Digital Enquirer Kit South Africa

In this self-study course, you’ll learn how to become a Digital Enquirer: someone who knows how to identify misinformation, find, collect and analyze reliable information online and share
it all in a secure way.


Who is this course for? Users
of digital technologies from South Africa who wish to make the global information and communication space a safer place. Whether you’re a civil society activist, human rights defender, (citizen) journalist, or anyone else trying to sort through the information you see online, this is the right tool for you.

What will you learn?


Identify and respond to misinformation


Verify online information and credibility basics

Securely work with and protect information

Know how to keep yourself and others safe

How much time do you need to invest? Each module contains several lessons of 15 minutes each. This means, one module will take you about 90 minutes to complete. 

What certification will you receive? Certificate of attendance per module upon completion.

This course was developed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in cooperation with Tactical Tech
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tactical Tech and GIZ.