Abstract
The incorporation of Information Communication Technology to the human endeavor have brought cyber space as one of the major areas of cooperation and conflict for actors of international relations. Its decentralized nature challenges traditional conception of state as the sole actor to possess coercive power. As a response states design different ingenuities to incorporate cyber governance as one domain of policy making and research. Likewise a number of legal, policy and institutional initiatives have been designed to guide cyber governance in Ethiopia. However, the over all aspects of cyber governance have posed a peril to digital landscape. The short history of internet has been accompanied by deliberate interruptions and online manipulations by the government. Neither complementarity nor clearly set of line of authority characterizes the institutional and legal architecture of Ethiopian cyber environment. By employing descriptive approach and integrating primary and secondary data sources the article analyzed the overall dilemma of cyber governance and its implication in Ethiopia. Thus the article scrutinizes the institutional, legal and policy aspects of internet governance neither crafts conducive environment for non-governmental actors nor able to support to exploit digital opportunities. This brought socio-economic costs which is generally resulted in what is termed as “digital divide”.
Highlights
In traditional concept of state sovereignty the main threats for states are come from other states in which conventional warfare had been the major source of a threat to state sovereignty [1]
Some understand cyber governance in terms of Regime Theory which comprises a “sets of implicit or explicit principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actors’ expectations converge in a given area of international relations.”. In line with this Mueller and Mathiason explained cyber governance in the perspective of regime theory by stating: Agreements made by governments, civil society and international organizations about how critical elements of the Internet should be managed so that the Internet functions effectively and in an orderly manner for the benefit of all [24]
“It is very early neither to liberalize the telecom sector in Ethiopia nor to provide second licenses, ”For instance we have provided 20 billion birr financial support for the nation’s railway projects and we have reached 28 billion birr annual revenue this fiscal year.”
Summary
In traditional concept of state sovereignty the main threats for states are come from other states in which conventional warfare had been the major source of a threat to state sovereignty [1]. Threats using the cyberspace become a major domain of attack and defense which entails cyber is becoming both a domain of conflict and cooperation for actors of global politics [5] Such aspects brought the issue of cyber governance as a major policy and research arena for academics and governments [6]. By employing descriptive and analytical approach the paper tires to assess the general frameworks of cyber governance and its Temesgen Aschenek Zeleke: The Quandary of Cyber Governance in Ethiopia implication for access to digital benefits in Ethiopia. Both primary and secondary sources are used to scrutinize the issue under inquiry. In addition online interviews was conducted to support the argument with primary data
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