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Indigo Director joins DfID International Development Transparency Panel

Posted on May 10, 2013

Fran Perrin, Founder and Director of The Indigo Trust, writes: I’m delighted to be joining the Department for International Development’s ‘International Development Sector Transparency Panel’.

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Lessons from Africa’s Tech Scene

Posted on April 25, 2013

The typical depiction of technological innovation is one that goes from a lab or company in the US or Europe to the markets of the developed worlds and then, after a certain period of time, spreads to all other parts … Continue reading →

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A Three-Year Grant to CoCreation Hub

Posted on April 22, 2013

In just over a year, the CoCreation Hub in Lagos has established itself as the pre-eminent place for those interested in technology and social change. The Hub is a place for techies, civil society and citizens to come together and … Continue reading →

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A Smattering of Resources

Posted on April 19, 2013

One of the things about going to tech conferences, but not being a techie, is that many of the resources, tools and websites people talk about are new to me. And in a world that produces so much data and … Continue reading →

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WAHRDN – A New Grant

Posted on April 17, 2013

The West African Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) is an organization of human rights defenders national coalitions from West Africa 16 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo). … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Information in South Africa: A New Grant

Posted on April 16, 2013

In recent decades, the freedom of information and right to know movement has blossomed in countries as diverse as India and Iceland and Latvia and Liberia. At present, more than 90 countries across the world have freedom of information legislation … Continue reading →

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A Grant to JoziHub

Posted on April 10, 2013

South Africa has an uneasy relationship with transparency and accountability. It ranks second on budget openness and has constitutionally-guaranteed access to information legislation, but major service delivery failures and the much-talked-about Secrecy Bill threaten to undermine the great strides that … Continue reading →

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Constitution App for Ghana: A Grant

Posted on April 8, 2013

When we first heard about smartphone apps of constitutions, it’s fair to say that we were a little sceptical. Who would use their precious data allowance to download an app that made it easier to search through a dry legal … Continue reading →

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Tactical Tech – An Update

Posted on April 5, 2013

Back in 2011, we awarded a grant to Tactical Tech to enable them to support human rights activists to make more effective use of technology in their work. Since that time, they’ve been involved in a number of exciting developments. … Continue reading →

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Using SMS to stop STIs in Tanzania

Posted on March 28, 2013

In April last year, we announced that we had awarded a grant to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to allow them to develop and trial an SMS referral system aimed at providing young people with better access to sexual health … Continue reading →

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