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Pounding Pavements Knocking on Doors: Campaign for Access to Information in Africa ... Another Gift to the World

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 77 pp.

ISBN 978-99945-77-91-0

CC BY-NC-SA

"This publication is a collection of essays and articles by Access to Information advocates in Africa unpacking some of the successes, hopes & struggles, and ongoing challenges to the full realization of the right to information in Africa." (Publisher description)
Pounding Pavements, Knocking on Doors / Edetaen Ojo, 7
Africa's gift to the world / Reyhana Masters, 16
Role of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights / Adv. Pansy Tlakula, 29
Putting ACTION into ATI / Zoé Titus, 31
Tracking 'n tracing / Guy Berger, 34
Using litigation as a tool to advance access to information / Edetaen Ojo, 37
The open government partnership and access to information / Mukelani Dimba, 40
Challenges with implementing access to information laws / Gilbert Sendugwa, 43
Open contracting / Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, 46
Access to information and whistleblowing / Chido Onumah; Godwin Onyeacholem, 49
How we lost the scoop but won the story / Stefaans Brümmer, 52