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.
Making the Case for Transparency: Breakfast with UK Prime Minister Cameron
Twaweza Head, Rakesh Rajani has been working with civil society from around the world to advocate for a fairer deal for the developing world during the G8 meetings.
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Are civil society advocates for OGP making a mistake?
“I worry that civil society advocates working on Open Government Partnership are making a tactical mistake,” says Martin Tisne on his most recent blog post: OGP Rules of the Game.
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It's not just us... citizen agency music videos
At Twaweza, we get most excited when people share our ideas. In the end that's how things will really change. We have also been thinking about music and how we can try to work with artists to bring social change.
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Clarification Regarding Form IV Results
In the past month Twaweza and our Head Rakesh Rajani have received many requests for explanation regarding the 2012 Form IV results, and the decision of the Tanzania government to revise the results.
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Re-emerging after immersion
We are back and our offices are open. We are re-energised and enthused and filled with stories to share, as well as lessons for our work.
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Latest publications
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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...
