AfricTivistes
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Ligue des Blogueurs et Cyber-Activistes Africains pour la Démocratie. #CivicTech #GouvTech #OpenGov #Tech4Change
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🎉Over the next 4 years, we'll be putting #CivicTech at the service of democratic innovation and citizen participation, in the face of the challenges of transparency and inclusion.
You can be at the heart of this mission.
Discover our 2024-2029 strategic plan
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You can be at the heart of this mission.
Discover our 2024-2029 strategic plan
👉 bit.ly/4bCrZz6
🇸🇸 The Clarity Desk 🖥️ empowers journalists, students, and the public to fact-check and navigate information. With a website, app, workshops, and fellowships, it strengthens reliable electoral content, fights misinformation, and supports youth media clubs and civic engagement.
February 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
🇸🇸 The Clarity Desk 🖥️ empowers journalists, students, and the public to fact-check and navigate information. With a website, app, workshops, and fellowships, it strengthens reliable electoral content, fights misinformation, and supports youth media clubs and civic engagement.
🎥 What tangible impact does civic innovation have on elections in Africa?
12 initiatives provide concrete responses to electoral tensions: digital tools, civic education campaigns, monitoring systems, and fact-checking content, all deployed on the ground by African actors.
12 initiatives provide concrete responses to electoral tensions: digital tools, civic education campaigns, monitoring systems, and fact-checking content, all deployed on the ground by African actors.
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🎥 What tangible impact does civic innovation have on elections in Africa?
12 initiatives provide concrete responses to electoral tensions: digital tools, civic education campaigns, monitoring systems, and fact-checking content, all deployed on the ground by African actors.
12 initiatives provide concrete responses to electoral tensions: digital tools, civic education campaigns, monitoring systems, and fact-checking content, all deployed on the ground by African actors.
In #Africa, personal data = human rights. 📱 Biometrics, voter rolls, social media… often collected without consent to control or silence. Protecting it defends privacy, journalists, activists & empowers citizens. #DataProtection #DigitalRights
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
In #Africa, personal data = human rights. 📱 Biometrics, voter rolls, social media… often collected without consent to control or silence. Protecting it defends privacy, journalists, activists & empowers citizens. #DataProtection #DigitalRights
🏛️ Behind every political system lies far more than the architecture of the state.
It profoundly shapes the concentration or distribution of executive power, the balance between institutions, political stability, and citizens’ ability to hold leaders to account.
👉 Explore 📊 Farafina.tech
It profoundly shapes the concentration or distribution of executive power, the balance between institutions, political stability, and citizens’ ability to hold leaders to account.
👉 Explore 📊 Farafina.tech
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
🏛️ Behind every political system lies far more than the architecture of the state.
It profoundly shapes the concentration or distribution of executive power, the balance between institutions, political stability, and citizens’ ability to hold leaders to account.
👉 Explore 📊 Farafina.tech
It profoundly shapes the concentration or distribution of executive power, the balance between institutions, political stability, and citizens’ ability to hold leaders to account.
👉 Explore 📊 Farafina.tech
Since 2015, #AfricTivistes has been working to strengthen citizen participation and democracy across the continent, in the face of major challenges such as:
disinformation, access to and openness of public data, and the need for civic education and citizen engagement.
chk.me/Nr1TOwD
disinformation, access to and openness of public data, and the need for civic education and citizen engagement.
chk.me/Nr1TOwD
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Since 2015, #AfricTivistes has been working to strengthen citizen participation and democracy across the continent, in the face of major challenges such as:
disinformation, access to and openness of public data, and the need for civic education and citizen engagement.
chk.me/Nr1TOwD
disinformation, access to and openness of public data, and the need for civic education and citizen engagement.
chk.me/Nr1TOwD
#ElectionCivicTechFund
🎥 In this video, discover how Vie Publique Sénégal 🇸🇳 is strengthening electoral transparency and citizen participation through an open-source digital platform.
🎥 In this video, discover how Vie Publique Sénégal 🇸🇳 is strengthening electoral transparency and citizen participation through an open-source digital platform.
