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Documenting the Impact of Aid Cuts on the Peace Recovery and Delivery Plan...
By Lillian Nalwoga Between March and July 2014, the Collaboration on International Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) in partnership with the Northern Uganda Media Centre (NUMEC) launched a...
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Can the media help save the Peace Recovery and Development Project?
By Emily Mullins In early July, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) met with members of the Northern Uganda Media Club (NUMEC) to discuss the Peace...
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The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is seeking partnerships with local tech communities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia to...
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ICT4Democracy in East Africa Network Activities Update
By Juliet N. Nanfuka The network of seven partners (profiles) unified under the ICT4Democracy in East Africa initiative have since 2011 jointly worked to enhance the capacity of citizens and...
View ArticleBuilding Africa’s Capacity on Internet Governance
By Juliet N. Nanfuka The growth of the internet has seen numerous efforts to ensure its equitable and sustainable use. A key outcome is the concept of Internet Governance (IG) based on the principle...
View ArticleCitizens’ Use of ICTs in Social Accountability in Uganda’s Kasese District
By Ashnah Kalemera The eSociety Resource Centre Kasese is a community centre hosted by the Kasese district local government in Western Uganda. It acts as a one stop point for local government officials...
View ArticleIn Search of Local Knowledge on ICTS in Africa
By reviewing and comparing literature on the role of ICTs in statebuilding and peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on neighboring Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia, this paper examines whether...
View ArticleICT4Democracy in East Africa Network to Participate in Inaugural Buntwani...
The ICT4Democracy in East Africa network will participate in the first Buntwani conference scheduled to take place October 7–8, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference is aimed at exploring the...
View ArticleWhat does the future hold for the Internet Governance Forum?
By Juliet N. Nanfuka As the dust settles following the ninth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which was held in Istanbul, Turkey between 2 and 5 September, many questions remain lurking. The biggest...
View ArticleICT4Democracy in East Africa Network Activities Update
By Juliet N. Nanfuka The network of seven partners (profiles) unified under the ICT4Democracy in East Africa initiative have since 2011 jointly worked to enhance the capacity of citizens and...
View ArticleUganda Gov’t Officials Trained in Using Right to Information Portal
By Ashnah Kalemera On November 7, officials from 40 Uganda Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) were trained in promoting citizens’ right to information, including through the use of...
View ArticleReflections on Uganda’s Draft Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2014
Towards the end of 2014, Uganda’s government through the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U), Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (MoICT) and the Ministry of Justice and...
View ArticleAdvancing the Right to Information Amongst Ugandan Journalists
Uganda’s Access to Information Act (ATIA), 2005 is gaining traction as more journalists and citizens become aware of how they could utilise it to demand for information from public offices. Last...
View ArticleUganda Government Launches Open Data Readiness Assessment Study
By Ashnah Kalemera The government of Uganda has officially launched an Open Data Readiness Assessment (ODRA) study to review the country’s state of play of Open Government Data (OGD). The announcement...
View ArticleHere’s What CIPESA is Up To in 2015
ICT4Democracy in East Africa Network: With funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), CIPESA is coordinating this project, which includes sub-granting to the...
View ArticleIs Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?
By Juliet Nanfuka The rights of Kenya’s digital citizens are fast shrinking in the face of new restrictive laws and increased arraignment of individuals for expressing online opinions which authorities...
View ArticleUnderstanding Information Flows in the Education Sector in Mayuge, Uganda
By Juliet Nanfuka A recently concluded Situational Analysis Report focusing on the Education Department in Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda, found that voids exist in the flow of information between...
View ArticlePromoting Community Dialogue on Service Delivery Failures in Northern Uganda
By Gladys Oroma | In 2014, the Collaboration on International Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) in partnership with the Northern Uganda Media Centre (NUMEC) launched a project to make Public...
View ArticleAccess to Information in Tanzania: Laws, Policies and Practice
By Lillian Nalwoga | Despite the absence of a Right to Information law in Tanzania, advancements in the adoption of Information and Communication technology (ICT) in the country are enabling wider...
View ArticlePromoting Online Safety in Africa
The global community on February 10 marked Safer Internet Day which promotes safe and responsible use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) mainly amongst children and young people across...
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