we were lucky to be joined by election observer, Varaidzo Zhou, and investigative journalist, @mafacharles, from @MakandayMedia. Here are some of their key takeaways as well as a link to the full program: youtube.com/watch?v=GHFBglzh…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
🚨Join us tomorrow, Sept. 8🚨
We bring together activists, journalists, election observers and political analysts to consider what #Zambia's election tells us about the country's democratic trajectory and the struggles to come. Learn more and register: theresistancebureau.com/epis…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
Join us next Tuesday at the @ResistBureau -- with this amazing lineup of experts -- as we delve into and unpack all things #Zambia. Learn more and RSVP here: theresistancebureau.com/epis…
Have you registered for our upcoming #Zambia show?
We will be joined by Zambian and regional experts to discuss the ballot, the persistent concerns surrounding it, as well as the future of democracy and elections in the country. RSVP on our website:
theresistancebureau.com/epis…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
A good event on post-election #Zambia happening now via @SAPESTrust10. @LauraMiti points out two things can be true:
1) yes, the election was problematic
2) it's unfair and inaccurate to compare the country to repressive, one-party states in the region
youtube.com/watch?v=L11eFtnw…
Blessing Ivan Vava retweeted
🚨SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
#Zambia's recent election raised major questions on electoral integrity, opposition freedoms and power in Parliament. What does it mean for democracy's future? We're convening key voices to ask the hard questions. Join us, RSVP here: theresistancebureau.com/epis…
