Dércio Tsandzana is a Mozambican researcher and political scientist with a Ph.D. from Sciences Po, France. He is currently Professor of political science at Eduardo Mondlane University. Since 2013, Tsandzana has been working on youth, social media and political participation in Mozambique, including on-line activism for Global Voices International. Tsandzana also undertook research work focusing on digital rights and data privacy with Internews/USAID, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Paradigm Initiative (PIN), Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms.