Strengthening Civil Society in West Africa through knowledge sharing, learning, connecting and influencing.
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The Third Quarter 2026 edition of WACSI’s e-newsletter highlights key milestones, strategic partnerships and major events, including the landmark Africa at the Centre: Leading Change, Shifting Power convening.
Get your copy here: wacsi.org/third-quarter-2026…
Applications are OPEN for WACSI’s 2027 Next Generation Internship Programme (NGIP), Cohort 1!
Eligible: Benin, Mali, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana & Nigeria Deadline: 8 Nov 2026
Apply: tinyurl.com/msf84435
🇳🇬 Nigerian applicants must be based in Abuja. Accommodation is not provided.
CSOs in Northern Ghana are turning capacity strengthening into community impact.
A joint WACSI and @STARGhana visit to 10 partner organisations in Tamale, Ghana, highlighted progress in leadership, financial management and resource mobilisation.
Read more: tinyurl.com/sxc5ys79
Day 1 of West Africa Civil Society Week 2026 closed with reflections on @csrhubWA, highlighting CSOs’ wins, challenges and opportunities. Alhaja Sherifah Taleat-Arafat stressed collaboration and collective action in strengthening civil society.
@FordFoundation @Spaces4Change.
Liberia’s internet connectivity has grown from 21.9% to 23.5%. Are digital rights keeping pace?
As more citizens go online, protections are needed to ensure safer, rights-respecting digital spaces.
tinyurl.com/7jksemws
Join us virtually, 17–18 Nov: tinyurl.com/rightsrespecting…
“Protecting civic space means safeguarding every citizen’s right to speak, participate and hold power accountable.” – John P. Frinjuah, WACSI.
At #WestAfricaCivilSocietyWeek in Enugu, @Spaces4Change and #WACSI convene 100+ actors to explore judicial protection of civic space.
📢 WE ARE LIVE!
Join Session 3 of our Building AI-Ready Organisations series to explore the skills, systems and data CSOs need to adopt AI responsibly.
💻 Join via Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8414809404…
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WACSI Executive Director Dr @NAfadzinu will speak at the 4th African Women in Philanthropy Conference on 26 October at the University of Ghana, exploring women’s leadership in local philanthropy and social investment.
🕗 8:00 a.m. Ghana time
🔗Register: tinyurl.com/awip26
WACSI Executive Director, Dr @NAfadzinu, paid a courtesy visit to Ghana’s NPO Secretariat Head, Felix Logah, building on a renewed partnership to strengthen the non-profit sector and foster constructive state-civil society collaboration.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ycj27kz2
This week, WACSI’s Charles Vandyck, Farouk Alhassan and Melissa Simo are at the #ShiftingThePower Partners Convening, exchanging lessons on locally led development, ethical storytelling and collective action.
#LocallyLedDevelopment #ShiftingThePower
Digital progress should protect rights, strengthen accountability and safeguard civic space in West Africa. Read the Digital Frontlines mapping study: tinyurl.com/7jksemws Join us virtually, 17-18 Nov, Lagos: tinyurl.com/rightsrespecting… #DigitalRights #WestAfrica
Happening in two days! @Spaces4Change and WACSI convene the 4th West Africa Civil Society Week on 22-23 Oct in Enugu, Nigeria. Theme: Strengthening Judicial Protection of Civic Space in West Africa. English and French. More info: tinyurl.com/3d422rcv
Dans deux jours ! @spaces4change et le WACSI organisent la 4e Semaine de la société civile en Afrique de l’Ouest, les 22 et 23 oct. à Enugu, Nigeria. Thème : renforcer la protection juridictionnelle de l’espace civique. Infos : tinyurl.com/3d422rcv
AI can drive social change. WACSI and @TechSoup's "AI for Social Change" project offer online courses on Hive Mind Community to help CSOs in Ghana and Nigeria use AI responsibly: tinyurl.com/5eycpz83.
Join our 22 Oct AI-ready organisations webinar: tinyurl.com/285vybef
How can civil society organisations make their impact impossible to overlook? Mariette Koublanou explores why many African CSOs struggle to communicate impact, and shares a free tool for professional annual reports: tinyurl.com/3hc5hj7b
Important notice: The introductory webinar of the African Fiscal Hosting Community of Practice (AFH-CoP), planned for 21 October 2026, has been postponed. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank everyone who registered. A new date will be shared soon.
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@wacsi emerged as the winner from 29 finalists selected from 1,248 submissions across 46 African countries. The category recognises organisations that provide resources, expertise and support services that enable civil society groups to operate effectively and contribute to development.
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