Chart(s) of the week #7: There’s more to the constitution than the union...
Some charts from Twaweza’s latest Sauti za Wananchi brief this week, asking Tanzanians about their views of the second draft new constitution – the one that’s supposed to be under discussion by the...
View ArticleWhen water doesn’t spout from money: the challenge of water provision in...
This blogpost was originally published on the Ideas for Africa blog, run by the International Growth Centre (IGC) of the London School of Economics and Oxford University. It is co-written with Ruth...
View ArticleMedia freedom in Tanzania, in numbers
For World Press Freedom Day, (which is today), here are two charts drawing on global indexes of media freedom: First, US-based Freedom House released their Freedom of the Press 2014 report this week....
View ArticleHealth check: How do Tanzania’s health services rate?
My colleagues on Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchi mobile phone-based surveys are scaling up their output this year, in a big way. After the fascinating briefs they launched in last month on water supplies...
View ArticleChart of the week #10: Uwezo test pass rates by country and subject
Uwezo released their latest report last week, looking at learning outcomes across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. They surveyed well over 300,000 children aged 6 to 16, across all but a handful of...
View ArticleTwo opportunities for data lovers in Tanzania
The excellent School of Data, part of the Open Knowledge Foundation, have two great opportunities for Tanzanian data lovers. First up, a Data Expedition focussed on water sector data, for anyone with...
View ArticleTen key features of a good Freedom of Information law for Tanzania
Late last year, President Kikwete announced that his government will pass a Freedom of Information Act: “We are now working on enacting a freedom of information law. We are working on that one, we...
View ArticleA plan with (some) potential
Tanzania’s latest Open Government Partnership (OGP) Action Plan is now available, on the much-improved opengov.go.tz website. The plan covers the two years from July 2014 to June 2016. The first action...
View ArticleChart of the week #18: What do Tanzanians think about corruption?
Three charts from Twaweza’s latest Sauti za Wananchi brief, on corruption. First, how do Tanzanian citizens see corruption now compared to ten years ago? And second, how familiar are Tanzanians with...
View ArticleChart of the week #23: Popular support for open government?
Do people in Tanzania, and elsewhere, support the idea of open government? It’s not a question that is asked very often, but a new dataset collected by the World Bank and others seeks to rectify this....
View ArticleChart of the week #28: If elections were held today, who would you vote for?
The latest Sauti za Wananchi survey brief was launched earlier today, on politics. It covers a range of topics, and I highly recommend reading the whole brief. But Angela Ambroz has put together this...
View ArticleAccess to Information bill to be fast-tracked through Tanzanian parliament
UPDATE, 28/3/15: Following concerted lobbying by a coalition of media and civil society organisations, (including my employers, Twaweza), the government has dropped plans to fast-track the Access to...
View ArticleFour bills later: is blogging with statistics in Tanzania now only for...
Nipashe, 25/3/15 – “Media Bills” under tight security By Aidan Eyakuze and Ben Taylor * At first we were excited. Tanzanian media and freedom of information advocates had been waiting for years for the...
View ArticlePublic Debate on Statistics and Cybercrime Acts, University of Dar es Salaam,...
A public debate on Tanzania’s Statistics and Cybercrime Acts will be held at the University of Dar es Salaam on Saturday April 18th. It will take place in Nkrumah Hall, starting from 2pm, in Swahili....
View ArticleHighlights of President Kikwete’s speech at the #OGPAfrica Meeting
President Kikwete speaking at OGP Africa meeting, 20/5/15 “Openness enables people to claim their rights, and reminds government leaders to deliver on their responsibilities” “Civil society also needs...
View ArticleHighlights of Remarks of Twaweza Executive Director, Aidan Eyakuze, at...
“The OGP is not a perfect movement or process, and it is not without its critics. For some it is a smokescreen that provides good PR for governments who have no real intention to reform. Such criticism...
View ArticleCollected reactions to Twaweza / Sauti za Wananchi opinion poll findings
Two weeks ago, my colleagues and I at Twaweza launched our latest political opinion poll for Tanzania – including the perhaps surprising headline finding that at the start of the campaign period, CCM...
View ArticleTwo opportunities for data journalists in Tanzania: a prize and funding
Data journalism is a growing field in Tanzania, but one that hasn’t yet taken off very strongly. But here are two opportunities for data journalists in Tanzania that could help get things moving. Both...
View ArticleYesterday was Access to Information Day 2017. Meanwhile, in Tanzania …
Mwananchi, 29/9/17 As we marked Access to Information Day, 2017 … … the communications regulator – TCRA – held a consultation on proposed new online content regulations. Among other things, the...
View ArticleLearning from the Tbilisi OGP Summit: Hope and ideas in an age of closing...
Photo by @Nnenna In the opening plenary session of the latest Open Government Partnership summit, one panellist offered his definition of open government: government of the people, by the people and...
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