The practice of making annual budgets for the government without citizens’ input, poor implementation of public projects, poor accountability and transparency practices, inadequate oversight by the legislature […]
The introduction of AI in government systems stems from the growing demand for participatory and deliberative forms of democracy, including budget tracking, social audits, and transparent online
Exploring Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Enhanced Deliberative Democracy Read More »
The Civic Tech in Africa Evidence Map provides a living repository: essentially a database of knowledge on the latest research on civic tech across Africa. Going forward, we hope the Evidence Map can stimulate further research in (the already growing) African civic tech research space. Greater research equals greater knowledge and allows researchers and civic tech organisations, and related stakeholders and partners, to start building research in contexts where research gaps exist.
Introducing the Civic Tech in Africa Evidence Map Read More »
The Bizerte project aims to improve the quality-of-service delivery.
Bizerte: digital technology for a clean and intelligent city Read More »
IWACU Open Data, aims to provide open data about Burundi.
IWACU Open Data: a data journalism platform in Burundi Read More »
Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, does not have a standardised street addressing system. The city’s streets and boulevards do not have official names and inhabitants must use known landmarks and more recently GPS to get around.
Nouakchott develops a street addressing system to improve the everyday life of citizens Read More »
Although the Irembo e-portal has been praised for its instrumental contribution in bridging the government-to-citizen service delivery gap and lowering corruption rates due to the elimination of human-to-human contact, there are still some challenges.
GovTech: How a local digital government platform is changing service delivery in Rwanda. Read More »
The vision of the KMA to digitise its revenue mobilisation for a more effective management of local public finances looks very real with Kumasi joining the African Smart Towns Network (ASToN).
Addressing leakages in revenue mobilisation: KMA joins ASToN to achieve objective Read More »
The Beninese city is in the process of digitising its land register. The change is in line with the land reform undertaken by the Beninese state to put an end to the challenges of traceability in land administration.
Sèmè Podji, putting an end to confusion over land ownership Read More »
Many organizations have genuine intentions in either investing or developing civic tech ideas but may be miles behind in understanding the core reason for one
Civic Tech: The “FAILURE” I didn’t see coming! Read More »