Activecouncil
ActiveCouncil is a web based platform that helps municipal councils manage service requests, assign work and coordinate communications with their teams and citizens. We help organize the …
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ISIKA
ISIKA is a citizen project whose objective is to make the Malagasy citizen a major actor in the development of his locality. The project is based on …
OpenUp Eviction Project
This online guide currently serves as the OpenUp Eviction Project’s core information resource. Being online has the benefit of being easily updatable when new or more relevant …
PesaYetu
PesaYetu helps journalists, researchers and activists transform their work with in-depth county-specific information. Get started now with datasets from Kenya. The project was focused on helping journalists …
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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GoVote
GoVote.Ng is a platform and campaign to educate Nigerians on how to register to vote in the country’s General Elections and to mobilize them to do so. …
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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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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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 …
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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