NEWS

Information Request leads to recovery of heifers from leaders

In 2018, Nebbi district local government procured 331 Zeb heifers under Peace Recovery and Development...

Government Procurement Portal strengthened, disclosure and use of Procurement Data improved

AFIC supported PPDA the successfully redesigned the Government Procurement Portal (GPP) and aligned it to...

Community Monitoring Influences Local Government Action

Since the year 2018, AFIC has been training civil society organizations and community monitors on...

Citizens’ Access to Information Training helps District Officials deliver their mandate

"If it wasn't for AFIC, I wouldn't be here as an Information Officer. The skills...

Disclosure of Procurement Information on Notice Boards and Agency Websites Improves.

Access to information is one of the keys to democracy. When people seek and receive...

Nigeria;Kaduna State now a model in Open Contracting

Kaduna, is the 18th state of Federal republic of Nigeria located in the north, its capital is Kaduna, usually...

Addressing human rights concerns during COVID-19 response in vulnerable populations.

International human rights law guarantees everyone the right to the highest attainable standard of health...

Continuing education through alternative learning pathways amidst COVID-19

Education, Armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate change-induced disasters and protracted crises have disrupted the education...

Public Access to Information is the difference between life and death: central to combat COVID-19

The outbreak of coronavirus and the disease causes created anxiety, fear, and confusion. These are...

AFIC shares real time updates on COVID-19 through data visualization

AFIC has developed an interactive COVID19 tracker to promote access to information on this pandemic...

AFIC receives new grant from the Democratic Governance Facility

On this day, the 18th of March, 2020, Africa Freedom of Information Centre has received...

Citizens’ Access to Information: A tool to build trust and address corruption

People need the information to make decisions on personal development, education of their children or...

The Executive Director, HIM, shares their ATI journey in Uganda

Africa Freedom of Information Centre and the Hub for Investigative Media conducted an assessment on...

Ministry of ICT & National Guidance pledges to promote internet rights and freedoms in Uganda

Across the world, violations of internet rights and freedoms have been common ranging from internet...

Increasing awareness on adoption of Open Contracting Data Standards in Ghana

Procurement breaches are estimated to make up almost 90% of corruption cases, and therefore adoption...

Kanungu: CSOs, Community Monitors and the Media agree to work together

Africa Freedom of Information Centre, with support from the Democratic Governance Facility, brought together members...

Open Contracting for universal healthcare; Which way Uganda?

The health sector is one of the key sectors in Uganda and is one of...

What importance does the Right to Information hold for Women?

Often in our societies it is the most vulnerable and marginalized populations who suffer the...

Conducting an End of Term Evaluation project evaluation TORs

  TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONDUCTING AN END OF TERM EVALUATION FOR THE PROJECT IMPROVING...

FOI Rankings: How PPDC is improving transparency in Nigeria

We need access to information. No one can make informed decisions on issues that affect...

Call to adopt mining values and principles in East Africa.

East African Community countries have been challenged to fully adopt African Mining Vision (AMV) principles...