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WHITE PAPER: Digital Technology Put to the Test During the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency in Senegal: Between Innovation and the Necessity of Personal Data Protection

The current crisis has highlighted the key role played by digital technologies in managing the pandemic. Now that digital technology has become an int…

24 octobre 2023Read

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Call for applications for Mauritania – ACET West Africa Civic Engagement Tour

The AfricTivistes Civic Engagement Tour (#ACET West Africa) is a programme of capacity-building workshops for young people aged 18 to 35 who live in W…

24 octobre 2023Read

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Arrest of a pro-democracy activist in Togo: Outrage over Faure Gnassingbé’s authoritarian excesses!

Since 28 November 2020, Ms Kafui ADJAMAGBO-JOHNSON, West Africa Regional Coordinator for Women, Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF/FeDDAF-AO), has …

24 octobre 2023Read

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WHAT ROLE DO AFRICAN YOUTH PLAY IN THE CONTINENT’S DEVELOPMENT: AfricTivistes gives a voice to young agents of change

A first webinar was held on Wednesday 18 November 2020 with young changemakers selected as part of the project mapping youth initiatives to tackle the…

24 octobre 2023Read

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Training in digital journalism – Open Data Day 2020

Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data around the world. For its tenth edition, user groups, experts, community members and networks worl…

24 octobre 2023Read

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LIFE AFTER COVID-19 IN AFRICA: AfricTivistes and Oxfam are working to increase young people’s involvement in the running of their communities

Life after COVID-19 is a concern around the world. The situation could be complex for Africa, which was already facing major challenges such as povert…

24 octobre 2023Read

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Mauritania: The AfricTivistes community trains young people in leadership and civic engagement

“Youth civic engagement: the foundation of development.” This is the theme of the workshop organised by the AfricTivistes community in Mauritania, led…

23 octobre 2023Read

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Civictech: a new hub for citizen-led and entrepreneurial innovation

The Institut Français incubator in Dakar and the Civictech Europe Association are organising an evening of discussion dedicated to citizen and entrepr…

23 octobre 2023Read

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AfricTivistes launches the Dialogue Migration platform

On 29 September 2022, from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm GMT, AfricTivistes is launching a new news platform dedicated specifically to the issue of migration. …

23 octobre 2023Read