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African countries affirm to enhance Infrastructure Transparency – CoST
Over the last nine years, four African countries – Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania have...
CoST-Bridging The Infrastructure Transparency Gap In Uganda
This extract was published in the Ministry of Works and Transport Handbook, 2018; CoST –...
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OVERVIEW Authority. The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) was established under...
Empowering citizens to influence change: Experience from GPSA project in Uganda
According to Article 38 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995, every Ugandan...
What Next After Disclosure: Initiative to Develop Use Cases for Public Procurement Data in Uganda
Since 2014, AFIC has prioritised citizens’ access to and use of public contracting information (open...
Light in the Tunnel: Scaling Up Open Contracting to improve public contracting outcomes in Africa
Governments worldwide spend over $9.5 trillion annually in public contracting. However, in Africa, an increase...
Building a strong CoST Africa: AFIC Appointed CoST Africa Regional Manager
With humility AFIC is pleased at its being appointed by CoST- Infrastructure Transparency Initiative as...
National Forum Calls on Uganda Government to Increase Funding for Oversight Bodies to improve Service Delivery
Participants of a multi-stakeholder accountability forum organised by Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) in...
A case of access to information in Uganda
The right of access to information is tightly linked to other fundamental rights such as...
Ghana Parliament delays RTI Bill debate
The Ghana parliament has postponed the debate on the RTI bill over fears of possible...
Disclosure of election funding necessary
Although elections and access to information are critical issues of governance, to access information...
Political Inteferance Hindering Success of Government Projects
Public projects and contracts are intended to improve the lives and livelihoods of the...
Kenyan Assembly approves Access to Information bill
On Thursday 28th April, the Kenya National Assembly remarkably approved the Access to information Bill...
Oaths of Secrecy a challenge in access to information and Open Contracting, Nebbi
During the stakeholder workshop on access to information and open contracting in Nebbi district, participants...
Ghana Court orders disclosures based on the Constitution provision
A human rights court in Ghana has ordered for the disclosure of the controversial...
Mali in the process of creating a media watchdog
On Tuesday April 13th 2016, during the 58th Session, the ACHPR’s deliberated on...
Redesigned Nigerian Website to receive online FOI requests
Right To Know (R2K), Nigeria and the Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) have launched...
Togo votes for freedom of access to information law
The Togo National Assembly voted for a law on the freedom of access to...
Tunisia Assembly approves Freedom of Information law
The Assembly of people’s representatives has overwhelmingly adopted the freedom of information law with...
AFIC members elect new Governing Council
The Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) convened a two day General Assembly in...
Access to information aids tracking of non-delivered teaching and learning materials in Malawi
For close to two years, government schools in the district of Kasungu located in the...
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