SHENGO is a structured, AI-assisted way for governments to consult the people their policies affect. A rural expert, a regional civil society group, a citizen with a phone: each gets a verified record that their voice was part of the decision.
Submitted to the Climate Resilience consultation from Adama, with no travel to the capital.
timbuktoo UniPods AI Innovation Programme, Cohort 01
A UNDP timbuktoo programme for African AI innovators, supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and delivered in Ethiopia with the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute.
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Governments still consult through workshops and email chains: costly, geographically narrow, and impossible to audit. The people with the most at stake are the easiest to leave out.
Consultations happen in Addis Ababa. A specialist three hundred kilometres away is excluded by cost and logistics, not by lack of insight.
A regional civil society group sends written input and attends workshops, but never receives proof that its voice was actually considered.
Most people have no channel at all to take part in a national consultation, even on policies that will define their daily lives.
Verbal and email submissions leave no public record of what was sent, considered or ignored.
In-person consultations are expensive, so governments consult when there is budget, not when policy needs it.
Donor safeguard frameworks require documented consultation that current processes cannot reliably produce.
Experts show up, yet contributions go unattributed and unverifiable.
Every SHENGO consultation follows the same verifiable path, from the moment a ministry opens it to the public record that closes it.
A ministry publishes a structured consultation with clear categories, a deadline and invited stakeholders.
PART 01 · STRUCTURED SUBMISSION ENGINEExperts, civil society and citizens respond in structured form. Each submission is timestamped and logged.
PART 02 · STAKEHOLDER VERIFICATIONThe AI layer groups submissions by theme and position, giving officers a briefing in hours, not weeks.
PART 03 · AI SYNTHESIS LAYERDecision makers work from the synthesis alongside every raw submission, with dissent kept visible. A public record shows who took part, what was incorporated and what was not. Compliance exports follow automatically.
PART 04 · AUDIT AND TRANSPARENCY| Consultation | Ministry | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Resilience Policy | Planning and Development | Open |
| Higher Education Reform | Education | In synthesis |
| Digital Accessibility in Services | Technology and Innovation | Open |
| Smallholder Irrigation Strategy | Agriculture | Draft |
Digital Accessibility in Government Services. Three short structured questions, about four minutes.
Submit anonymously, and still receive a private receipt that proves your voice was counted.
Your submission was logged on the public record. You can check, at any time, whether it was reflected in the final policy.
Submissions cluster around three priorities: reliable infrastructure in regional areas, clearer regulatory guidance for service providers, and accessibility standards for citizens with disabilities. Two dissenting positions on rollout pace are flagged below and preserved in full.
| Contributor | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Regional ICT Association | Civil society | Logged |
| Verified domain expert | Independent expert | Cited |
| Anonymous citizen | Citizen | Logged |
Each actor needs something different. SHENGO is designed so that the whole circle benefits when consultation is done well.
Explore a pilot in your ministry. We handle the technical setup, you focus on the policy.
For ministriesUse SHENGO as consultation infrastructure across your portfolio, with evidence by default.
For donorsTake part in your language, anonymously if you choose, and see whether your voice was reflected.
For citizensJoin the network. Verified participation records for your advocacy and publications.
For researchers
Testing phase · onboarding partners now
Whether you are a ministry, a donor, a civil society organisation or a researcher, there is a way to work with SHENGO.
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