Welcome to Twaweza
Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. Twaweza works on enabling children to learn, citizens to exercise agency and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. We have programs, staff and offices across all three countries, and a world respected practice of learning, monitoring and evaluation. Our flagship programs include Uwezo, Africa’s largest annual citizen assessment to assess children’s learning levels across hundreds of thousands of households, and Sauti za Wananchi, Africa’s first nationally representative mobile phone survey. We undertake effective public and policy engagement, through powerful media partnerships and global leadership of initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership. Read more.
What is civil society for?
A recent civil society and government jamboree in Tanzania prompted some interesting reflections from Aidan Eyakuze, Executive Director of Twaweza.
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Preparing the next generation: Ugandans’ experiences and opinions on education
8 out of 10 parents (82%) do not do anything about the problems in the education sector beyond reporting them.
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Ugandans views on public primary schooling
In the opinion of Ugandans in this survey, teachers and head teachers appear to be performing their duties well: they are thought to be present in school and class and to assign and check homework.
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In solidarity | a declaration on civic space in East Africa
In September Twaweza was part of a group of civil society organisations form Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda which came together to discuss and commit to advance civic space in the three countries. This is our declaration.
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Language of instruction and learning outcomes in refugee contexts
There is a severe issue with overage children in lower primary. On average, refugee children were three years older than they should be for their grade.
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Consultancy | Data Management in Uganda
In 2018 Uwezo has undertaken a national assessment in 32 districts in Uganda involving approximately 960 primary schools, approximately 19,000 households and over 35,000 children. We now seek a data management firm to manage our data entry process.
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Can public rankings improve school performance?
Can public rankings improve school performance? From the CfEE Annual Research Digest 2017-18: evidence from the developing world
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Call for proposals: Images of inequality
The main objective of this work is to take photographs of inequalities in education in Dar es salaam and to travel to the nearest region to do the same and showcase the available inequalities.
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Consultancy | Perspectives and Experiences of Civil Servants
Twaweza is seeking proposals for a consultancy to investigate the perspectives and experiences of civil servants on access to information (supply side) and citizen participation.
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Latest publications
Sauti za Wananchi
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Ideas & Evidence event on 6-7 March 2018: In our position as one of the prominent independent, civil society voices in Tanzania and the region, this event is a continuation of our open conversation on knowledge, information, evidence, citizen agen... Read more...
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Citizens' views on political leadership based on the most recent nationally representative data available. Read more...
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Are teachers in East Africa's primary schools actually teaching? And do they understand their subject matter? Revealing new charts using data from a World Bank survey examine these questions. Read more...
