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 […]
Personal Data in the Education Sector
On Friday September 23, MyData Cameroon Community met in a webinar to discuss personal data management in education sector in Cameroon. In Cameroon, as in many countries around the world, the education sector is increasingly interested in the potential of technology and the many benefits it can bring. Computerized management tools exist to manage enrolments, […]
International Day of Democracy: AfroLeadership at The United Nations Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa
For the celebration of the International Day of Democracy, the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa organised, on 21 September 2022, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Human Rights Commission in Cameroon, a round table on the theme: “the role of the media in democratic processes” in […]
Data Justice Research Project
This project expands upon a research program on Data Governance, managed by the Global Partnership on AI (“GPAI”). GPAI’s Data Governance Working Group selected two projects as part of GPAI’s first work plan including “Advancing data justice research and practice”. Without rights-preserving frameworks for the governance of data, AI’s potential to tackle some of the […]
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 […]
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, […]
Partnership with Good of All to promote universal rights in Africa.
Ansgar, Today, on this the anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we’re proud to announce a new educational partnership to help stem the rising tide of tribal and religious violence, which are amplified by disinformation campaigns, in many parts of Africa. AfroLeadership, a Pan-African civil society organization, will partner with Good of All to promote universal […]
Uganda’s lesson to other authoritarians: controlling the internet works.
In recent elections, a key tactic in curtailing opposition has been to control Ugandans’ access to the internet, blocking social media and messaging software like WhatsApp, and even instituting countrywide internet blackouts, cutting the population off from information at the most vital time.
AfroLeadership took part to the Data Privacy Summit 2021
The Covid19 Pandemic has brought to the spotlight challenges and ethic tied to Data Privacy. Controlling pandemic progression, has generated many health applications with more or less success due to adoption by citizen. In some cases, no clear information on how Personal Data (in the case health data) collected will be manages, whether it can […]