The AfricTivistes team of developers stood out at the Refine Open Source Hackathon, winning 2nd prize in the refine + DEV Hackathon. The team had submitted a monitoring and evaluation platform designed as part of AfricTivistes’ Local Open GovLab (LOG) project, to support local governments in African countries in integrating digital tools for budget transparency, […]
Lately, anti-democratic overthrows and untimely coups d’état have become commonplace in Africa, particularly in French-speaking West Africa. The West African Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) organised a regional multi-stakeholder conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from August 1 to 2, 2023, to discuss democratic decline and political transitions in French-speaking West Africa. The discussions, also attended by […]
On Thursday, August 11, AfricTivistes officially launched the two-month #TaxawTemm! Aar Suñu Bopp campaign on the proper use of social networks and the fight against online harassment, particularly against women. The launch day began with a workshop for media professionals and bloggers, aimed at drafting a Good Practice Guide on cyber-harassment. This was followed by […]
The AfricTivistes team of developers stood out at the Refine Open Source Hackathon, winning 2nd prize in the refine + DEV Hackathon. The team had submitted a monitoring and evaluation platform designed as part of AfricTivistes’ Local Open GovLab (LOG) project, to support local governments in African countries in integrating digital tools for budget transparency, […]
Lately, anti-democratic overthrows and untimely coups d’état have become commonplace in Africa, particularly in French-speaking West Africa. The West African Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) organised a regional multi-stakeholder conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from August 1 to 2, 2023, to discuss democratic decline and political transitions in French-speaking West Africa. The discussions, also attended by […]
On Thursday, August 11, AfricTivistes officially launched the two-month #TaxawTemm! Aar Suñu Bopp campaign on the proper use of social networks and the fight against online harassment, particularly against women. The launch day began with a workshop for media professionals and bloggers, aimed at drafting a Good Practice Guide on cyber-harassment. This was followed by […]
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Enrolled in the Democracy, Elections and Governance MOOC
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AfricTivistes has developed this toolkit as part of the implementation of the Africtivistes Civic Engagement Programme and Africtivistes Civic Engagement Tour (ACET). The toolkit is a comprehensive training manual that allows future trainers to easily replicate the programme and share it with as many young Africans as possible. It features modules on self-management, civic leadership, […]
Read MoreAfrica needs more democracy. The struggle to uphold rights and freedoms must be strengthened and adapted in the face of growing threats. In 2021, three coups d’état, numerous political crises and increasing restrictions on internet access were recorded as well as violations of freedoms in several countries, including those once presented as democratically more advanced […]
Read MoreThis is a document that condenses all the information about the Local OpenGov project. In addition to reviewing the foundations of the project, it outlines the objectives, the expected results and the key steps to achieve them.
Read MoreRosebell Kagumire is a feminist writer, communication specialist, and activist. She is the curator and editor of African Feminism, an online platform that brings together feminist writers and activists across Africa. Rosebell is a council member at the Nalafem Collective where in 2022 co-authored a book I am Nala with her writing on the struggle […]
Read MoreFatouma Harber is a Malian human rights defender, teacher and blogger based in Timbuktu, northern Mali. In 2012, while armed Islamist groups occupied the city, she used her blog to denounce the human rights abuses perpetrated against civilians, especially women. Initially, Fatouma tried to remain anonymous, but when her blog was nominated for an award, […]
Read MoreThe first AfricTivistes Civic Action Prize 2021 was awarded to Djamila Boubacar Sahabi during the 3rd AfricTivistes Summit, last November 12, in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). She was crowned thanks to her project Nissa Pad. This citizen champion from Niger has created a brand of washable sanitary napkins to promote sustainable solutions that contribute to the […]
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...The AfricTivistes team of developers stood out at the Refine Open Source Hackathon, winning 2nd prize in the refine + DEV Hackathon. The team had submitted a monitoring and evaluation platform designed as part of AfricTivistes’ Local Open GovLab (LOG) project, to support local governments in African countries in integrating digital tools for budget transparency, […]
Lately, anti-democratic overthrows and untimely coups d’état have become commonplace in Africa, particularly in French-speaking West Africa. The West African Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) organised a regional multi-stakeholder conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from August 1 to 2, 2023, to discuss democratic decline and political transitions in French-speaking West Africa. The discussions, also attended by […]
On Thursday, August 11, AfricTivistes officially launched the two-month #TaxawTemm! Aar Suñu Bopp campaign on the proper use of social networks and the fight against online harassment, particularly against women. The launch day began with a workshop for media professionals and bloggers, aimed at drafting a Good Practice Guide on cyber-harassment. This was followed by […]
AfricTivistes and the African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) organised a virtual solidarity session on 12 June to inform African CSOs and citizens about the political crisis that has been unfolding in Senegal since March 2021. Several of the recommendations made during this online panel are being taken into account by the African […]
This Wednesday, August 30, just as the official results of the general elections indicated Ali Bongo’s supposed victory with 64.27% of the vote in a highly tense context that included an internet blackout and a ban on election observation, a group of soldiers announced on television the cancellation of the election and the dissolution of […]
As part of the Charter Project Africa, the Gorée Institute organised a regional workshop from 23 to 25 May on strengthening citizen involvement in democratic governance in Africa. Attended by a number of West African civil society organisations and regional and continental institutions, the meeting was an opportunity for young people, who are at the […]
Our dear Ivorian hosts,,
Dear AfricTivistes,
I would be hard pressed to address you this morning without thinking about all the lives lost to Covid-19. If 2020 tells us about the world's inability to cope with a viral pandemic, then at AfricTivistes it taught us about the uncertainty of programmatic agendas. Nothing that was planned was executed as planned, including this Summit that was to be held in Nairobi. As a genuine driving force of ideas/proposals, AfricTivistes has been able to implement many of its projects using digital technology as a tool and a field of action. Especially since digital technology has been the ideal solution for many organisations as a governance and management tool. Without the internet, the world would not have been organised to provide articulate and appropriate responses. Without the internet and smartphones, Africa would have experienced 2020 in a different way...Read More
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