"As a young person, you're either in or running the system. If you're outside, you cannot change it. You cannot shy away from political leadership or demanding accountability. The political class will continue taking advantage of young people who stay out of the system—we must be involved. Who is that contractor building #SHA? Why is 2.5% being deducted unfairly? If you’re not in the system, you can’t ask these questions!" – Hon. Njeri Maina at #PDF2025. #FormNiDialogue
About us
Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. Twaweza works on enabling citizens to exercise agency and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
- Website
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twaweza.org
External link for Twaweza East Africa
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Dar es Salaam
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- Research, Citizen voices, Civic Space, and Good governance
Locations
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Primary
15 Uganda Avenue, Off Karume Road
Dar es Salaam, TZ
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Katalima Bend Plot 6,
Kampala, UG
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22 School Lane, Westlands
Nairobi, KE
Employees at Twaweza East Africa
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Annastazia Rugaba - Marondo
Director for Advocacy and Engagement at Twaweza East Africa (Specialising in Strategic Communications, Advocacy, Media, and Social Change)
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Youdi Schipper
Economics | Development Impact | Research
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Muhumuza Wahab
MSc Management studies(Procurement & Supply Chain Management-Transport & Logistics & Management) Advanced Diploma in Procurement Diploma in…
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Ben Taylor
Consultant, Open Development at Twaweza
Updates
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📢 Join us for a live session on achieving lasting impact at scale! Hempel Foundation is co-hosting a side event during the Skoll World Forum week in #Oxford – and we’d love for you to join us! 🙌 Bringing together insights from the Global Schools Forum and Maliasili, as well as other funders’ and partners’ perspectives, we will dive into key enablers of scale - including strategic capacity-building, innovative financing models, and high-impact partnerships. The session will feature evidence of growing organisational impact in the Global South as a precursor to inviting the audience to share, learn, and co-create new insights in the session’s interactive exchange. Full session outline and speakers coming soon – stay tuned! 📅 April 3rd | 2:45 PM 📍 Central Oxford, UK Expect thought-provoking discussions, real-world examples, and space to share, learn, and co-create new insights. Let’s tackle the challenges of scaling education - together! 🔗Read more and register here: https://lnkd.in/e_MQySat #ScalingImpact #Education #FoundationalLearning #SkollForum #MarmaladeFestival #AcceleratingChangeTogether #ACT Aashti Zaidi Hai, Alina Lipcan, Dr. Ekaterina Cooper, Clio Dintilhac, Victoria Egbetayo, Fred Nelson, Jessie D., George Srour, Jyl Kuczynski Strong, Stefaan Vande Walle, Tom Vandenbosch, Anders Holm, Anna Mølgaard Thaysen, Rosa Robinson, David Emmett, Georgie White, Johanna Wallner
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Please apply! Twaweza East Africa Baraza Media Lab Usawa Agenda UWEZO TANZANIA
🚨 Mo Ibrahim Foundation Fellowship at Chatham House – Applications Now Open 🚨 Are you an early-to-mid-career professional passionate about making an impact on #globalaffairs? Apply for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Fellowship at Chatham House and immerse yourself in a ten-month self-directed research project 🌍 What you'll gain: 🤝🏽 Access to a leadership masterclass programme 🌐 Networking opportunities with global thought leaders 💼 Practical experience influencing international policy and decision-making through completing a personal research project and contributing to ongoing research activities Eligibility: ✅ Citizens of African countries (including dual nationality holders) ✅ Hold a BA or equivalent degree ✅ Prior research experience ✅ Professionals from academia, NGOs, government, civil society, media, or business are encouraged to apply Deadline: 12 AM GMT on March 19, 2025 Full details: https://lnkd.in/eZwRxz8a
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Happy International Women's Day! Let's renew our commitment to concrete actions that advance women's rights, from equal pay to leadership opportunities. #WomensDay
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As #PDF2025 comes to a close, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who visited our booth at Uhuru Park, where we partnered with Twaweza East Africa. Over the past three days, we’ve engaged in thought-provoking discussions on public participation, governance, and behavioral research—your insights and curiosity made this experience truly meaningful! A special thank you to our incredible panelists from Day 1, whose expertise and perspectives sparked important conversations. We are especially grateful to Frankline Mukwanja, Executive Director at The Centre for Multiparty Democracy ( CMD-Kenya) CMD- Kenya, for an event well-planned. #PDF2025 has reinforced the power of collaboration and citizen-driven dialogue in shaping policies that work for all. Let’s keep the momentum going! 💬 #PeopleDialogueFestival #BehavioralScience #PublicParticipation
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📢 Teacher incentives are driving real learning gains for students in Tanzania! When teachers are recognized and rewarded for their impact, students thrive. Through the #KiuFunza initiative, supported by the Hempel Foundation, 1,300 teachers in 265 primary schools across 11 regions have received performance bonuses - because their students improved foundational reading and math skills by 22% and 24%, respectively. The teachers enhanced foundational reading and math skills for over 78,000 young students. This evidence-based approach is showing that motivated teachers lead to better learning outcomes, higher student engagement, and stronger pass rates. As Aidan Eyakuze, Executive Director of Twaweza East Africa, puts it: "Of course, we need good classrooms and enough desks and books, but we must remember that we also need motivated teachers. KiuFunza proves that a simple teacher incentive system can grow from 100 schools to almost 300 across Tanzania and produce very strong learning effects." 📚 Investing in teachers is investing in students' futures. Read the blog post for more about the KiuFunza results: https://lnkd.in/gwfCqySh #Education #FoundationalLearning #TeacherImpact #Tanzania #HempelFoundation #AcceleratingChangeTogether #ACT, Anna Mølgaard Thaysen, Rosa Robinson,
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Are you attending #PDF2025? Join us at the Youth Village, where we will collaborate with Busara and Shujaaz Inc. We will talk about what motivates citizens to engage in democracy. 📅 5th March 2025 ⏰ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 📍 Uhuru Park, Nairobi Is self-efficacy a driver of engagement? What is the role of CSOs in driving engagement? How does technology shape citizen participation? #FormNiDialogue #DemokrasiaYetu
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📣 Don’t miss it! — OGP co-chairs Cielo Magno and the Government of Spain 🇪🇸 (La Moncloa) will host the 2025 OGP Global Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz, from October 7-9. 💡 Get Involved! We’re inviting the OGP community to co-create the agenda. Starting now you can: ✅ Vote on proposed topics ✅ Refine existing ideas with your insights ✅ Propose new discussion points ✅ Express interest in organizing breakout sessions or speaking at the Summit 🗓 Deadline: March 14, 2025 👉 Share your ideas today: https://lnkd.in/eXvqgMz5 🔗 Visit the link in our bio to participate.
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Friends in the #aid world- sending you strength. Let's support each other. Many of you kindly contributed to Accountability Lab's rapid #data collection effort last week- here are the results; and we'll be collecting more data with others next week and report back. More than 50% orgs we heard from won't make it to May if things don't change. Please share. #SWO #USAID #Foreignassistance #intdev #executiveorders
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