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[Senegal] AfricTivistes, two Senegalese journalists petition the ECOWAS Court over repeated mobile Internet data cuts

Dakar, February 13 2024 AfricTivistes and Senegalese journalists, Moussa Ngom and Ayoba Faye, have petitioned the ECOWAS Court of Justice (ECOWAS Cou…

13 février 2024Read

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[Sénégal] AfricTivistes stands against declining democracy in Senegal!

The days when Senegal was held up as an example of democracy in West Africa seem to be fading fast. On Saturday 3 February, a few hours before the off…

5 février 2024Read

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AfricTivistes introduces convenient click-away cybersecurity e-learning programme

AfricTivistes is launching its new CyberSecurity Open Classroom project with a call for applicants. This programme, designed to fill the gaps in cyber…

12 janvier 2024Read

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Vote for the 10 shortlisted #Innov4Democracy innovations

Out of twenty-six (26) innovative solutions from all over Africa, ten (10) attracted the attention of the pre-selection committee of the Pan-African D…

21 décembre 2023Read

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AfricTivistes speaks at responsible social media use event

On Saturday 2 December, AfricTivistes joined its partner Ousseynou Aw in Bargny (Dakar district) for his novel autograph session “La toile du déshonne…

7 décembre 2023Read

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[Republic of Guinea] AfricTivistes urges swift end to social media block

Access to social networks has been restricted in and around the capital Conakry in Guinea since Novembre 24th. Users are forced to use virtual private…

29 novembre 2023Read

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AfricTivistes launches a second citizen think tank in Benin

AfricTivistes launches its second CitizenLab on 24 November 2023 in Cotonou around the theme “Digital technology at the service of citizen participati…

24 novembre 2023Read

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AfricTivistes Observatory for Democracy

Call for expressions of interest to research challenges to democratic governance General context Over the last few decades, Africa has witnessed polit…

22 novembre 2023Read

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Beninese civil society players learn about enhanced citizenship

AfricTivistes kicked off this week the CitizenLab Benin project, a citizens’ hub for innovation, with a training session to equip the local project te…

21 novembre 2023Read