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Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa.

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Welcome to Twaweza

Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa. Twaweza believes that lasting change requires bottom-up action. We seek to foster conditions and expand opportunities through which millions of people can get information and make change happen in their own communities directly and by holding government to account. Read more.

Kalenda ya Twaweza 2012

Nani atabadili dunia yako 2012? Utasubiri mtu mwingine? Je, utafanya mambo wewe mwenyewe? Kalenda mpya ya Twaweza ya 2012 inawatia shime raia wa Kenya, Uganda na Tanzania kuwezesha mabadiliko yatokee. Read more...

Comment here on Tanzania Open Government Plan!

Tanzania has prepared a draft Country Plan which has been submitted to the OGP Secretariat. (The Kiswahili version will be posted here soon.) Consistent with the principles of open government, Tanzania invites the public and interested parties to sub... Read more...

Twaweza calendar 2012

Will you wait all year for someone else? Or will you take action yourself? Twaweza's new calendar for 2012 encourages citizens in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to make change happen. You can download the calendar for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Read more...

Wananchi Mobile Phone Survey: Request for Proposals

Mobile phone technology offers an exciting potential to collect data at reduced cost, and in a way that is more frequent and more responsive to the changing data needs for monitoring service delivery and accountability. Based on this idea, Uwazi at T... Read more...

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