Africa’s civil society is failing to harness the power of the internet to help communicate “strategically and effectively”, a global computer charity network warned on Monday. The Association of Progressive Communications (APC) said that all too often, advocacy and campaigning by charities was undermined by their lack of internet communications. The comments came at the launch of a pioneering project during a week-long summit at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa to help charities tap the potential of the worldwide web.