Some radical transparency initiatives in Africa present huge opportunities for journalists and citizens. Parliaments and governments are bring opened up on the web as never before by local activists and coders. I am lucky enough to come across and sometimes fund this work as a trustee of the Indigo Trust. Here are some of my favourites: There is a clutch of parliamentary transparency sites that bring about a profound change in the ability to find out who your representative is, contact them and work out what they have been…
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