{"id":8430,"date":"2025-03-24T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/?post_type=event&#038;p=8430"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:29:09","slug":"podcast-challenges-and-opportunities-for-east-african-2025-elections","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/event\/podcast-challenges-and-opportunities-for-east-african-2025-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa7 Podcast | Challenges and Opportunities for East African 2025 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c9ccf4a83ca7620e2b2233b91d364dd\">In March 2025, on the sidelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/time-for-solutions-to-africas-electoral-challenges\/\">Experiential Learning Seminar<\/a> in Nairobi, Kenya, an important and timely conversation unfolded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on hard-earned lessons from the 2024 elections across the region, the East and Horn of Africa Electoral Network (E-HORN) convened election experts for a forward-looking exchange on the state of preparedness for the upcoming 2025 elections in Uganda, Burundi, and Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation peeled back five layers of the electoral landscape: electoral preparedness, civic space and citizen engagement, observer capacity, election technology and the rising tide of misinformation, and the crucial role of security in safeguarding peaceful transitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89777c088ed0835fd7a63345be21cf5c\">Out of that important exchange came a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lz1j_qOu9hQ\">podcast<\/a>. With eyes set firmly on the 2025 elections, this podcast invites its audience to become active participants in defending electoral integrity and promoting transparency across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-primary-alt-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strengthening Electoral Integrity ; Challenges and Opportunities in East African Elections\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lz1j_qOu9hQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.204), 16px);\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lz1j_qOu9hQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Re(watch) full episode<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8450,"template":"event","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-8430","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/8430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}