Elections in a Pandemic: The Case of Cabo Verde
Hailed as a democratic example on the African continent, Cabo Verde recently went through its seventh round of multi-party parliamentary elections, which...
Randomized controlled trials: Opportunities and limitations for evidence-based policymaking in Africa
The past twelve months have been discouraging for international efforts to tackle poverty, and Africa is no exception. The African Development Bank...
INTERVIEW: President Magufuli’s Death, His Successor, and the Future of Tanzanian...
On the day after the official announcement of the death of Tanzanian President John Magufuli at the age of 61, DiA interviews...
What Google Search Data can Tell us About COVID-19 in Tanzania
COVID-19 is once again a major concern for Tanzanians. In recent weeks, religious groups have spoken out about the number of priests...
Adapting to climate change while combatting COVID-19 in East Africa
The race to contain the COVID-19 pandemic comes against the backdrop of the worldwide need to adapt to climate change, which remains...
DiA & The Continent: Latest 14 November issue!
All of us at Democracy in Africa are thrilled to announce that we have joined The Continent, the brilliant new venture from Simon Allison...
Major Event on Promoting Women and Youth Political Participation and Representation!
We at Democracy in Africa are delighted to be teaming up with the Winihin Jemide Series to host a special event on...
“My contribution offended them”: Inclusion and exclusion in Kenya’s Participatory Budgeting
The new Kenyan constitution introduced in 2010 required the 47 newly created county governments - each with its own directly elected governors, senators, and...
Why some Anti-Corruption Campaigns do More Harm than Good
Donors and civil society groups spend tens of millions of dollars every year trying to combat corruption. They do it because corruption has been...
Preventing COVID-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa
In the last several months, COVID-19 has taken up nearly every news headline in nearly every country in the world. The health impact, testing,...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?