ALT Advisory’s Tina Power facilitated a webinar hosted by Media Monitoring Africa on lessons learned from disinformation and COVID-19, and what we should think about as we look forward to elections in 2021. Panellists included Guy Berger from UNESCO, Nomsa Masuku, from the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa, Director General Nomvuyiso Batyi from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, and Thandi Smith from Media Monitoring Africa. The webinar focused on COVID-19, disinformation, overall trends and challenges for freedom of expression online, as well as potential opportunities and challenges ahead of the 2021 local elections.