The recent regional Access to Information (ATI) conference in Lusaka started with the Zambian Permanent Secretary of Information and Broadcasting Services, Emmanuel Mwamba speaking candidly about the need to empower citizens by embracing ATI.
This refreshing departure from expected protocol was welcomed by a majority of participants at the second regional ACTION conference, entitled Leveraging Continental Developments to Enhance the Adoption of Access to Information Laws in Africa, which was organised jointly by the Zambian chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA‐Zambia) and the regional secretariat in collaboration with the African Platform on Access to Information, in collaboration with the Working Group of the African Platform on Access to Information (APAI), the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Friedrich‐Ebert‐Stiftung, the World Bank and the Zambia Governance Foundation.
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