SCL Elections Ltd., and Cambridge Analytica have filed applications to commence insolvency proceedings in the U.K and are immediately ceasing all operations. Additionally, parallel bankruptcy proceedings will soon be commenced on behalf of Cambridge Analytica LLC and certain of the Company’s U.S. affiliates in the United States Bankruptcy Court for ...
For several hours now, there are reports of heavy social media crackdown ahead of President Museveni's inauguration March 12 in Kololo, Kampala, Uganda's capital. Airtel Uganda, one of the country's telco told its customers via social media before closure that it had received a notice to temporarily disable the services ...
IEBC, Kenya's electoral body, in a statement has denied hiring Korean hackers to programme BVR kits to help manipulate results of the forthcoming 2017 General Elections. According to the Commission, the earlier report by the Standard quoting allegations by Kalonzo Musyoka that IEBC has hired Koreans to rig the 2017 General ...
To ensure that Africa is equipped to maintain and exceed its current growth trajectory, business leaders, government and the community need to work together towards making Africa easier to do business with according to Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa. Brewer was speaking last week at the ...
Across Africa, democratic rule is being sought after by the people. According to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IIDEA), Rwanda’s 98% voter turnout rate for presidential elections (voting is non-mandatory) is the world’s highest with 9 other countries from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) outscoring France (80%) and the ...
Brian Osoro was all happy after developing an App which assisted people evade alcoblow rated road blocks in Kenya. The app, dubbed Alcoblow Watch was a hit, he says. It got the attention of drivers who wanted to evade police after their drinking sprees. He was so happy until one ...
Making All Voices Count in partnership with DFID, Omidyar Network, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and the United States Agency for International Development have announced grants of up to £100,000 for innovative solutions that can help amplify citizen voices and up service delivery. Dubbed the Grand Challenge for Development, the Programme ...
The 2014 Rule of Law Index (RLI) measures the level of adherence to national laws in 99 countries based on 9 sub-indices (scores from 0 to 1, 1=High). One sub-index measures the level of government transparency and accessibility, and Ghana (0.5) outperforms Italy (0.49) as well as Russia (0.43) and ...
The Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI) 2014 assess levels of prosperity in 142 countries by combining 8 core sub-indices including safety and security, personal freedom, governance and economy (standardized scores from -5=Low to 5=High). Six of the 10 most improved countries on the LPI (2013 to 2014) are in Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Buntwani will host its inaugural conference on 7th and 8th October that will bring together leaders in government (both national and county), civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders in the devolution space in Kenya to discuss on the potential role contribution of ICT in strengthening citizen engagement and participation ...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a Web portal for feedback on its new Governance Strategy for 2014-2018 to help it receive feedback on its future governance interventions. The feedback portal, open to all its stakeholders on its governance interventions will help the bank inform all stakeholders on its ...
