Thank you, AU. We just ended 4 days training for the AU's Elections Technical Support Team of Experts, which was held in Botswana. #D4GA #CDD #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy

Last day at the AU training for its Elections Technical Support Team held in Botswana. I am most grateful to the AU for supporting programs to build the capacity of its citizens #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy #D4GA #CDD

Nyasha of IJR, Mary of CSVS, and Paul of CDD-GHANA visited the Christiansburg Castle in Accra, ahead of the D4GA Ghana Convening. #D4GA #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPlocy

The D4GA Accra convening has kicked off today with Dr. Edem Selormay, giving the keynote address. She focuses her address on climate change and its effects on Africa #D4GA #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy #CDD

“Advocacy messages should be succinct, impact-focused, and context-relevant” says Nansata Yakubu ( Nansata Yakubu, PhD ) advocacy trainer and author of #D4GA advocacy manual

When we raise our voices, lower your guns! Migrant rights are human rights! Migrant rights matter! Say no to police brutality! Childhood means learning, NOT earning! Child labor is a social crime! These powerful #advocacy messages were crafted by Data for Governance Alliance participants

"Governance will be effective if the electoral processes are effective. However, if these processes are affected by elite capture, clientelism, and patrimonialism, it will impact post-electoral governance" says Paul Aborampah Mensah, #D4GA project coordinator for West Africa

Join us in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 13 September 2024 for the Southern Africa edition of the Data for Governance Alliance—Africa stakeholder convening. Stay tuned for more updates! #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy #D4GA #DataForChange #HumanRights

We are delighted to present our third group of speakers for the Southern Africa edition of our stakeholder convening. #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy #D4GA #DataForChange #HumanRights

Meet our final group of speakers who will join us for the #D4GA Southern Africa regional convening as we discuss the pivotal role of CSOs in using data to advance human rights across Africa. #AfricanVoicesforAfricanPolicy #D4GA #DataForChange #HumanRights

We have started the Southern Africa D4GA Convening with Ambassador Salah of the AGA Secretariat, giving the keynote address #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy #D4GA #HumanRights

"We need to leverage the reach of the media. Think like a journalist. Think about how they will appreciate your message," CDD-Ghana's communications specialist Nana Ama tells our participants in a conversation about the effective use of communications in advocacy. #D4GA

Afrobarometer's Digital Portfolio Manager, Shannon van Wyk-Khosa, walks our participants through the importance of maintaining a consistent brand and visual identity online. #D4GA #HumanRights #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy

Facilitating the Day 2 sessions of the ongoing D4GA Convening in Cape Town in South Africa. Day 2 focuses on citizens' perception of human rights and education in Africa. #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy #D4GA #HumanRights #Education

We kicked off this morning's programme with a robust discussion on Africans' awareness of climate change, how it is affecting citizens' lives and livelihoods, and how CSOs can help support the climate mitigation agenda. #D4GA #HumanRights #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy

"If democracy is not producing, why must citizens continue participating in it?," project coordinator for West Africa Paul Aborampah Mensah, poses the question to our participants to help them explore the ways in which CSOs can support participation in electoral processes. #D4GA

Mr Lennon Munyae of the APRM elaborates on areas where CSOs can collaborate with APRM to work and also the various thematic areas of the APRM work. He encouraged the CSO to work more closely with the APRM. #AfricanVoicesForAfricanPolicy #D4GA #CDD #IDS #IJR

In his closing remarks at the Data for Governance Alliance convening, Jan Hofmeyr, Head of Policy and Research at IJR, emphasized the importance of knowledge in sustaining democracies. He noted that Knowledge is, indeed, power. It is the lifeblood of vibrant democracies, which is premised on

I returned the favor and took my brother Paul Aborampah Mensah 🇬🇭, Nana Ama 🇬🇭, Rosevitha 🇳🇦 , and Gabriel 🇲🇿 to another crime scene (Robben Island) so they could better understand the cruelty of apartheid, especially as the 2025 AU theme will focus on reparations! #Data4GovAfrica

Today, I took this opportunity to answer questions from Honorable Members of Parliaments at the PanAfricanParliament in Johannesburg on what Afrobarometer (AB) does and how we support policymakers. I was supported by my colleague Nyasha Mcbride Mpani who talked about the AB Methodology