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title: Open Access to African Legal Information
layout: simple
navbar_item: open-african-law
lead: Open access to digital African legal information helps communities to thrive,
businesses to succeed, and judicial officers and civil servants to deliver services
efficiently and effectively.
---
<div>
<header class="py-5 bg-lawsafrica-pale-red">
<div class="container">
<h1 class="display-4 mb-4">Open Access to African Legal Information</h1>
<p class="lead">
Open access to digital African legal information helps communities to thrive, businesses to succeed, and judicial
officers and civil servants to deliver services efficiently and effectively.
</p>
</div>
</header>
<section class="py-5">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col">
<h2 class="mb-4">Open Law Africa</h2>
</div>
<div class="col col-md-3">
<img src="/img/open-law-africa-logo.png" alt="Open Law Africa logo" class="img-fluid mb-3">
</div>
</div>
<p class="lead">
<a href="https://openlawafrica.org">Open Law Africa</a> is a programme of Laws.Africa and
<a href="https://africanlii.org">AfricanLII.org</a> that provides African governments with the technology, skills,
guidance, peer support and capacity building to independently own and publish their primary legal information.
</p>
<p>
<a href="/contact" class="btn btn-primary">Contact us to find out more</a>
</p>
<div class="card mt-5">
<h5 class="card-header">African Law Index</h5>
<div class="card-body">
<p class="lead">
AfricanLII's <a href="https://www.openlawafrica.org/african-law-index" target="_blank">African Law Index</a> shows that
over 90% of surveyed African countries do not provide the essentials of free access to legal information, including
legislation, court judgments and official government gazettes.
</p>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://laws.africa/african-law-index/app.css" />
<script defer src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.prod.js"></script>
<script src="https://laws.africa/african-law-index/papa.min.js"></script>
<script type="module" src="https://laws.africa/african-law-index/main.js"></script>
<div id="african-law-index"></div>
</div>
<div class="card-footer">
<a href="https://www.openlawafrica.org/african-law-index" target="_blank">Explore the African Law Index</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5">
<div class="container">
<h3>Impact: 3 million users every year</h3>
<p>The 2020 <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/628d01de89c97207dfc5d5e4/t/62a1e6fcd5b41910d00d23c8/1654777639245/LIIs+in+Africa+Impact+Report+2021+-+PUBLICATION+VERSION+MAY+2022.pdf">LIIs in Africa Impact Report</a> shows the remarkable impact of free access to African law:
<ul>
<li>Over 3,000,000 annual users in 2020.</li>
<li>2.7x growth since 2017.</li>
<li>The majority of legal and justice sector professionals could not do their jobs without these resources.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.openlawafrica.org/impact">Impact and testimonials of Open Law Africa</a>.</li>
</ul>
<div class="bg-light p-3 mb-3">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">
<img src="/img/ssevume.jpg" class="img-fluid mb-3" style="width: 200px">
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<blockquote>
"I strongly and deeply appreciate the efforts that the LII team puts in to make it possible for people like me
to access legal information easily and freely. I owe you guys my entire career. THANK YOU INDEED. As a student, am
unable to pay subscriptions therefore free resources like LII save the day for me."
<i>-- Ssevume Edward, Law Student, Uganda.</i>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5 bg-light">
<div class="container">
<h2 class="mb-4">Open Government</h2>
<p class="lead">
Open access to the law is a key part of a successful Open Government strategy. It promotes good governance,
human rights and access to justice, and enables efficient and effective judicial systems.
We believe that governments should own their legal information, without restrictive licensing.
</p>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5">
<div class="container">
<h2 class="mb-4">Improved Business Environment</h2>
<p class="lead">
Access to the law lowers the cost of doing business and improves local and foreign investment.
Small businesses and the informal sector are an essential part of African economies, yet they have limited access
to professional legal advice and resources. Free access to foundational legal information helps these businesses
to grow and support families and communities.
</p>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5 bg-light">
<div class="container">
<h2 class="mb-4">Unlocked opportunities</h2>
<ul>
<li>Faster turnaround and access to new legislation and court judgments.</li>
<li>Improved accessibility for the visually impaired in line with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).</li>
<li>Lower distribution costs and greater reach, including to rural areas.</li>
<li>Advanced legislative analysis, harmonisation and law reform research.</li>
<li>Diverse means of access, including desktop, mobile, print (day-to-day and archival), and offline collections.</li>
<li>Regional integration (EAC, ECOWAS, ACFTA, SADC, etc.)</li>
<li>Access-to-justice innovations in both the public and private sectors.</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 mb-4">
<h3 class="mb-4">Open Law Technology</h3>
<p class="mb-4 lead">
Our Open Law Technology powers legal information databases that use modern data standards and web solutions
to build rich, interactive experiences for readers and researchers.
</p>
<ul class="mb-4">
<li>
Advanced legislation databases are far more powerful than a collection of documents.
</li>
<li>
Akoma Ntoso (AKN) enables machine-readable documents and rich functionality. It is the global open standard for legislative data.
</li>
<li>
Digitise all aspects of the primary legal information pipeline, including government gazettes, legislation and court judgments.
</li>
<li>
Work closely with multiple stakeholders, including Attorneys General, Government Printers, Parliamentary
Council, judiciaries, the legal sector and civil society.
</li>
<li>
Modern web technology for rich user experiences on desktop, mobile, print and offline.
</li>
<li>
Lower costs and greater efficiency of publishing and preserving African legal information.
</li>
</ul>
<div>
<a href="/open-law-technology" class="btn btn-primary">
Our software solutions
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<h3 class="mb-4">Training, support and capacity</h3>
<p class="mb-4 lead">
Laws.Africa capacitates African governments to modernise their legislation publication processes. We provide
training, guidance and support throughout all stages of adoption.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Training programs and resources that build in-country skills and capacity.
</li>
<li>
Certified courses offered in partnership with AfricanLII and certified by the University of Cape Town.
</li>
<li>
Training for diverse stakeholders, including legislation editors, law reporting units, law reform commissions, IT staff and software developers.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5">
<div class="container">
<h2 class="mb-4">Experience</h2>
<p class="mb-4 lead">
We work with organisations of all sizes, from single entities to local municipalities, national governments,
civil society organisations, and large transnational bodies such as the African Union and the United Nations.
</p>
{% assign studies = site.case-studies | sort: 'date' | reverse %}
<div class="row">
{% for case_study in studies %}
<div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4">
{% include case_study_mini_card.html case_study=study %}
</div>
{% endfor %}
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="py-5 bg-light">
<div class="container">
<h2 class="mb-4">How can we help you?</h2>
<p class="mb-4 lead">Get in touch with us to find out more.</p>
<div>
<a href="/contact" class="btn btn-primary">
Get in touch
</a>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</div>