Integrated community case management (iCCM) is a cost-effective strategy that engages community health workers living in hard-to-reach areas to diagnose and treat 3 deadly but curable illnesses: malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea. We have travelled for over 2 hours from Minna…
Opposing groups on Monday clashed outside the African National Congress (ANC) Luthuli House headquarters, in Johannesburg over President Jacob Zuma’s future. Members of the groups, waving placards, exchanged strong words. The one behind the #HandsOffZuma campaign had gathered outside Luthuli…
Two of Kenya’s main private television stations resumed operations Monday evening after being shutdown by the government for seven days. NTV and KTN were back on air after being switched off last Tuesday, alongside Citizen and Inooro, for airing live…
Striking workers of the 67 research institutions spread across several Ministries in the country are set for a mass protest in Abuja to demand the N9 billion in arrears owed them by the government since year 2010. Some of the…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode swore in five newly appointed members of the State Executive Council. to uphold the policy of inclusive governance that defined the focus of his administration. Ambode, to uphold the policy of inclusive governance that…
Social Media Week Lagos heads into it’s 6th year after a successful 2017 edition that saw over 15,000 attendees across the week and had a global online reach of 454 million. The annual conference now considered Africa’s largest digital media…
The Kenya government this week switched off broadcast signals for three leading television stations for airing the build-up to the “swearing-in” of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the “people’s president.” The three stations — Citizen, NTV and KTN News —…
Can technology intersect civic engagement and institutional reform to enhance service delivery? Like every other country, Nigerian government and agencies have public data and information that can help citizens make informed decisions. Today’s citizens should know how government revenues are…
Doing development in a digital world, the Department for International Development’s new digital strategy, is ambitious. It challenges our understanding of digital and of its implications for international development. It also stretches the definition of digital beyond social media and…
Recently some members of the Abuja Pick That Trash movement (Trash Haters, as they are called) met with the initiator, Oby Ezekwesili, in Abuja to discuss ways of furthering the cause of achieving a cleaner Nigeria and changing the mindset of…
