Citizen Voice Lab
The Citizen Voice Lab project puts emerging technologies at the heart of innovation in participatory democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This virtual platform seeks to […]
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Civic Participation Beyond the Ballot
The Beyond the Ballot Box project aims to build on behavioural science research to help the local government increase multiple forms of civic engagement in local communities,
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Creative Ideation Hub
Despite the growing demand for effective and efficient governance solutions in African communities, there is a lack of clear strategies for social innovators, developers, and policymakers, as
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Uchaguzi: A Case Study – Successes, Challenges, and New Ways Forward
In 2010, Ushahidi collaborated with partners to create the Uchaguzi-Kenya platform (an Ushahidi instance). It provided a channel for Kenyan citizens to communicate openly about the 2010
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Grassroot: Enabling participatory democracy in South African democracy
Grassroot is a mobile platform that allows individuals to organize and coordinate between one another for the causes they believe in. Founded in South Africa by Luke
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Uwajibikaji Pamoja – A citizens complaint plaform
Uwajibijaki Pamoja (Accountability Together) is an integrated complaints referral mechanism operated by Transparency International Kenya in collaboration of more than 40 service providers including government and development
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m-Omulimisa: Connecting farmers
m-Omulimisa is an agriculture technology company that leverages ICT tools especially mobile phone technology to improve the livelihoods of all small holder farmers in Uganda. M-omulimisa offers
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Kubatana: Expanding citizen access to civic and human rights information in Zimbabwe
Kubatana was founded in 2001 to strive for equal access to information and the inclusion of the general public in debate and discussion across Zimbabwe. It seeks
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Biscate: Connecting workers with opportunities in Mozambique’s informal sector
Biscate (meaning odd jobs in Portuguese) is a platform using inclusive technologies such as SMS, USSD and web to connect skilled workers from the informal sector with
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Amandla.mobi – Action for Mzansi
Amandla.mobi is a platform that aims to “turn every cellphone in South Africa into a democracy tool” by using Whatsapp, SMS, USSD, Web and social networking to run
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