Across the world, violations of internet rights and freedoms have been common ranging from internet shutdowns, disruptions and surveillance among others. The right to Internet access, also known as the right to broadband or freedom to connect, is the view that all people must be able to access the Internet...
Procurement breaches are estimated to make up almost 90% of corruption cases, and therefore adoption of e-procurement (reputed to reduce corruption by preventing human interface) could save countries up to 2% of GDP. To this end, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has been increasing awareness...
Africa Freedom of Information Centre, with support from the Democratic Governance Facility, brought together members of civil society, community monitors and the media to talk about sustainable ways of increasing citizen participation in monitoring public contracts for better service delivery. AFIC has been training local...
The health sector is one of the key sectors in Uganda and is one of the most funded sectors after Works and Transport, Education and Energy. Over the last three financial years, the budgetary allocation for the health sector has steadily increased. In financial year...
Often in our societies it is the most vulnerable and marginalized populations who suffer the greatest due to limited access to information. This is particularly true for women. In many countries, one-half of the population may be limited in their full enjoyment of the right...
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONDUCTING AN END OF TERM EVALUATION FOR THE PROJECT IMPROVING SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY TO CITIZENS THROUGH OPEN CONTRACTING IN UGANDA 1.0: Introduction 1.1: About AFIC Africa Freedom of Information Centre is a pan-African membership civil society organization registered in 2007 in Nigeria and established...
We need access to information. No one can make informed decisions on issues that affect them without access to information Through ATI, press freedom and freedom of association can grow. Governments can be held accountable, and corruption can be exposed. When the United Nations was established,...
East African Community countries have been challenged to fully adopt African Mining Vision (AMV) principles and values that outline transparent, equitable and optimal exploitation of mineral resources in the region. The AMV, which was formally adopted by African heads of state in 2009, has not achieved...
Together with GFMD, Deutsche Welle Akademie, Centre for Law and Democracy and Africa Free Press Unlimited we released the report “Road to 2030: Access To Information in the driver’s seat” about the state of public Access To Information (ATI) in 10 countries worldwide. The report analyses...
For years, the benefits of transparency as a policy tool to increase accountability and counter corruption have been lauded. In public procurement, this has given rise to a global movement promoting procurement data transparency, a.k.a. open contracting. Many governments have committed to making public procurement...
In December 2019, the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) invited Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) to share its experience of working with PPDA to promote Open Contracting at a workshop in Nairobi. OCP conducted the workshop in collaboration with the PPRA and Hivos East Africa. The Ksh22 million bathroom...
Since 2011, AFIC has collaborated with PPDA in promoting value for money in public contracting through citizens’ access to information and public participation (open contracting). Through this partnership, the Uganda Contracts Monitoring Coalition (UCMC) was established, its members trained on basic procurement laws, tools for...
In a public notice OTT Tax dated June 29, 2018, Uganda Revenue Authority informed Ugandans that following directives from the government a new tax would be imposed on OTT services involving applications that offer voice and messaging over the internet. This took effect on July...
Data can be defined as a series of observations, measurements or facts. When data is put in context, it becomes information. Open data, also known as linked data is data that is openly published online and is free for anyone to use, modify and share....
Following a one year stalemate due to disputes between the owners of the kiosks and Kabale Municipal Council, the reconstruction of the Kabale Central Market began finally kicked off in December 2019. Chongqing International Construction[CICCO], a Chinese firm, has been contracted to rebuild the market at...
AFIC presents The Shadow Report on the Status of Implementation of the Access to Information Act 2005 in Uganda Today the 12th of December, 2019, Africa Freedom of Information Centre and Hub for Investigative Media presented a Shadow Report on the implementation of the Access to...
Every year the World Bank’s Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) brings together over 300 partners from government, civil society and development cooperations to join together and find solutions to development challenges and learn from one another. 2019 was not any different, the forum was...
Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) trained Mr Okumu Fabian on Access to Information, Open Contracting and contracts monitoring in November 2018 together with other selected community monitors in Nebbi district. Equipped with the knowledge about community monitoring, Mr Okumu and other monitors started...
Citizens' access to information plays a vital role in promoting the realization of their right to health. It facilitates freedom of choice and quality of public education. It enables citizens to be aware of the medicine, treatment, and services available to them in the health...
As part of its National Action Plan 2017-2019, Nigeria is currently implementing 14 commitments. Public and Private Development Center (PPDC) is the leading civil society organization championing Open Contracting work and monitoring the progress of Nigeria's National Action Plan implementation. Ms Nkem Ilo is also...
