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TRAC FM promotes accountability in Uganda
17 May 2012
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at Twaweza Uganda's partner TRAC FM at work in this video.
The idea behind TRAC FM is simple: Radio hosts give their listeners a question regarding public service delivery. Citizens send their response via free SMS. The answers are instantly processed and visualized to be shared on air. The results are used in subsequent radio interviews with authorities and in print and online media.
The idea behind TRAC FM is simple: Radio hosts give their listeners a question regarding public service delivery. Citizens send their response via free SMS. The answers are instantly processed and visualized to be shared on air. The results are used in subsequent radio interviews with authorities and in print and online media.
Contest rewards innovation in African digital media
14 May 2012
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The African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) is offering up to one million dollars in grants to promote the development of digital media across the continent. Grants of between $12,500 and $100,000 will be awarded to the best projects.
Uwezo at Harvard
30 Apr 2012
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On 1 May 2012 the Country Coordinator of Uwezo Kenya and the Head of India's Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Centre will be giving a presentation at the Center for International Development at Harvard University about their work. Dr. John Mugo will be joined by Dr. Rukmini Banerji, director of ASER and Twaweza Advisory Board Member, to share experiences of the challenges and insights of conducting large scale student assessments. Twaweza Head Rakesh Rajani will moderate the discussion.
- ASER, Uwezo and Twaweza at Harvard, event poster | 184.83 KB
State of East Africa Report 2012 stirs debate on greater regional integration
25 Apr 2012
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The Society for International Development (SID) released 'The 2012 State of East Africa Report: Deepening Integration, Intensifying Challenges' on 24 April 2012 in Dar es Salaam. The annual report compares cultural, economic, political, social and technological trends across the five East African Community countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda). The report's objectives are to inform, provide insight, spark imagination and be a tool for engagement.
Students Say: Teachers absent from school too often
25 Apr 2012
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Round 10 results from the Listening to Dar es Salaam project (formerly known as the Dar es Salaam Mobile Phone Public Services Monitoring Survey) have just been released, and this time it was school children who answered the questions. A random selection of participants were called as normal and asked if they could hand their mobiles to their school-aged children to gather information on the state of education in the city.
Tanzania and Kenya to attend Open Gov Conference
Less than a year after it was launched, the Open Government Partnership will hold its first Annual Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil on April 17 and 18. Tanzania and Kenya are two of the five African countries involved in the initiative. Tanzania's delegation will be led by President Jakaya Kikwete who will speak at the plenary together with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Nika Gilauri.
Coming soon: Kenya Budget Dashboard
Kenyans will soon be able to track how their government spends their money on Twaweza's Kenya Budget Dashboard. Development of the Kenyan portal started in December 2011 after successful work on Tanzania's. On the Kenyan Dashboard, citizens can view the percentage of the national budget that went to the various ministries from 2002 to 2011, as well as compare resources distributed to each of the country's counties.
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