DescriptionTo support Emergent Fund's COVID relief efforts that assist communities in responding to rapidly changing conditions and in seeking long-term social justice and economic justice.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo provide general operating support to amaBhungane, a non-profit organisation that conducts and develops investigative journalism to promote free, capable media and open, accountable, just democracy.
DescriptionTo support Alt Advisory's research, analysis, and policy work on data and digital rights issues arising directly and indirectly from the COVID-19 pandemic.
DescriptionTo support ALT Advisory's work towards an effective digital and information rights landscape in South Africa and in the region more broadly.
DescriptionThis is a two-year project grant to support the team at All Protocols Observed (APO) to publish The Continent and build out its internal operations and team.
DescriptionAll Out is a global organization advancing the rights and political agency of the LGBT+ community. They describe themselves as "a global movement fighting for a world where no one has to sacrifice their family, freedom, safety, or dignity because of who they are or who they love".
DescriptionLuminate supports AI Forensics so that it can hold major technology platforms accountable by conducting independent and high-profile technical investigations to uncover and expose the harms caused by their algorithms.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a two year pilot grant to support AfroBarometer train local civil society organisations in data collection, management and story telling using data and pilot tools to get perspectives on youth across Africa.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)100,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis is a grant to build capacity of young women journalists, improve the visibility and accessibility of young women in politics, and design a media toolkit for reporting on young women in politics.
DescriptionTo support African Technology and Transparency Initiative, which seeks to support organisations in Africa that use technology and media platforms to empower citizens in their countries to hold their leaders accountable by providing access to credible public information, influence, and stewardship of resources.
DescriptionTo support the African Media Initiative, a consortium of private media companies in Africa that are working together to improve the quality of journalism on the continent, improve business practices, and access more flexible capital for investment in media.
DescriptionThis is a rapid response grant to AFRICMIL to track and document misinformation and disinformation around the Nigeria elections on social media and provide recommendations on appropriate policy responses.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA 2-year grant to Africa's Voices Foundation to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to amplify citizens' voices - placing them at the centre of decision-making, policy responses, and development planning.
DescriptionA two-year project agreement grant to support Africa Uncensored in building out its investigative reporting capacity and audience in Kenya and the wider East African region.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)70,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionA project grant to Africa Uncensored (working in collaboration with Open Cities Lab and OdipoDev) to run an initiative called MyCandidate to help inform voters who they are able to vote for in their area with the aim of increasing informed participation.
DescriptionTo support the Digital Africa Research Lab in addressing the threat posed by the misuse of social media in the 2019 Nigerian general election and post-election period.
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