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LIFT PROJECT: Promoting economic and social inclusion in Uganda’s Public Procurement

LIFT PROJECT: Promoting economic and social inclusion in Uganda’s Public Procurement Open Contracting Lift is Open Contracting Partnership’s impact accelerator that helps teams of bold procurement reformers propel their ambitious plans toward systemic change. Through Lift, OCP has supported teams around the world to use public contracting to improve effective governance and support more equitable and green […]

Examining the gendered dimensions of Journalists safety based on Unesco’s JSI on IN Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Examining the gendered dimensions of Journalists safety based on Unesco’s JSI on IN Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda A 2021 UNESCO study across 125 countries highlighted the concerning issue of journalist safety, with 400 journalist killings in the past five years, including 37 women. The study also revealed that women journalists face significant challenges, as 1 […]

Unveiling Gender Realities of Journalists’ Safety in East Africa 2023

Secrecy is the freedom zealots dream of: no watchman to check the door, no accountant to check the books, no judge to check the law. The secret government has no constitution. The rules it follows are the rules it makes up”, U.S. journalist Bill Moyers commented in 1987 in regard to the secrecy of government […]

Towards gender equality: Understanding the Barriers and Solutions to Include Women-Led Businesses in East Africa.

Fostering Gender Responsive Public Procurement: Understanding the Barriers and Solutions to Include Women-Led Businesses in East Africa. The government procurement sector is a massive market worldwide, with many governments spending around 15% of their GDP on goods, works, and services every year. This presents a significant opportunity to address labour market segregation and gender employment […]

Strengthening disclosure and citizen participation to improve value for money in public contracting in Africa

Strengthening disclosure and citizen participation to improve value for money in public contracting in Africa Transparency cand public participation in public contracting in Africa is challenged, compounding corruption and collusion and denying citizens much needed services. With a US$300,0000 grant from the William and Flora Foundation, AFIC and its members implemented a 2-year ‘strengthening disclosure […]

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Sunlight in Digital Technology: Procurement of Digital Technology Systems in Liberia, Nigeria and Uganda

Sunlight in Digital Technology: Procurement of Digital Technology Systems in Liberia, Nigeria and Uganda The procurement and deployment of Digital Technology Systems is playing a critical role in Africa’s economic development. However, questions have been raised regarding the secrecy around how they are procured and deployed, cost, source of funding, legal framework, safeguards around privacy […]

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Enhancing Performance and Transparency of Social Service Contracts in Uganda

Enhancing performance and transparency of social service contracts in Uganda With funding from the Global Partnership on Social Accountability (GPSA), AFIC in collaboration with Uganda Contracts Monitoring Coalition (UCMC) implemented a 4-year US$650,000 project with an aim to enhance performance and transparency of service contracts in public sectors of health, education and agriculture. The […]

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An efficient public finance system in Uganda: Promoting fiscal measures that will enhance inclusive growth and active participation of the citizenry’

Promoting fiscal measures that will enhance inclusive growth and active participation of the citizenry’ Government and donor funded projects have come and gone, but material conditions of intended beneficiaries have not improved significantly. AFIC with support of Oxfam in Uganda and Oxfam NOVIB implemented a five-year EUR 250,000 project, ‘An Efficient Public Finance System in […]

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The extent to which countries implement world bank’s civic engagement framework in practice

Accountability Research Centre (ARC) One of the challenges affecting sustainability of project development outcomes is lack of beneficiary participation and ownership. Through its Citizens Engage-ment Framework, the World Bank commits to en-sure citizens access to infor-mation and participation in its funded projects. In 2019, AFIC with funding from the Accountability Research Centre of the American […]

Improving social service delivery to citizens through open contracting in Uganda

Improving social service delivery to citizens through open contracting in Uganda (DGF 1 & 2) The Democratic Governance Facility supported AFIC to improve government responsiveness to citizens’ demand for public procurement information, increase citizens and CSOs demand for public procurement information and enhance government responsiveness towards citizens’ feedback on public procurement accountability issues for 21 […]

Towards Gender Equality; Understanding barriers and solutions to include Women-Led Business in Public Procurement

Towards Gender Equality; Understanding barriers and solutions to include Women-Led Business in Public Procurement Under this project, Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) undertook a study in partnership with The Institute of Social Accountability(TISA) and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) to understand the barriers and solutions to include women-led businesses in public procurement in Five projects […]

The State of Implementation of the Open Contracting and Access to Information commitments in open government partnership national plan in Africa: Case of Kenya, Malawi, Ghana and Nigeria

Assessment of the Implementation of SDG 16.10.02 on Access to Information in Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe

Assessment of the Implementation of SDG 16.10.02 on Access to Information in Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe Access to information is a fundamental human right closely tied to freedom of expression and media freedom, recognized by various international organizations, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 16 specifically emphasizes the importance of […]

Access to Project Information: Analysis of Malawi Infrastructure Projects Data

Access to Project Information: Analysis of Malawi Infrastructure Projects Data In recognition of the significance of public access to information, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), in collaboration with CoST Malawi, the Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR), Africa Freedom Information Centre (AFIC), and the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF),planned to observe the International Day […]

The State of Access to Information and Elections in Uganda

The State of Access to Information and Elections in Uganda As Uganda prepared to go to the polls in February 2021, critical issues arose regarding the country’s preparedness towards this most important democratic process. To enable an informed choice on the future leaders of the country, access to information is critical in the electoral […]

Whistleblower Protection In Kenya, Mauritius, South Sudan and Uganda

Whistleblower Protection In Kenya, Mauritius, South Sudan and Uganda In recent years, the total global economic loss incurred due to fraud and wrongdoing in organizations has significantly increased. A study conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in 2016 reported that this total loss exceeded $6.3 billion, rising to $7 billion in 201811. […]

Sunlight in Digital Technology: Case for Liberia, Nigeria & Uganda,

Sunlight in Digital Technology: Case for Liberia, Nigeria & Uganda What does the public know about transparency and safeguards in the procurement and deployment of Digital Technology Systems in Africa? The Africa Freedom of Information (AFIC) with generous support from Omidyar Network carried out a pilot research study that investigated the procurement and deployment […]

Deepening open government through women’s participation in public contracting in Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi

Deepening open government through women’s participation in public contracting in Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi Women’s economic empowerment is very important as it contributes to national economic growth and enhances achievement of internationally agreed upon goals and development commitments according to UN Women. Economically empowered women contribute highly to an improved quality of life to men, […]

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