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Tame disinformation to safeguard digital revolution gains in democracy
Explosion of the digital revolution in the Global North has coincided with a backsliding of democracy in Africa, which epitomises the global digital divide.
Democracy is a framework that competitively allocates political power from the citizens to the representative government and ensures the convergence of the interests of the citizens and their representatives.
In a democracy, the sovereign power belongs to the citizens who may exercise it directly or indirectly through elective representation. As principals, the citizens delegate some of their sovereign power to the three arms of the government to maximise their welfare collectively.
