January 2012 Blog Posts (5)

Call for Proposals: Fostering Open Society in West Africa

A call for proposals by OSIWA:

"The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is a grantmaking and advocacy foundation that is part of the global Open Society Foundations. OSIWA works to support the creation of open societies in West Africa marked by functioning democracy, good governance, the rule of law, basic freedoms, and widespread civic participation. Its headquarters is in Dakar and it has offices in Abuja, Monrovia, Freetown and…

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Added by Dona Kosturanova on January 27, 2012 at 7:46pm — 3 Comments

Anti Corruption Commission Win "Award of Excellence" in Hong kong

Follow the link http://africayoungvoices.com/2012/01/acc-wins-%E2%80%9Caward-of-excellence%E2%80%9D/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acc-wins-%25e2%2580%259caward-of-excellence%25e2%2580%259d To sowcase the power of creative media which GYAC is propagating as a means…

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Added by Wurie Mamadu Tamba Barrie on January 23, 2012 at 6:42pm — No Comments

NIGERIANS TOOK TO THE STREET; REMOVE CORRUPTION NOT SUBSIDY

Catching my breath after the long break here and in Nigeria. Officially, the New Year just started in Nigeria after the long strike. With a country shut down between the 9th and 16th of January, 2012, it became apparent to me for the first time in my adult years that…

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Added by Babafemi Oyediran on January 22, 2012 at 8:27am — 1 Comment

Uganda releases the Second Annual Report on Corruption trends in Uganda

SECOND_ANNUAL_DTM_REPORT_2011_2%5B1%5D.pdf

GYACers,quickly browse through this report!

Added by Gemma Germany on January 13, 2012 at 6:16am — No Comments

Youth speak on open data and Huduma Portals: A Better Kenya in Our Hands

In medieval times, the strongest and fastest man had all he wanted for making his ends meet. Later, those who were associated with the King and royalty had all they’d ask for; all you needed was to be linked with the King either by blood or association. As times changed and the agrarian revolution dawned on men, the king substance became land. Whoever had and could cultivate land had all, was all and above all. Shortly afterwards; the concept of value addition became a necessity and that…

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Added by pauline wanja on January 6, 2012 at 10:52am — 7 Comments