{"id":15,"date":"2025-01-07T09:29:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westafrica.civichive.org\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:43:22","slug":"hack4democracy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westafrica.civichive.org\/index.php\/hack4democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack4Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad2a05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ad2a05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6c292c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6c292c\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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By leveraging technology, participants tackle challenges such as voter apathy, electoral fraud, misinformation, and shrinking civic spaces.\u2028\u2028In the last two decades, The West Africa region has experienced significant political changes in recent years, with growing demands for greater transparency, accountability, and citizen engagement in democratic processes.<\/p><p>While some progress has been made in democratic governance, challenges such as voter apathy, military incursion in democracy, electoral fraud, lack of access to information, and limited avenues for citizen participation persist.<\/p><p>Through our Hack4Democracy Hackathon, we are bringing civic-tech leaders across the region, to design civic technology prototypes focused on democratic participation, human rights advancement, and good governance reform that are scalable across the West Africa sub-region.\u00a0<\/p><p>This hackathon will provide opportunity for civictech innovators, activists, and civil society 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