Data for Governance Alliance - Africa

Yesterday, our Project coordinator for Southern Africa, Nyasha Mcbride Mpani, shared insights on women's political participation at the Tripartite Women’s Caucus Summit in Durban, organised by Democracy Development Program #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Data for Governance Alliance invite you to participate in the APRM NPOA E-Learning Course. Explore tools for promoting and monitoring governance in Africa. Register now: https://bit.ly/3NzBRP7 #APRMYouth #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy

Our East Africa Project Coordinator, Wanja M. Douglas, represented #D4GA at the Youth Regional Peace Forum in Kigali, hosted by African Governance Architecture Support Project (AGA-SP). Wanja emphasized the critical role of data in capturing youth perspectives and driving political participation. #DGTrends #YouthVoices #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy

Most Africans express tolerant attitudes toward people of different ethnicities (89%), religions (85%), political affiliations (82%), and nationalities (80%). But only 24% say the same about people in same-sex relationships. Read more in our latest policy brief: https://bit.ly/4flCB6l #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy #Tolerance #Identity

At a panel discussion on economic, social, and cultural rights and national development plans in Africa, Paul Nana Kwabena Aborampah Mensah, our project coordinator for West Africa, shared insight into human rights in Africa. This was a side event at the 81st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) #ACHPR81OS #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy 

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Data for Governance Alliance invite you to participate in the APRM NPOA E-Learning Course. Explore tools for promoting and monitoring governance in Africa. Register now: https://bit.ly/3NzBRP7 #APRMYouth

Across the 31 countries surveyed consistently over the past decade by Afrobarometer, the proportion of citizens living in moderate/high poverty has increased steadily, from 48% to 60%. More in our policy brief on poverty: https://bit.ly/4fqGmHN #FutureWithoutPoverty #IDEP2024 #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy 

Our project coordinators Wanja M. Douglas, and Paul Nana Kwabena Aborampah Mensah will represent D4GA at various side events and panel discussions at the 81st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. Watch this space for more updates. #ACHPR81OS #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy #HumanRights

Economic management and crime/insecurity move up on Africans’ agenda for urgent government action. Read more in our policy brief: https://bit.ly/4h0GAa0 #D4GA #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy

Our project coordinator for East Africa, Wanja M. Douglas, shared Afrobarometer findings on access to education, gender gaps and quality of education in Africa at the Pan-African Parliament in South Africa. #D4GA #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy