On 8 March, #AfricTivistes celebrates women activists, developers, journalists, creators and leaders who are using digital technology to strengthen democracy, defend human rights and amplify citizens' voices across Africa.
On #IWD2026, we celebrate the commitment and leadership of women working for a more just and inclusive society.
Across the AfricTivistes network—through Safe Sisters, #LOG, Sahel Activists, and CitizenLab—women mobilize communities, defend freedoms, and promote active citizenship across Africa.
👏 Congratulations to Actions For Development and Empowerment enhancing its VoteCam app with an offline reporting feature 📳🌍.
This innovation strengthens digital inclusion and makes it easier for citizens to participate in electoral processes in areas with limited internet access.
🇨🇩 Electoral Inclusion in Kisangani
From Oct 2022 to Dec 2023, AJDDH ran a civic education campaign to promote participation of deaf people and those with albinism ahead of the December 2023 elections in the DRC. 🗳️
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📜 We often talk about electoral laws.
But that’s not where everything is decided.
📊 On Farafina.tech, we have already documented 8 types of electoral challenges across Africa, as well as the countries they affect.
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🚨 For the past week, social media platforms have been suspended in #Gabon 🇬🇦.
#AfricTivistes is calling on the Gabonese authorities to engage in dialogue in order to restore access to these platforms.
Digital regulation must never turn into censorship !
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In 2025, record numbers of journalists were killed (CPJ). Silenced voices, stalled investigations, and communities deprived of reliable info—especially in conflict zones. Protecting journalists is a democratic imperative.
👉 Understanding is already a form of resistance against interference.
The FIMI report in Senegal 🇸🇳 by #AfricTivistes examines how information manipulation weakens democratic spaces.
🔎 Vulnerabilities, interference strategies, and resilience levers—discover the key insights.
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🔎 Did you know?
🏆 The Anna Guèye Prize, by AfricTivistes, honours African journalists, bloggers & activists defending online freedom.
🥇 2018: Papa Ismaïla Dieng & Rosebell Kagumire
🥇 2021: Fatouma Harber & Peter Nkanga
🎖️ 2021: Djamila Boubacar Sahabi – 1st Civic Action Prize
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In Côte d’Ivoire, the 2022 electoral roll revision exposed major inclusion gaps for youth, women and persons with disabilities.
The “Inclusive Electoral Registration in Haut-Sassandra” initiative promoted youth registration, dialogue and democratic participation.
Learn more 👉 soobu.tech
🚨 #Gabon🇬🇦
#AfricTivistes expresses its deep concern and calls for the lifting of this suspension.
Digital regulation must never turn into censorship! Freedom of expression and civic participation are fundamental rights.
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Social justice grows through citizen engagement, transparency and equal access to rights.
In the Sahel, inequalities weaken democracy — that’s why AfricTivistes launched Sahel Insight in 2022 to empower citizens and civil society.
🎬 Watch our documentary 👉 youtu.be/Yhu3enfEB0Q
In 2022, AfricTivistes launched its MOOC — an open, bilingual online programme featuring 5 thematic areas, 26 modules, and 6 expert lecturers.
In 2026, we continue turning engagement into action, expanding access to knowledge on governance, electoral processes and civic participation across Africa.
In this edition of #CitizenLabActus, the CitizenLabs of AfricTivistes are strengthening democratic participation through training and digital innovation.
📜 Behind every election, there are legal texts that frame the entire process.
Constitutions, electoral codes, electoral laws… they define:
✔️ who can vote,
✔️ how voting takes place,
✔️ how results are validated,
✔️ and how electoral disputes are handled.
We aim to provide a genuine catalogue of resources: guides, factsheets, videos, educational materials — everything that can help people better understand civic issues and take action.
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🎥 In this video, discover how Excellence Foundation for South Sudan 🇸🇸 is strengthening electoral information integrity and citizen participation through fact-checking and media literacy.
📰 Electoral fact-checking | 🧠 Media literacy | 🤝 Fact-checkers network | 💻 Digital platform
In Guinea 🇬🇳, as the December 2025 presidential election approaches, ABLOGUI has rolled out its #PACTE project an initiative aimed at strengthening youth civic engagement, promoting electoral transparency, and supporting an inclusive electoral transition.
🏛️ Who actually runs elections in Africa?
Independent Electoral Commissions, Interior Ministries, or hybrid bodies – each country has its own model.
👉 Knowing how these structures work is key to promoting electoral transparency.
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Discover our champion Alseny Farinta Camara, former #VAGOA volunteer at AfricTivistes
An activist and political scientist, Alseny has long been committed to open governance, human rights, and citizen participation in Guinea. Co-founder of the FNDC, he paid a high price for opposing the third term.
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🎥 In this video, discover how Actions for Development and Empowerment (ADE) 🇨🇲 is strengthening electoral transparency and citizen participation through civic tech.
📱 Mobile app | 🎙️ Podcast | 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏽 Civic activations
🇸🇸 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.
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
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.
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#ElectionCivicTechFund
🎥 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.
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.
