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Mobile technology to ensure transparency in Senegal vote

By Emmanuelle Landais - RFI
Europe REUTERS Christophe Van Der Perre
FEB 23, 2019 LISTEN
REUTERS/ Christophe Van Der Perre

With voters in Senegal ready to head to the ballot box on Sunday for presidential elections, Senegalese civil society observers have been preparing for weeks.

Using web and mobile applications to ensure the transparency and integrity of the elections, activity at the polling stations across the country will be communicated in real time via a website, created by Tuwindi Foundation, a Malian rights organisation.

Click on "Play" above to hear Emmanuelle Landais' report from Dakar.

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