Following a rigorous selection process from Election Civic Tech Fund. The selected flagship projects receive funding and tailored support under this programme, which aims to foster the emergence of electoral civic tech, strengthen the participation of young people and women through technology and support the development of new communities of actors committed to electoral transparency.

Six months after the launch of the call for proposals in June, the selected flagship projects have been implementing their activities. Numbering twelve in total, these initiatives—led by young people aged 18 to 35—embody excellence in electoral civic innovation across the 14 countries covered by the fund: Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Mauritania, Niger, Mali and Togo.

The beneficiary projects fall within the fund’s four civic tech priority areas: [1] electoral civic technologies, [2] citizen engagement and electoral process, [3] media and information, and [4] legal framework.

The awardees are:

1. Electoral Fact-Checking Initiative South Sudan, implemented by Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (South Sudan)
2. Vigilant Civic Voice, implemented by Association des blogueurs du Bénin (Benin)
3. MyAIFactChecker Cameroon, implemented by Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (Cameroon)
4. Citizen Electoral Platform of Senegal, implemented by Vie Publique Sénégal (Senegal)
5. PACTE, implemented by ABLOGUI – Association des Blogueurs de Guinée (Guinea)
6. My Vote My Voice 2.0, implemented by Actions for Development and Empowerment (Cameroon)
7. Monitoring and Legal Support for Young People in Electoral Processes in Mauritania, implemented by ADRES (Mauritania)
8.  ToopKo – Participatory digital platform for monitoring political commitmentsSenegal Vote , implemented by Association Wa Mbedmi (Senegal)
9. Strengthening Youth- and Women-Led CSOs for Inclusive Electoral Participation in the Amhara Region, implemented by the COND of CSOs in the Amhara Region (Ethiopia)
10. DoorashoKaab, implemented by Bareedo Platform Somalia (Somalia)
11. Inclusive Voices, implemented by Hopeline Foundation (Somalia)
12. Harnessing Digital Tools for Youth and Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia’s 2025 Electoral Process, implemented by the Ethiopian Women Federation (Ethiopia)

These projects are supported throughout their implementation and benefit both from financial assistance but also from technical support to maximise their impact.

In a context of electoral violence—affecting more than 50% of elections in sub-Saharan Africa since 1990—this fund, with a total envelope of €175,000 and individual grants ranging from €10,000 to €25,000, aims to support these citizen-led technological initiatives.

“This fund represents our deep commitment to African democracy. Through these 12 innovative projects, we are witnessing the emergence of a new generation of engaged actors who use technology as a lever for transparency and citizen participation. What we are offering is not just funding, but an ecosystem of democratic innovation that will help to sustainably transform electoral processes across our continent,” declares Cheikh Fall, President of AfricTivistes.

For the record, the Election Civic Tech Fund, designed and initiated by AfricTivistes and implemented under the AHEAD Africa and Digitalise Youth projects, supports citizen initiatives that use technology to enhance electoral transparency, increase the participation of young people and women and promote democratic innovation.

Change is already underway 

These civic tech initiatives being implemented  include more than 15 digital platforms and tools (web platforms and mobile apps, chatbots, reporting systems, databases and open-source solutions), the implementation of civic and electoral education campaigns and the activation of monitoring and electoral observation mechanisms in at least 10 African countries.

The projects also incorporate innovative tools to combat disinformation, including the production of more than 300 fact-checking items, the training of over 1,500 young people, journalists, citizen observers and community leaders as well as the direct mobilisation of more than 500,000 citizens—predominantly young people and women.

This ongoing operational phase is already translating technological innovation into tangible change by strengthening access to reliable electoral information, inclusive citizen participation and public accountability, in the service of more transparent, inclusive and credible electoral processes across several African countries.

For more information, please contact: info@africtivistes.org