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● projectActive · national · 2013
Sauti za Wananchi Kenya (Twaweza)
Africa's first nationally representative mobile phone survey panel applied in Kenya, operated by Twaweza East Africa.
illustrative atlas image · Brett Sayles / Pexels01 The context
~2,000 citizens, randomly sampled and equipped with phones and solar chargers to include poor or off-grid households, are interviewed monthly about public services, governance and priorities. The open citizen data is turned into briefs that inform ministries, oversight bodies and the press.
02 How it works
method · Random sampling with provision of phones and solar chargersmethod · Translation of data into policy briefsmethod · Nationally representative mobile phone panel surveytool · Mobile phones and solar chargerstool · Open datasets (Humanitarian Data Exchange)tool · Telephone survey platform (CATI)
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceShifting to SHIF: Time for a health check (Sauti za Wananchi Brief 47)Twaweza East Africa · 2024
EvidenceWhat is Sauti za Wananchi? (Methodology Factsheet - Kenya)Twaweza East Africa · 2021