Welcome to Twaweza
Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa. Twaweza believes that lasting change requires bottom-up action. We seek to foster conditions and expand opportunities through which millions of people can get information and make change happen in their own communities directly and by holding government to account. Read more.
We are away on immersion; offices reopen May 27
From May 18 to 26 our offices will be closed and the entire Twaweza team will be in Central Kenya on immersion. We stay in people's homes, share community responsibilities (hopefully without causing too much damage), and generally go with the flow. T...
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Schooling is not learning
The Centre for Global Development (CGD) has released a report calling for widespread adoption of national learning assessments as a means to drive education reform. Seeking to inform the next generation of the Millennium Development Goals, CGD argues...
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OGP seeks researchers to evaluate progress in countries
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is seeking individuals to carry out research at the national level in 39 countries, including Kenya and Tanzania, to assess government progress on implementation of OG...
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Help us find agents of change
Across Tanzania citizens every day are making a difference. They embody the spirit of Ni Sisi and Twaweza is looking for a consultant to identify them and document their stories of change.
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Citizens give views on the learning crisis in Tanzania
Parents perceive a downward trend in the quality of secondary schooling, and largely blame the government and teachers for the decline. These findings were collected through Africa's first nationally representative mobile phone survey, Sauti za Wanan...
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Latest publications
Sauti za Wananchi
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Competition to win laptops (for you and a school of your choice) for submitting the best views on how governments and citizens can improve the quality of health, water and education delivery. Closes 1 November 2013. Up to 20 laptops to be won every q... Read more...
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The Kenya Budget Visualisation Dashboard from Uwazi is now up. The site allows citizens to view how public funds were spent by financial year from 2002 to 2011, and within each county of the country. Read more...
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Uwazi has developed the Tanzania Budget Explorer, which will be updated every year, to make information about the way the Treasury allocates taxpayers money more accessible: transparent, easy to understand and exciting to follow. Read more...
