Election Monitoring Department & AI Policy Laboratory
« Defending African democracy through rigorous, impartial election observation and civic technology. »
The ADAFP Election Monitoring and Observation Department (EMOD) strengthens democratic processes across Africa through rigorous, impartial electoral observation, credible integrity assessments, and evidence-based capacity building.
A continental alliance of democratic forces with local roots, trusted by all sides because of our commitment to impartiality, rigour, and transparency.
Deploys trained observers to elections, publishes integrity assessments, maintains the Electoral Integrity Index, provides training and technical assistance to member organisations.
Develops AI-powered civic technology tools for voter education, disinformation detection, results verification, and governance transparency—in service of democratic accountability.
Deploy trained observers, produce reports according to international standards, maintain a roster of trained observers drawn from ADAFP member organisations.
Pre-election assessments of legal frameworks, EMB independence, voter registration, and media environment. Annual ADAFP Electoral Integrity Index. Thematic reports on campaign finance, voter suppression, and disinformation.
Training programmes for member party agents, polling station monitors, and legal teams. Technical assistance to electoral management bodies. Standardised observation methodology adapted to African contexts.
Engagement with AU, RECs, and governments on electoral law reform. Formal recommendations to member states following missions. Representation in continental and international forums.
Real-time monitoring of electoral misinformation across social media and broadcast channels, protecting voters from manipulation and supporting informed choice.
Data-driven mapping of civic knowledge gaps to target education campaigns and raise participation, especially among youth and women.
Parallel vote tabulation tools and anomaly detection to enable observer teams to verify official tallies and build public confidence in announced results.
Open-data dashboards tracking government commitments against delivery, holding elected officials accountable between elections.
No preference for any party, candidate, or outcome. Process integrity only.
Freedom from political direction. Assessment autonomy guaranteed.
Evidence-based findings through systematic, verifiable methodology.
Public disclosure of methodology, terms of reference, and funding sources.
Observers do not intervene in electoral processes. Observe and assess only.
Operation with host state consent and in accordance with local law.
Adoption of department charter, staff recruitment, observer training curriculum development, MOUs with partner institutions, scoping missions. Budget: USD 120,000.
Deployment of first observer missions (2–3 countries), AI Lab sentiment dashboard launch, capacity-building workshops, Electoral Environment Assessment publication, Democracy Monitor portal launch. Budget: USD 280,000.
Observer network expansion, Continental Electoral Integrity Report publication, AI Lab fully operational, African Union policy engagement. Budget: USD 350,000.
ADAFP Pan-African Electoral Integrity Index as continental benchmark, knowledge-sharing platform, policy advocacy, African Union accreditation exploration. Budget: USD 500,000+.
ADAFP EMOD is seeking partnerships with African governments, civil society, universities, and democratic actors. Whether as observer partner, academic collaborator, tech partner, or funder—we want to hear from you.
Contact the ADAFP Election Monitoring Department:
Email: emod@adafp.org
Phone: +1 (Monrovia headquarters)
Address: ADAFP Headquarters, Pan-African Centre for Democracy, Casablanca, Morocco