Cyber laws are being used to quash freedom of expression and pursue critical voices on social media and websites in Africa, South and South East Asia, and MENA countries, according to a new report by Blueprint and partner organisations.

Watch Blueprint's new interview with Jean-Jacques Lumumba, a bank executive whose decision to blow the whistle on suspicious transactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) meant he had to flee the country in fear of his life.

Across nations of Africa, it has long been recognised that widespread corruption in many countries has been a major contributing factor in inequality and a barrier to progress.