Civic Tech Field Guide
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66 projects

GroundTruth Initiative

Helping communities use digital media, mapping, and open data tools for greater influence and representation in development and democracy.

Nairobi
2010

KICTANet

KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder think tank in Kenya that serves as a catalyst for ICT sector reforms through policy advocacy, capacity building, research, and stakeholder engagement.

Nairobi
2007
Global South Alliance

Civic Voices

An online public participation platform.

Nairobi

Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT)

The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) is an evidence-based research and training Centre based at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Nairobi

Kijiji Yeetu

Kijiji Yeetu is a smart village platform that offers a unique ecosystem for activating our villages’ resources, knowledge, inspiration into viable development opportunities in 47 counties in Kenya, East Africa and beyond the world.

Kenya
towns
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M-Haki

M-Haki allows users to send SMS messages with legal questions, which the organisation’s lawyers and volunteerlawyers answer for a small fee.

Kenya
2016

Open Dev Africa

"[A] network of more than 700 members across 21 countries unified in the belief that the Francophone world should have a stronger voice in the Open Government Partnership (OGP), where English-speaking countries have long dominated the conversation."

Nairobi
2025
Open Government Partnership (OGP), Open Dev Africa

Famalia

Famalia is an SMS-based tool that seeks to inform people about succession law.

Kenya

Uchaguzi 2022

Election monitoring project of volunteer digital response teams for the upcoming Kenyan elections in August 2022

Kenya