Lawyers for Justice in Libya
Since their incorporation as an non-profit organisation, Lawyers For Justice Libya has consistently sought to defend and promote the human rights of everyone in Libya. As they …
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The Demography Project
The Demography Project is an independent youth-led civic technology and data journalism non-profit that undertakes fact based analysis and visualisation of demographic data for public education and …
FactCheck Elections
FactCheck Elections is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit fact-checking platform with the primary goal of verifying claims and debunking fake news around electoral activities in Nigeria using …
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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The Nigerian Budget: Using Creative Technology to Intersect Civic Engagement and Institutional Reform
This study analyses the efforts of BudgIT, Nigeria’s creative start-up, in making the Nigerian budget simple and accessible to every citizen. This includes its classification of citizens …
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 …
MobiSAM – Social Accountability Management tool
MobiSAM (Mobile Social Accountability Monitoring) began as an idea between friends discussing their water problems at the height of Grahamstown’s water outages. Wouldn’t it be great if …
Yogera – Platform for reporting poor services and corruption
Yogera (Meaning ‘speak up’) is an initiative working together with citizens and government to reduce corruption, increase transparency and service delivery from public institutions in Uganda. It …
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GovChat – Connecting Citizens and Government
GovChat is a web platform that also uses Whatsapp and USSD to allow citizens to connect with government representatives. Using the USSD: *120*9191# and WhatsApp: 060 078 …
Connecting citizens and services to improve societies
SEMA is an SMS chatbot that facilitates feedback about public institutions and public service delivery. SEMA provides citizens a platform where they can share their latest experiences …
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