Following a rigorous selection process from Election Civic Tech Fund. The selected flagship projects receive funding and tailored support under this programme, which aims to foster the emergence of electoral civic tech, strengthen the participation of young people and women through technology and support the development of new communities of actors committed to electoral transparency. […]

On Tuesday, 18 November 2025, AfricTivistes joined forces with TikTok at the inaugural Safety Summit in West Africa. This event brought together public and private stakeholders from various countries in the region. The goal was to strengthen user protection and adapt moderation mechanisms to local realities in a context where numerous threats were undermining citizens’ […]

Between 2022 and 2024, AfricTivistes established the first three AfricTivistes CitizenLabs in Mauritania, Benin and Madagascar.  Since then, they have equipped 40 change-makers across four new countries: Chad, Cameroon, Guinea and Senegal. From Chad to Senegal, via Cameroon and Guinea, AfricTivistes led an intensive training programme combining theory and practice, designed to strengthen the civic […]

On 2 October 2025, AfricTivistes presented in Dakar, a research report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) in Senegal . Conducted in partnership with International IDEA, the study examines the dynamics of information manipulation and foreign interference, while providing recommendations to strengthen the country’s democratic resilience. In an era of rising disinformation, AfricTivistes is […]

AfricTivistes’ commitment to combating cyberbullying remains strong. Following a series of theoretical and practical training sessions, the launch of a dedicated web platform to address the issue, and the production of an educational toolkit, AfricTivistes is now rolling out an interactive digital assistant. This   intelligent, innovative  tool is designed to support, inform and guide […]

Every 15 September, the world celebrates International Democracy Day. But which democracy are we talking about? Representative democracy is in crisis worldwide as it has been reduced to mere elections. However, democracy is fluid and improvable; above all, it is participatory. In Africa, young people are refusing to limit themselves to voting every five years […]