From Principles to Practice: A Conversation about Democracy in Action

To mark the 2025 International Day of Democracy 2025, Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) in partnership with the African Internet Rights Alliance(AIRA) hosted innovators to a virtual Pan-African event themed “From Principles to Practice: A Conversation on Democracy in Action” 

The event began with an opening remark delivered by Yvonne Eweka, Senior Programme Manager, Elections and Governance at CcHUB, highlighting the role of technology in democracy not as a barrier, but as a bridge that enables meaningful participation and gives agency to citizens, amongst other factors that makes the international democracy day important. She closed her remarks with a powerful quote reminder from the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres: “Democracy is powered by the will of the people, by their voices, by their choices and by their participation.”