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Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.
Overview
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umhlanga
Employees
11-50
Founded date
1991
Mentions in press and media 22
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| Apr 22, 2026 | Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise Of Network Shutdowns | Iran’s internet has been intermittently disrupted for months. After years of bombardment, Gaza’s telecommunications infrastructure remains fragile. In India, recurring shutdowns and throttling have become a routine response to protests and ... |
| Dec 3, 2025 | South Africa: Expensive Data and Poor Internet Access - South Africa Fails to Measure Up Against Brazil | Emerging middle-power countries like South Africa, India and Brazil face growing inequalities. At the same time, everyday lives are becoming more and more digital - from paying bills and reading news to contacting companies and services. Wa... |
| Jul 20, 2025 | Is there any hope for the internet? (Opinion) | Algorithms and alienation I explore these questions in my new book, “Attention and Alienation.” In it, I explain how social media companies’ profits depend on users investing their time, creativity and emotions. Whether it’s spending hours ... |
| Apr 17, 2025 | The Digital Economy: Empowering African Entrepreneurs | Africa is undergoing a digital transformation that is changing how people work, do business, and connect with the world. With growing internet access and mobile technology, more Africans are using digital tools to start businesses, reach cu... |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Why DevOps Professionals Prefer Terraform Over Traditional Configuration Management Tools | Tech professionals are increasingly relying on Terraform for streamlined, scalable infrastructure handling. Unlike traditional configuration tools that oversee current system states, Terraform allows experts to specify their desired end sta... |
| Jan 17, 2023 | RIP Frene Ginwala: First speaker of SA’s democratic parliament | South Africa’s first democratic parliament speaker. Image from Twitter/@SAfmRadio Frene Ginwala, feisty feminist, astute political tactician and committed cadre of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has die... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | New platform documents digital censorship of Palestinians | Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A new open-source online platform has been launched to centralise digital rights violations and censorship by social media companies against Palestinians and Palestine-related content. In a news conference in ... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Young Palestinians Are Leaning Into TikTok – Even if Their Content Gets Deleted | When Ahmed Khalifa, 24, started making political TikToks about Palestine, plenty of people tried to warn him that this might not be such a good idea. “Strangers actually reached out to me saying, ‘be very careful. This will hurt your career... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Technology and society ‘smashed together in a head-on collision.’ Mozilla Foundation surveyed the wreckage. | Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other social media companies faced one of their toughest challenges in 2020 as misinformation surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Rafael Henrique/Getty Images In 2020, technology’s true impact on society was ex... |
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FAQ about APC
When was APC founded?
APC was founded in 1991.
What has the press written about APC?
Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning APC, among them “Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise Of Network Shutdowns” (Apr 22, 2026) and “South Africa: Expensive Data and Poor Internet Access - South Africa Fails to Measure Up Against Brazil” (Dec 3, 2025).
Is APC still active?
Yes, APC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 2, 2026.