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Rethinking the Role of Media in Promoting Effective Social Accountability
Media plays a crucial role in facilitating democracy and promoting rights and equitable development...
Making Open Contracting a Norm: Open Contracting Module Incorporated in the Public Procurement and Contract Management Training.
Having partnered with Public Procurement and Disposal Authority to redesign the Government Procurement Portal, AFIC...
AU – EU Civil Society Seminar – Ensuring respect for human rights in the context of migration and forced displacement
Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) was among the 40 African and European Civil Society...
The United Nations General Assembly Proclaims 28th September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information
We observe, especially in Africa, that individual agencies among the 24 countries that have adopted...
CoST African members convene in Addis Ababa
It notes that informed citizens and responsive public institutions help to drive the needed reforms...
Africa Freedom of Information Centre Strongly Condemns Violence Against Journalists in Uganda
It has been reported that Godfrey Twesigye of NTV, Alex Esagala Nation Media Group and...
Open contracting: The bricks and mortar of public benefit!
Every year, governments spend huge sums of money through contracts, on everything from pencils and...
Access To Information and Elections in Africa
The right of access to information guaranteed by Article 9 of the African Charter on...
Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Why Communities Affected by Mining Should be Fully Engaged
“We were forcibly evicted and tortured by Uganda Police. We had to run for our...
ACHPR must expand, not limit civil society participation
This article was originally published on the IFEX website. The original can be found here. Twenty-eight...
Campaign for an International Day on Universal Access to Information Gets Huge Boost
The campaign for proclaiming September 28th as the International Day for Universal Access to Information...
Matooke over lunch – A meal like no other at the World Bank
It was on July 10, 2019 when the Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) was...
Road to 2030: Access to Information in the driver’s seat
GFMD, in collaboration with Deutsche Welle Akademie and Free Press Unlimited, in consultation with the Centre for Law and...
Access to Information gains momentum in New York
“As a country that has experienced conflict and a major public health crisis such as...
Several dozen flock to UNODC training
Mr Sendugwa attends to one of the groups during the ATI filling process at Fairway...
GPSA MANAGER: CITIZENS MUST HAVE SAY IN GOVERNANCE
Jeff Thindwa, the Program Manager for the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) in...
Minister Bahati lauds AFIC for people centred activities
The Minister of State for Planning in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic...
AFIC’s ED gets second nod to IFEX Governing Council
MISA's Mr. Thabani Moyo (left) and Mr. Gilbert Sendugwa (right) share a light moment shortly...
AFIC congratulates Ghana on ATI law
The Africa Freedom of Information Centre joins the freedom of information advocates worldwide in congratulating...
Government Procurement Portal redesigned with users’ needs in mind
Monitoring and tracking public contracts has been an important part of our work at Africa...
Making Public Contracts Work for People: Experiences from Uganda
Human capital development in developing countries is affected by lack...
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