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
#ElectionCivicTechFund
🎥 In this video, discover how Vie Publique Sénégal 🇸🇳 is strengthening electoral transparency and citizen participation through an open-source digital platform.
🎥 In this video, discover how Vie Publique Sénégal 🇸🇳 is strengthening electoral transparency and citizen participation through an open-source digital platform.
Access to electoral data is a cornerstone of inclusive #Elections in Africa!
Initiatives such as 📰 “Le Peuple” in 🇬🇳 #Guinea, 📊 Cameroon Open Data Elections in 🇨🇲 #Cameroon, and 🌍 Demokrasia Mtaani in 🇹🇿 #Tanzania are democratising information to foster informed citizenship.
Initiatives such as 📰 “Le Peuple” in 🇬🇳 #Guinea, 📊 Cameroon Open Data Elections in 🇨🇲 #Cameroon, and 🌍 Demokrasia Mtaani in 🇹🇿 #Tanzania are democratising information to foster informed citizenship.
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Access to electoral data is a cornerstone of inclusive #Elections in Africa!
Initiatives such as 📰 “Le Peuple” in 🇬🇳 #Guinea, 📊 Cameroon Open Data Elections in 🇨🇲 #Cameroon, and 🌍 Demokrasia Mtaani in 🇹🇿 #Tanzania are democratising information to foster informed citizenship.
Initiatives such as 📰 “Le Peuple” in 🇬🇳 #Guinea, 📊 Cameroon Open Data Elections in 🇨🇲 #Cameroon, and 🌍 Demokrasia Mtaani in 🇹🇿 #Tanzania are democratising information to foster informed citizenship.
2015 · Dakar 🇸🇳
First AfricTivistes Summit.
2018 · Ouagadougou 🇧🇫
Growing dialogue and collaboration.
2021 · Abidjan 🇨🇮
Civic tech scales across Africa.
👉 Dakar 🇸🇳 → Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 → Abidjan 🇨🇮
🌍 150+ participants · 40+ countries
🎯 Goal
Strengthen civic tech for African integration.
First AfricTivistes Summit.
2018 · Ouagadougou 🇧🇫
Growing dialogue and collaboration.
2021 · Abidjan 🇨🇮
Civic tech scales across Africa.
👉 Dakar 🇸🇳 → Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 → Abidjan 🇨🇮
🌍 150+ participants · 40+ countries
🎯 Goal
Strengthen civic tech for African integration.
January 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
2015 · Dakar 🇸🇳
First AfricTivistes Summit.
2018 · Ouagadougou 🇧🇫
Growing dialogue and collaboration.
2021 · Abidjan 🇨🇮
Civic tech scales across Africa.
👉 Dakar 🇸🇳 → Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 → Abidjan 🇨🇮
🌍 150+ participants · 40+ countries
🎯 Goal
Strengthen civic tech for African integration.
First AfricTivistes Summit.
2018 · Ouagadougou 🇧🇫
Growing dialogue and collaboration.
2021 · Abidjan 🇨🇮
Civic tech scales across Africa.
👉 Dakar 🇸🇳 → Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 → Abidjan 🇨🇮
🌍 150+ participants · 40+ countries
🎯 Goal
Strengthen civic tech for African integration.
🇨🇫
In the Central African Republic, the “Strengthening Young Leaders in Electoral Governance” initiative works to:
✅ mobilise communities;
✅ empower young leaders;
✅ equip civil society networks;
✅ promote active, responsible electoral participation.
🌐 soobu.tech
In the Central African Republic, the “Strengthening Young Leaders in Electoral Governance” initiative works to:
✅ mobilise communities;
✅ empower young leaders;
✅ equip civil society networks;
✅ promote active, responsible electoral participation.
🌐 soobu.tech
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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In the Central African Republic, the “Strengthening Young Leaders in Electoral Governance” initiative works to:
✅ mobilise communities;
✅ empower young leaders;
✅ equip civil society networks;
✅ promote active, responsible electoral participation.
