Dakar, 26 June 2025 – At a time when Africa is facing major democratic challenges and growing questions about the relevance and integration of electoral processes, AfricTivistes has launched Farafina, the continent’s first online one-stop platform dedicated to elections and electoral processes. A major continental challenge Africa is grappling with an unprecedented crisis of democratic […]

AfricTivistes has announced the launch of the €175,000 Innovation Fund for Citizen Participation in Electoral Processes in Africa (Election Civic Tech Fund), aimed at supporting civic technology initiatives across 14 countries: Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Mauritania, Niger, Mali, and Togo. The fund addresses needs identified in AfricTivistes’ […]

As the integrity of elections—often a source of political and social instability—remains a challenge on the African continent, AfricTivistes launches Sóobu Tech4Elections, a digital tool designed to map, centralise, and make accessible citizen election initiatives across Africa since 2010. This platform highlights initiatives that play a crucial role in strengthening electoral democracies across the continent. […]

Elections in Africa are often marred by irregularities and socio-political tensions. As part of the AHEAD Africa project focusing on the many aspects of the electoral cycle in Africa, AfricTivistes has issued a form to map African civil society initiatives linked to electoral processes on the continent since 2010.  In recent years in Africa, electoral […]

The AHEAD Africa project was officially launched on Saturday, 20th July in Accra, Ghana, under the theme “Advancing Electoral Integrity through Citizen Engagement !” The launch was held on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (AU-Ecosocc), with the participation of civil […]

In recent years, several African countries have witnessed a decline in democracy. In these circumstances, citizens need to resist authoritarianism for democratic renewal. Free, transparent, inclusive, fair and peaceful elections are this safeguard in several countries on the continent. However, they are not a universal remedy.  Like all pillars of democracy, electoral processes face existential […]