Code for Tanzania

Code for Tanzania is a non-partisan civic data and civic technology ‘change agent’.

We use civic technologies and open data to build digital democracies that afford citizens timely and unfettered access to actionable information that empowers them to make informed decisions and that strengthens civic engagement for improved public governance and accountability.

In a nutshell, we use technology to boost active citizenry and evidence-based public discourse.

We don’t try do all this on our own. Building digital democracies is simply too big a task for any one organisation. Code for Tanzania is therefore designed as a catalyst, that kickstarts new initiatives and strengthens the local ecosystem by investing into and working through partners.

We are also a conduit for resources and knowledge from the rest of the world, into Tanzania, through our membership of the continental Code for Africa federation, which is Africa’s largest network of civic technology laboratories and open data activists. This means we are able to give Tanzanians access to pan-African funding, transfrontier partnerships, and international leverage.