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Digital Advocacy: The good, the bad and the UGLY
Digital advocacy is the use of technology to galvanize people towards a cause, whether it’s a…
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Call for Community Champion Volunteers in Kampala
Are you looking to make a difference in communities in and around Kampala? Do you have…
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Solving Uganda’s Challenges through Data & Service Design
Last week, we asked “What is Service Design?” and answered our question with “Service design is…
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What is Civic Service Design? A tale of Citizen Satisfaction in Uganda and beyond
As a taxpayer in Uganda, trying to access services that you are fully entitled to can…
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Pollicy Fellowship Highlight: Esther Ndagire chats about Human Trafficking, Partnerships and What’s Next!
The Pollicy fellowship programme, the first of its kind at Pollicy was started with the aim…
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Pollicy Fellowship Highlight: Jarvin Mutatiina chats about Data, CivicTech and What’s Next!
August 1st, 2017 marked the beginning of the Civic Technology Fellowship at Pollicy. I was beyond…
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Love Data? Love Fun?: What went down at Data Club Uganda #1
At Pollicy, we work with governments and civil society to effectively use data and technology to…
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Drowning in Waste: Whose responsibility is it to keep Kampala’s sprawl clean?
As Uganda’s population increases, and as many more people leave their ancestral homes to settle in…
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Does Access to Information ACTUALLY Affect Decision Making related to Human Trafficking?
Imagine you’ve just got off the phone with your cousin. She’s ecstatic! She’s just got a…
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We’re excited! Are you?: Uganda’s First CivicTech Breakfast
With the rising trend of civic technology globally, Uganda’s entrepreneurial market has also found it’s place…
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Internet Freedom in Africa: Where are We Now?
Attending my first event on Internet Freedom in Africa was an eye-opening experience. Not just to…
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Who do you talk to about đź’©?
Despite being an activity that we all partake in, hopefully daily, we can be quite uncomfortable…
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Access to Information in Uganda: A Right or a Privilege?
What is information? What is access to information? What is the quality and frequency of information…
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5 things I learned on Day 0 of Internet Freedom Africa
The first session this morning brought together different language groups, particularly Luganda and Shona, for a…
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Can our Government run as a Business?
Do you ever wonder what life would be like if our government ran like a business?…
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Why civic tech will not solve Kampala’s transport woes — it’s failed in San Francisco
The year was 2007 when the world’s urban population officially crossed the 50% mark. Today over…
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Meet the Pollicy Fellows: Jarvin Mutatiina
Recently, Pollicy launched a fellowship program with the aim introducing students and young professionals to civic…
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Addressing recruitment needs of young professionals in the African Union
A few weeks ago, the African Union put out a call for the next batch of…
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Kill Text to Kill the Digital Divide: A Journey out of Inequality for Uganda
As civic technology explodes across the world, engulfing citizens with new platforms and better-designed services, we…
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Meet the Pollicy Fellows: Esther Ndagire
Recently, Pollicy launched a fellowship program with the aim introducing students and young professionals to civic…