🌐 soobu.tech
In the Central African Republic, the “Strengthening Young Leaders in Electoral Governance” initiative works to:
✅ mobilise communities;
✅ empower young leaders;
✅ equip civil society networks;
✅ promote active, responsible electoral participation.
🌐 soobu.tech
🎥 In this video, discover how Consortium for Networking and Development (COND) is working in the Amhara region 🇪🇹 to strengthen inclusive, transparent and peaceful electoral participation.
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
🎥 In this video, discover how Consortium for Networking and Development (COND) is working in the Amhara region 🇪🇹 to strengthen inclusive, transparent and peaceful electoral participation.
🗳️ Behind the voting system lies much more than just
👉 Comparing electoral systems helps us understand why political dynamics differ from one country to another.
🌍 Read electoral Africa with #FarafinaElections
🔗 farafina.tech
👉 Comparing electoral systems helps us understand why political dynamics differ from one country to another.
🌍 Read electoral Africa with #FarafinaElections
🔗 farafina.tech
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🗳️ Behind the voting system lies much more than just
👉 Comparing electoral systems helps us understand why political dynamics differ from one country to another.
🌍 Read electoral Africa with #FarafinaElections
🔗 farafina.tech
👉 Comparing electoral systems helps us understand why political dynamics differ from one country to another.
🌍 Read electoral Africa with #FarafinaElections
🔗 farafina.tech
In this edition of #CitizenLabActus, dive into the heart of civic initiatives shaping democracy in #Africa, from civic education and digital engagement to the fight for inclusion and human rights.
@youthdemocracycohort.com
@youthdemocracycohort.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 PM
In this edition of #CitizenLabActus, dive into the heart of civic initiatives shaping democracy in #Africa, from civic education and digital engagement to the fight for inclusion and human rights.
@youthdemocracycohort.com
@youthdemocracycohort.com
In 2021, the Local Open Gov Lab (#LOG) launched a pioneering drive for open, transparent & participatory local governance in West Africa 🌍
LOG supported 7 local authorities across 4 countries, using digital tools to boost citizen access, dialogue & engagement.
🌍 log.africtivistes.com
LOG supported 7 local authorities across 4 countries, using digital tools to boost citizen access, dialogue & engagement.
🌍 log.africtivistes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In 2021, the Local Open Gov Lab (#LOG) launched a pioneering drive for open, transparent & participatory local governance in West Africa 🌍
LOG supported 7 local authorities across 4 countries, using digital tools to boost citizen access, dialogue & engagement.
🌍 log.africtivistes.com
LOG supported 7 local authorities across 4 countries, using digital tools to boost citizen access, dialogue & engagement.
🌍 log.africtivistes.com
📢 Solidarity with Dr Sarah Bireete
AfricTivistes stands with Ugandan human rights defender Dr Sarah Bireete.
👉 Support the campaign:
🔗 gofundme.com/f/freesarahb...
🤝 Protect human rights defenders in Africa.
#FreeSarahBireete #HumanRights #CivicSpace #AfricTivistes
AfricTivistes stands with Ugandan human rights defender Dr Sarah Bireete.
👉 Support the campaign:
🔗 gofundme.com/f/freesarahb...
🤝 Protect human rights defenders in Africa.
#FreeSarahBireete #HumanRights #CivicSpace #AfricTivistes
January 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
📢 Solidarity with Dr Sarah Bireete
AfricTivistes stands with Ugandan human rights defender Dr Sarah Bireete.
👉 Support the campaign:
🔗 gofundme.com/f/freesarahb...
🤝 Protect human rights defenders in Africa.
#FreeSarahBireete #HumanRights #CivicSpace #AfricTivistes
AfricTivistes stands with Ugandan human rights defender Dr Sarah Bireete.
👉 Support the campaign:
🔗 gofundme.com/f/freesarahb...
🤝 Protect human rights defenders in Africa.
#FreeSarahBireete #HumanRights #CivicSpace #AfricTivistes
🇲🇷 AfricTivistes CitizenLab Mauritania has launched a training on digital citizenship & civic leadership.
🛠️ The training uses the #ACET Toolkit, designed by #AfricTivistes to help trainers easily replicate the programme and reach more young people across Africa.
