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Digital Rights in Nigeria: Emerging Issues and Opportunities
Nigeria’s data and digital rights ecosystem is evolving rapidly, and Luminate is now seeking opportunities to support work that will advance principles of participation, transparency, and accountability in Nigeria.
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Nigeria: Report highlights need to strengthen internet freedom and data...
A new report from Nigeria’s data advisory and analytics firm Stears Data says that more judicial and regulatory oversight is needed to sufficiently protect free speech online and personal data, especially when government...
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Data & Digital Rights in Nigeria: Assessing the activities, issues and...
This research provides insight into key issues in data and digital rights; effective approaches to addressing those issues; and opportunities for impact, with input from representatives in the public and private sectors,...
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PTCIJ receives $200,000 grant from Luminate to bolster investigative journalism
PTCIJ has pioneered several transformative initiatives, such as UDEME, an online platform that provides information on budget implementation and procurement practices in Nigeria.
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PTCIJ: Deepening democracy in Nigeria through investigative and data journalism
We believe in the power of investigative journalism outlets like Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) to fight mis- and disinformation.
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Celebrating the women leaders we work with in Africa
In commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day, Luminate's Africa team would like to specially celebrate the amazing women leaders in our portfolio who have demonstrated determination, skill, and empathy in...
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Rhize: Coaching for effective social action
Rhize’s training programmes equip grassroots organisers with the skills to more effectively build movements that give voice to people who have been traditionally excluded from participating in governance processes.
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PPLAAF: Protecting and empowering whistleblowers in Africa
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa supports people wishing to disclose compromising information in particularly difficult and dangerous contexts by helping them publish what they know, use it for accountability,...
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Using Public Audit to Foster Accountability and Development in Nigeria
PLSI leverages audit data to identify missing public funds as the basis of its advocacy work to get projects completed, funds returned, and perpetrators held accountable.
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Challenging mis-information in Nigeria
Stears is online-first, an example of a new generation of media companies that is challenging the traditional model of heavy advertising dependency and analogue newsrooms by monetising their editorial, data, and research...
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Tackling corruption and promoting transparency in Nigeria
SERAP is a Nigerian non-profit working to remedy corruption by advocating for improved implementation of the policy, legislative, and legal framework that dictates how public funds are to be spent and how government should...
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Building inclusion and participatory democracy in cities and urban spaces
Q&A with Richard Gevers, Director at Open Cities Lab, about the challenges and successes of the organisation‘s efforts to make city government work better for people.
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