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Launch of African Insights 2026 Flagship Report
Beyond borders: Citizens perspectives on a shifting global order
5 Aug 2026
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AD1207: Les Togolais soutiennent massivement le maintien des filles enceintes à l’école et l’éducation à la sexualité
22 Jul 2026
Dispatch
AD1206: Le défi de l’autonomisation des femmes en Afrique : De profondes inégalités limitent encore les perspectives des femmes rurales
21 Jul 2026
Dispatch
AD1206: The challenge of women’s empowerment in Africa: Wide gaps still limit opportunities for rural women
21 Jul 2026
Dispatch
AD1205: São Toméans enjoy broad electricity coverage, but connection and reliability gaps persist
20 Jul 2026
Dispatch
AD1204: Ugandans identify basic services as priorities for government intervention, report high levels of bribery when trying to access some of them
17 Jul 2026

Out now: Voices Africa Podcast

Voices Africa is a podcast series exploring how Africans engage with democracy in dynamic and evolving ways. Drawing on Afrobarometer’s latest research, the series looks beyond voting to unpack everyday acts of participation, from community meetings and civic advocacy to protest and digital engagement.

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Dispatches

Dispatch
AD1207: Les Togolais soutiennent massivement le maintien des filles enceintes à l’école et l’éducation à la sexualité
22 Jul 2026
Dispatch
AD1206: Le défi de l’autonomisation des femmes en Afrique : De profondes inégalités limitent encore les perspectives des femmes rurales
21 Jul 2026
Dispatch
AD1206: The challenge of women’s empowerment in Africa: Wide gaps still limit opportunities for rural women
21 Jul 2026
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News and analysis

News release
Journée Mondiale des Compétences des Jeunes : Les jeunes africains citent l’insuffisance de formation et le manque d’expérience professionnelle comme principaux obstacles à l’emploi des jeunes
15 Jul 2026
News release
World Youth Skills Day: Young Africans cite inadequate training, lack of work experience as main barriers to youth employment
15 Jul 2026
News release
Drug abuse ranks high on the Seychellois agenda, but public confidence in the institutions combating it is weakening
9 Jul 2026
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Afrobarometer's 2025 Flagship Report launch

On the 8th of July, Afrobarometer launched our 2025 Flagship Report titled African insights 2025: Citizen engagement, citizen power: Africans claim the promise of democracy. The second in our annual series of flagship reports examines 10 ways in which African citizens make their voices heard.

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Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)

Ghana

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Institute for Development Studies, University of Na...

Kenya

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Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR)

South Africa
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Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) officer
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Country scorecards on citizen engagement

Afrobarometer country scorecards for 39 African countries present graphic illustrations of our survey findings on key indicators of citizen engagement, from voting and party affiliation to collective action, contacting, protesting, youth engagement, and the correlation between government responsiveness and citizen participation.

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