🔗 africtivistes.com/en/acet-tool...
🛠️ The training uses the #ACET Toolkit, designed by #AfricTivistes to help trainers easily replicate the programme and reach more young people across Africa.
🔗 africtivistes.com/en/acet-tool...
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
🇲🇷 AfricTivistes CitizenLab Mauritania has launched a training on digital citizenship & civic leadership.
🛠️ The training uses the #ACET Toolkit, designed by #AfricTivistes to help trainers easily replicate the programme and reach more young people across Africa.
🔗 africtivistes.com/en/acet-tool...
🛠️ The training uses the #ACET Toolkit, designed by #AfricTivistes to help trainers easily replicate the programme and reach more young people across Africa.
🔗 africtivistes.com/en/acet-tool...
This morning, we welcomed Master’s students from SIPA, Columbia University (NY) in Dakar.
Discussions covered democracy in Africa, civil society, governance, citizen engagement, and digital rights.
#AfricTivistes shared its initiatives on democracy & inclusive governance.
Discussions covered democracy in Africa, civil society, governance, citizen engagement, and digital rights.
#AfricTivistes shared its initiatives on democracy & inclusive governance.
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This morning, we welcomed Master’s students from SIPA, Columbia University (NY) in Dakar.
Discussions covered democracy in Africa, civil society, governance, citizen engagement, and digital rights.
#AfricTivistes shared its initiatives on democracy & inclusive governance.
Discussions covered democracy in Africa, civil society, governance, citizen engagement, and digital rights.
#AfricTivistes shared its initiatives on democracy & inclusive governance.
📢🇺🇬 #Uganda: digital blackout
48h before the elections, internet, social media and VPNs are cut—despite recent assurances.
This undermines transparency, participation and democracy.
📣 AfricTivistes condemns this violation of digital rights.
#KeepItOn #InternetShutdown #DigitalRights
48h before the elections, internet, social media and VPNs are cut—despite recent assurances.
This undermines transparency, participation and democracy.
📣 AfricTivistes condemns this violation of digital rights.
#KeepItOn #InternetShutdown #DigitalRights
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
📢🇺🇬 #Uganda: digital blackout
48h before the elections, internet, social media and VPNs are cut—despite recent assurances.
This undermines transparency, participation and democracy.
📣 AfricTivistes condemns this violation of digital rights.
#KeepItOn #InternetShutdown #DigitalRights
48h before the elections, internet, social media and VPNs are cut—despite recent assurances.
This undermines transparency, participation and democracy.
📣 AfricTivistes condemns this violation of digital rights.
#KeepItOn #InternetShutdown #DigitalRights
Why has the loss of trust in democratic systems become a major risk factor?🌍
🎙️ Aïsha Dabo, Programmes Coordinator at AfricTivistes
👉 Read the full interview:
lens.civicus.org/interview/lo...
🎙️ Aïsha Dabo, Programmes Coordinator at AfricTivistes
👉 Read the full interview:
lens.civicus.org/interview/lo...
January 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Why has the loss of trust in democratic systems become a major risk factor?🌍
🎙️ Aïsha Dabo, Programmes Coordinator at AfricTivistes
👉 Read the full interview:
lens.civicus.org/interview/lo...
🎙️ Aïsha Dabo, Programmes Coordinator at AfricTivistes
👉 Read the full interview:
lens.civicus.org/interview/lo...
The general elections in Uganda🇺🇬 on 15 January 2026 are more than just a vote: they will shape the future of governance, transparency, and inclusivity in the country. 🗳️
Explore Uganda’s electoral profile on #Farafina, to understand voter trends, the election calendar, and local political dynamics.
Explore Uganda’s electoral profile on #Farafina, to understand voter trends, the election calendar, and local political dynamics.
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The general elections in Uganda🇺🇬 on 15 January 2026 are more than just a vote: they will shape the future of governance, transparency, and inclusivity in the country. 🗳️
Explore Uganda’s electoral profile on #Farafina, to understand voter trends, the election calendar, and local political dynamics.
