About Us

BantuWatch is a joint initiative of civil society and (social) media activists in Zambia under leadership of SACCORD, with technical and strategy support from Hivos and SODNET.

BantuWatch is an Ushahidi-based technology platform that allows citizens and civil society to monitor and report incidences around the electoral process in near real time. It provides channels  for citizens and civil society to use mobile phone, social media and other internet-based channels to report on electoral offences such as intimidation, hate speech, vote buying, violence, tension, polling clerk bias and voting misinformation.

Where relevant, reports are amplified directly to or liaison takes place with electoral or security authorities.

Bantu Watch is supported through financial and in-kind contributions from Hivos, Open Society - SA and SODNET.

For more. Visit the BantuWatch Blog.