AFROLEADERSHIP AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL DATA FORUM (UNDATAFORUM 2024) IN COLOMBIA
From November 12 to 15, 2024, AfroLeadership took part in the fifth World Data Forum organized by the UN in Medellín, Colombia. The event aimed to deepen understanding of extended ecosystems in order to harness data as an engine for transformation and accelerated progress in sustainable development on a global scale. AfroLeadership was the only […]
Citizen Budget Awareness Campaign in Okola
Located 25 km from the capital Yaoundé, Okola, with a population of 65,000, is one of the municipalities in the Lekié department. The town faces challenges in terms of road infrastructure, education, hotel services, healthcare, potable water, training centers, housing, and employment opportunities. These issues justify the selection of Okola for the citizen budget awareness […]
Launch of the Cameroon – Open Participatory Budget Project (Phase III)
The United States Embassy in Cameroon hosted the launch ceremony of the Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund Program on October 8, 2022. This program is supported by the U.S. Department of State: Economic and Commercial Affairs. Its objective is to strengthen the capacities of citizens, civil society organizations, local elected officials, and local governance actors for […]
AfroLeadership took part in the reflections on the National Integrated Financing Frameworks and open budgets for sustainable development in Africa
As a partner in the region on open budgets, AfroLeadership participated from 29 to 30 September 2022 in a regional workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, on “Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) and Open Budgets for Sustainable Development in Africa”. Organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Department […]
World Bank: Consultation with Civil Society Organizations
On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, AfroLeadership attended a virtual meeting whose purpose was to strengthen the collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Cameroon, organized by the World Bank. The purpose of the meeting was to present the innovative tool used by the World Bank— The Global Partnership for Social Accountability— to facilitate the collaboration […]
AfroLeadership promotes Open Contracting Data Standard.
AfroLeadership is a member of a consortium of Civil society Organizations that lead the project “Strengthening Budgetary Governance for the Sustainable Provision of Basic Services While Respecting the Preservation of the Environment” funded by the European Union. This project responds to the objective of the Cameroon-European Union strategic cooperation plan to support Cameroonian civil society […]
Cameroon: Convergence of Public Administrations on the Open Contracting Data Standard
(Yaoundé – May 12, 2022) Members of Parliament, representatives of public administrations, and civil society organizations in Cameroon gathered around the Coordinator of the National Governance Program under the Prime Minister’s Office, as part of the Open Government Working Group sessions. The discussions focused on the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) through the initiative “Supporting responsible […]
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. […]
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 […]