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Chart of the week #28: If elections were held today, who would you vote for?
The latest Sauti za Wananchi survey brief was launched earlier today, on politics. It covers a range of topics, and I highly recommend reading the whole brief. But Angela Ambroz has put together this...
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Access to Information bill to be fast-tracked through Tanzanian parliament
UPDATE, 28/3/15: Following concerted lobbying by a coalition of media and civil society organisations, (including my employers, Twaweza), the government has dropped plans to fast-track the Access to...
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Four bills later: is blogging with statistics in Tanzania now only for...
Nipashe, 25/3/15 – “Media Bills” under tight security By Aidan Eyakuze and Ben Taylor * At first we were excited. Tanzanian media and freedom of information advocates had been waiting for years for the...
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Public Debate on Statistics and Cybercrime Acts, University of Dar es Salaam,...
A public debate on Tanzania’s Statistics and Cybercrime Acts will be held at the University of Dar es Salaam on Saturday April 18th. It will take place in Nkrumah Hall, starting from 2pm, in Swahili....
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Highlights of President Kikwete’s speech at the #OGPAfrica Meeting
President Kikwete speaking at OGP Africa meeting, 20/5/15 “Openness enables people to claim their rights, and reminds government leaders to deliver on their responsibilities” “Civil society also needs...
View ArticleHighlights of Remarks of Twaweza Executive Director, Aidan Eyakuze, at...
“The OGP is not a perfect movement or process, and it is not without its critics. For some it is a smokescreen that provides good PR for governments who have no real intention to reform. Such criticism...
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Collected reactions to Twaweza / Sauti za Wananchi opinion poll findings
Two weeks ago, my colleagues and I at Twaweza launched our latest political opinion poll for Tanzania – including the perhaps surprising headline finding that at the start of the campaign period, CCM...
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Two opportunities for data journalists in Tanzania: a prize and funding
Data journalism is a growing field in Tanzania, but one that hasn’t yet taken off very strongly. But here are two opportunities for data journalists in Tanzania that could help get things moving. Both...
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Yesterday was Access to Information Day 2017. Meanwhile, in Tanzania …
Mwananchi, 29/9/17 As we marked Access to Information Day, 2017 … … the communications regulator – TCRA – held a consultation on proposed new online content regulations. Among other things, the...
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Learning from the Tbilisi OGP Summit: Hope and ideas in an age of closing...
Photo by @Nnenna In the opening plenary session of the latest Open Government Partnership summit, one panellist offered his definition of open government: government of the people, by the people and...
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