#Benin 🇧🇯 – #AfricTivistes welcomes the smooth conduct of the 12 April presidential election 🗳️ and congratulates the elected candidate.
Benin once again shows the strength of its democratic institutions in West Africa.
À l’#AgoraPENC, Cheikh Fall a plaidé pour une souveraineté numérique africaine moins dépendante des puissances étrangères et pensée à l’échelle régionale.
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“Demokrasia Mtaani // Street Democracy” strengthens civic education and participation in Tanzania 🇹🇿, targeting youth, women & persons with disabilities in Kilwa (Lindi).
🎯 Goal: train 5,000+ people, including first-time voters, in civic engagement.
🌐 soobu.tech
Congratulations to Vie-Publique Sénégal 🇸🇳 and the Association des blogueurs du Bénin 🇧🇯 for this great work ahead of Benin’s elections 👏
A timely initiative and a strong example of collaboration in support of electoral integrity and democracy.
Illustration: Vie-Publique Sénégal
A page is turning. 🇧🇯
Benin votes on 12 April amid recent reforms, with President Patrice Talon not running—opening the door to new political actors. 🗳️
⚠️ Key issues: transparency, participation & trust.
📊 Explore #FarafinaElections: farafina.tech/countries
🇧🇯👏 Congrats to AB-Benin, SOS Civisme Bénin and the Electoral Platform of CSOs in Benin on launching the Civic Tech platform under Vigilant Civic Voice.
🗳️ A key step for electoral transparency ahead of the 12 April elections in Benin.
Illustration credit: AB-Benin
Saddened by the passing of Prosecutor Mohamed Bangoura (8 April 2026, Mamou 🇬🇳).
#AfricTivistes extends condolences to his family, loved ones & the judicial community.
A committed member from the start. May he rest in peace.
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📍 This Friday, 10 April, Djibouti🇩🇯 goes to the polls for a decisive presidential election🗳️.
👉 The key issue: incumbent President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is seeking another term after more than two decades in power. farafina.tech
Moderating the internet in Africa is not just about removing content.
It is about understanding languages, contexts… and above all, the lived realities of users.
In this interview, Aisha Dabo and Lilian Kariuki remind us of one essential point:
Read more 👇
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Anna Guèye recognized early how digital tech could help tell our stories, defend our causes, and amplify voices too often unheard. As a co-founder of #AfricTivistes, she helped build digital activism grounded in transparency, democracy, and social justice across Africa.
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✨ 5,000 THANKS ✨
Today, we’ve reached the 5K follower milestone on LinkedIn 🎉
Behind this figure lies much more than just a community:
there are voices, commitments, ideas and a shared determination to advance digital citizenship in Africa 🌍
We are proud to see Aisha Dabo featured in TikTok’s #AfricanAllStarsSeries by TikTok.
A TikTok Safety Advisory Council member and AfricTivistes Programmes Coordinator, she shares insights on online safety, misinformation, and digital inclusion.
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Formation, innovation, mobilisation citoyenne et reconnaissance
Entre 2021 et 2024, l’organisation a misé sur les technologies civiques pour renforcer la participation citoyenne et la gouvernance démocratique.
📊 Quelques chiffres clés ⬇️
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Welcomed a #HBLSA delegation in Dakar 🇸🇳 for an exchange with AfricTivistes on digital activism, democracy, and youth in Africa 🌍.
Engaging discussions on civic tech, youth participation, and key challenges. 🤝
Thank you for the visit. #AfricTivistes #Dakar #CivicTech #DigitalActivism
Information travels fast—verify before you share.
Since 2015, we’ve worked for a more reliable digital space. Discover our 2025–2029 strategic plan and our actions for the next four years: 👉🏼 bit.ly/4bCrzsw
#FactChecking #AfricTivistes
At a time when electoral transparency is vital for democracy in Africa, African Elections Monitor serves as a key tool for tracking and providing information on elections. It analyses national contexts, shares election dates and processes, and presents results in a clear, structured way.
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On 24 and 25 March 2026, we had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from Raízes da Esperança (#RADES)🇬🇼 for two days of intensive and productive discussions.
#RADES is working in education, youth entrepreneurship, environmental protection, and the promotion of human rights in Guinea-Bissau🇬🇼.
On the sidelines of the 2026 Experiential Learning Seminar in Ethiopia 🇪🇹, #AfricTivistes President Cheikh Fall met Nigatu Desta, Executive Director of #COND, a #ElectionCivicTechFund beneficiary, supporting inclusive, transparent & peaceful elections in Amhara.
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What we learned from #ACET 👇
Training citizens is not just about skills.
It’s about building a generation that acts and creates solutions.
With ACET, we saw:
💡 Digital accelerates engagement
💡 Youth are ready when equipped
💡 Leadership grows through action
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In 2024 🇸🇳, against a backdrop of tensions around the rule of law and public freedoms, AfricTivistes launched a monitoring initiative to analyse Senegal’s legal framework and its impact on fundamental rights.
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“Le Peuple” is a citizen-led initiative dedicated to monitoring parliamentary elections in the Republic of Guinea.
It serves as a vital link between citizens and the parliamentary institution, fostering open, participatory, and inclusive dialogue.
👉 Learn more about this initiative at soobu.tech
Are you a young person or a civil society actor interested in better understanding issues related to democracy, elections and governance in Africa?
The #MoocDEG offers online courses, learning resources all accessible on one platform and in multiple languages.
🎓 mooc.africtivistes.org/en
🇨🇬 📅 On 15 March, Congolese vote in the presidential election as the incumbent seeks a new term.
📊 #FarafinaElections lets you compare constitutions and democratic structures in #Africa.
🌐 farafina.tech/countries/cg
Face aux pressions sur les #démocraties africaines, l’#Observatoire #AfricTivistes de la #Démocratie a, en 2024, sensibilisé les citoyens aux risques des mandats prolongés et étudié les facteurs du recul démocratique.
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To keep up with our activities, discover our civic initiatives, events, and opportunities within the network, join the AfricTivistes WhatsApp channel today.
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On 8 March, #AfricTivistes celebrates women activists, developers, journalists, creators and leaders who are using digital technology to strengthen democracy, defend human rights and amplify citizens' voices across Africa.
On #IWD2026, we celebrate the commitment and leadership of women working for a more just and inclusive society.
Across the AfricTivistes network—through Safe Sisters, #LOG, Sahel Activists, and CitizenLab—women mobilize communities, defend freedoms, and promote active citizenship across Africa.
👏 Congratulations to Actions For Development and Empowerment enhancing its VoteCam app with an offline reporting feature 📳🌍.
This innovation strengthens digital inclusion and makes it easier for citizens to participate in electoral processes in areas with limited internet access.
🇨🇩 Electoral Inclusion in Kisangani
From Oct 2022 to Dec 2023, AJDDH ran a civic education campaign to promote participation of deaf people and those with albinism ahead of the December 2023 elections in the DRC. 🗳️
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📜 We often talk about electoral laws.
But that’s not where everything is decided.
📊 On Farafina.tech, we have already documented 8 types of electoral challenges across Africa, as well as the countries they affect.
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