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Africa’s Largest Civic Technology + Open Data + Data Journalism Initiative

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  1. sensors.AFRICA sensors.AFRICA Public

    sensors.AFRICA is a citizen-science focused project by Code for Africa that seeks to address data gaps by providing low cost sensors, which people can use to measure and monitor the quality of the …

    JavaScript 26 13

  2. GotToVote GotToVote Public

    GotToVote is a toolkit of simple web and SMS services that help citizens get to the ballot box informed and ready to vote. Kenya version accessible at https://kenya.gottovote.cc

    JavaScript 232 66

  3. openAFRICA openAFRICA Public

    openAFRICA aims to be largest independent repository of open data on the African continent. This repo contains the primary deployment scripts and files. Accessible at https://open.africa

    Dockerfile 33 14

  4. sourceAFRICA sourceAFRICA Public archive

    Forked from documentcloud/documentcloud

    sourceAFRICA is the continent's largest repository of documentary evidence and other "actionable documents" from investigative journalists and civic watchdogs. Forked from DocumentCloud.org, and bu…

    Ruby 12 9

  5. GenderGap.AFRICA GenderGap.AFRICA Public

    GenderGap.AFRICA is a tool designed to help users calculate the gender pay gap in any African country. Accessible at https://gendergap.africa/

    JavaScript 11 4

  6. Dominion.AFRICA Dominion.AFRICA Public

    Dominion gives journalist and civic activists useful facts and data about land ownership in Africa. Accessible at https://dominion.africa

    JavaScript 2

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  • ui Public
    CodeForAfrica/ui's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 3 MIT 2 41 2 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • backend Public Forked from mediacloud/backend

    The shared repository for CivicSignal backend

    CodeForAfrica/backend's past year of commit activity
    Python 0 AGPL-3.0 87 4 5 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • web-tools Public Forked from mediacloud/web-tools

    The shared repository for CivicSignal frontend web apps (Explorer, Source Manager, Topic Mapper)

    CodeForAfrica/web-tools's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 0 Apache-2.0 31 8 2 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • pesacheck-ui Public

    This is a Next.js implementation of the "Pesacheck UI - 2025" Figma design

    CodeForAfrica/pesacheck-ui's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 0 0 3 7 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • PromiseTracker Public

    Promise Tracker is a tool designed to help journalists and civil society watchdogs track campaign/promises/pledges by government officials. Accessible at https://promisetracker.dev.codeforafrica.org/

    CodeForAfrica/PromiseTracker's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 1 1 8 14 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • sourceAFRICA Public archive Forked from documentcloud/documentcloud

    sourceAFRICA is the continent's largest repository of documentary evidence and other "actionable documents" from investigative journalists and civic watchdogs. Forked from DocumentCloud.org, and built on the Ruby on Rails framework, the project is accessible here: https://sourceafrica.net/

    CodeForAfrica/sourceAFRICA's past year of commit activity
    Ruby 12 163 16 (14 issues need help) 3 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • probeview Public

    A public, self-hostable status page for your services backed entirely by Grafana Synthetic Monitoring.

    CodeForAfrica/probeview's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 0 GPL-3.0 0 3 2 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • upptime Public archive
    CodeForAfrica/upptime's past year of commit activity
    Markdown 1 MIT 1 2 0 Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • actNOW Public

    A public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.

    CodeForAfrica/actNOW's past year of commit activity
    Python 4 GPL-3.0 1 1 8 Updated Oct 19, 2026
  • DebunkBot Public

    A bot that debunks claims shared on social media by sharing a fact check. Powered by Google Sheets and the rains in Africa. Accessible at https://debunkbot.dev.pesacheck.org/

    CodeForAfrica/DebunkBot's past year of commit activity
    Python 10 GPL-3.0 1 1 5 Updated Oct 19, 2026
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