Explore Uganda’s electoral profile on #Farafina, to understand voter trends, the election calendar, and local political dynamics.
We welcomed HEC ONU (HEC Paris) in Dakar! 🌍 The 15 students explored AfricTivistes’ role in democracy, governance & civic engagement, discussing youth participation, civil society, and local-international collaboration. 🤝
January 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We welcomed HEC ONU (HEC Paris) in Dakar! 🌍 The 15 students explored AfricTivistes’ role in democracy, governance & civic engagement, discussing youth participation, civil society, and local-international collaboration. 🤝
🎙️ In this new episode of #AfricTivistes Talks, Cheikh Fall looks back at the evolution of generational dynamics since 1960 and deciphers the characteristics of a youth resolutely focused on civic participation.
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2025 a marqué un tournant majeur pour l’engagement citoyen en Afrique 🌍
YouTube video by AfricTivistes
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January 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🎙️ In this new episode of #AfricTivistes Talks, Cheikh Fall looks back at the evolution of generational dynamics since 1960 and deciphers the characteristics of a youth resolutely focused on civic participation.
youtu.be/Tz4z3LrJHNA?...
youtu.be/Tz4z3LrJHNA?...
Political and democratic news in Africa is moving fast. Very fast.
👉🏾 AfricTivistes Décrypte🎥 … is your new weekly appointment to analyse, contextualise, and make sense of the major political and democratic events across the continent.
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👉🏾 AfricTivistes Décrypte🎥 … is your new weekly appointment to analyse, contextualise, and make sense of the major political and democratic events across the continent.
www.instagram.com/reel/DTU5nLb...
AfricTivistes on Instagram: "L’actualité politique et démocratique en Afrique évolue vite. Très vite.
La comprendre devient parfois un défi.
👉🏾 AfricTivistes décrypte🎥 …, c’est votre nouveau rendez-v...
2 likes, 0 comments - afric_tivistes on January 10, 2026: "L’actualité politique et démocratique en Afrique évolue vite. Très vite.
La comprendre devient parfois un défi.
👉🏾 AfricTivistes décrypte🎥 …...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Political and democratic news in Africa is moving fast. Very fast.
👉🏾 AfricTivistes Décrypte🎥 … is your new weekly appointment to analyse, contextualise, and make sense of the major political and democratic events across the continent.
www.instagram.com/reel/DTU5nLb...
👉🏾 AfricTivistes Décrypte🎥 … is your new weekly appointment to analyse, contextualise, and make sense of the major political and democratic events across the continent.
www.instagram.com/reel/DTU5nLb...
The 12 African civic tech projects are united on the ground to improve access to reliable electoral information, expand citizen participation, and strengthen public accountability for more transparent and credible elections across Africa.
ℹ️ chk.me/R2aaRW1
ℹ️ chk.me/R2aaRW1
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The 12 African civic tech projects are united on the ground to improve access to reliable electoral information, expand citizen participation, and strengthen public accountability for more transparent and credible elections across Africa.
ℹ️ chk.me/R2aaRW1
ℹ️ chk.me/R2aaRW1
The #AfricTivistes Civic Hubs continue their commitment to strengthening participatory democracy by combining technology, civic education and citizen action across the continent.
January 7, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The #AfricTivistes Civic Hubs continue their commitment to strengthening participatory democracy by combining technology, civic education and citizen action across the continent.
‘Youth Ambassadors of Peace and Change’ 🇳🇬 is an initiative that works to promote the inclusion and active participation of marginalised groups in decision-making processes.
It empowers young people to become agents of change, peace and social justice in Nigeria.
Find out more : soobu.tech.
It empowers young people to become agents of change, peace and social justice in Nigeria.
Find out more : soobu.tech.
January 7, 2026 at 12:56 PM
‘Youth Ambassadors of Peace and Change’ 🇳🇬 is an initiative that works to promote the inclusion and active participation of marginalised groups in decision-making processes.
It empowers young people to become agents of change, peace and social justice in Nigeria.
Find out more : soobu.tech.
It empowers young people to become agents of change, peace and social justice in Nigeria.
Find out more : soobu.tech.