How does climate change affect African youths?
The Youth Cafe’s policy brief titled African Youth and Climate Change was written in light of COP27 to address significant…
Geographical Coverage: Africa
State of Civic Space in Uganda: A Call to Action
Civic space is the physical, virtual, legal, regulatory, and policy space where people can, among other things, securely exercise their…
Promoting political finance transparency
The role of African EMSs and political party registrars.
Democracy in Africa: Demand, supply, and the ‘dissatisfied democrat’
Overall, Africans say they get less democracy than they want. But in some countries, the perceived supply of democracy is…
Does less engaged mean less empowered? Political participation lags among African youth, especially women
Young women’s political engagement lags behind that of their male peers across all the indicators under consideration, although these differences…
How free is too free? Across Africa, media freedom is on the defensive
Popular support for media freedom – a majority view just three years ago – is now in the minority, exceeded…
Who gets involved? Insights on civic engagement in Africa and implications for fostering volunteerism
Our analysis identifies several factors that shape voluntary civic engagement, from socio- demographic ones such as education and wealth to…
Africans want open elections – especially if they bring change
Do Africans actually support elections? Do they regard African elections as free and fair? Do high-quality contests boost the value…
Africans want more democracy, but their leaders still aren’t listening
Afrobarometer’s Round 8 surveys took place across 34 countries during 2019-2021, alongside many of these democratic highs and lows, and…
Measuring the impact of self-censorship on political party support in Afrobarometer data using machine learning
Measures of political party support are viewed suspiciously in hybrid and authoritarian regimes where the two core indicators of political…