Digital Politics Winter School is coming!
We are delighted to announce the Postgraduate Winter School in Digital Politics, taking place online on 14-18 February 2022 This Winter School makes a series of critical interventions into the field of digital citizenship, in both so-called democratic and so-called authoritarian states. The School will focus particularly on how the interactions between individuals or communities […]
AfroLeadership, Open Data and the Right of Access to Information
Like Cameroon, many African countries do not have access to the information Act. There is no specific freedom of information law that requires public bodies to disclose information as well as to respond to requests for information. Civil society initiatives have been carried out to push the government to legislate on this issue, but very […]
WeParticipate : A Digital Plateform for Participatory Democracy
AfroLeadership designs and develops technological tools such as software and platforms dedicated to the implementation of the digital strategies of public and private institutions. It is in this capacity that AfroLeadership engineers have developed the WeParticipate digital platform, based on the Decidim open source code and made up of several integrated Ruby On Rails gems. […]
Smart Cities – AfroLeadership as an enabler to enhance Good Governance in Africa
A smart city uses information and communication technology (ICT) to improve operational efficiency, share information with the public and provide a better quality of government service and citizen welfare. The main goal of a smart city is to optimize city functions and promote economic growth while also improving the quality of life for citizens by […]
Artificial Intelligence: AfroLeadership–AFRIA Partnership / Governance
(14.01.2022). Following fruitful exchanges and joint operations carried out during 2021, the Francophone Agency for Artificial Intelligence (AFRIA) and AfroLeadership signed a partnership agreement to formalize a high value-added collaboration for the African continent. The agreement extends over a renewable period of two years. All the provisions of the agreement are detailed across five pages, […]
Transparency: Afroleadership’s work recognised by The Africa Report
In the field of open data, it is difficult to find a Francophone African actor. Afroleadership is on its way to breaking this glass ceiling. In a publication dated November 17, 2021, the highly influential “The Africa Report” cited Charlie Martial Ngounou, President of Afroleadership, as one of the leading activists in transparency on the […]
Furniture company appoints retail heavyweight
Want to know the one thing that every successful digital marketer does first to ensure they get the biggest return on their marketing budget? It’s simple: goal-setting. This is an absolutely essential practice for any digital marketer who knows how to execute campaigns in a productive, cost-effective way. With a few simple tips, you can […]
West: COPB’s two halves in Bafoussam
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South-West: Double success for the Open and Participatory Budget in Limbe
At the helm is the Cameroon Community Media Network (CCMN). Created in the North-West and South-West regions, this network of more than 200 journalists specialized in peace journalism and non-violent communication, and a partner of the Afroleadership association, served as the focal point for the facilitation of the Cameroon Open Participatory Budget (COPB) in Limbe. […]
Littoral: A trilogy on open and participatory budgeting in Douala
The first act of the Cameroon Open Participatory Budget (COPB) took place on June 21, 2021. The meeting room of the Douala 4 City Hall hosted, for one day, 36 participants and three youth elected delegates. About ten days later, the COPB caravan set up its connection point at the Youth Information Center of Douala […]