Since inception as a civic tech organization, we have have worked tirelessly to simplify the Nigerian budget, provide institutional support and champion transparency and accountability in governance. In the bid to scale up our work and impact , international organizations who…
Sitting under the bright lights of a restaurant in Nairobi’s up-scale Lavington area, I recently considered my next steps as a social entrepreneur in Kenya. My expertise is in the use of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology for Development) for…
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has blasted President Donald Trump of the United States, on his move to deport immigrants from the United States. Zuckerberg said this after Trump announced his plan to deport 3 million immigrants. In his…
President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice, as part of new measures to “keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US”. He signed a wide-ranging executive order, which also saw all…
Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has said that corrupt tendencies were more pronounced among males than females. “Looking at the number of people that have been apprehended by the commission, the number of men…
Follow the Money, an advocacy group has hailed the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed on her visit to Shikira community to access projects under construction. The group also commended the level of development in the community as the first phase…
Kaduna rail work is soon to commence, as the Federal Government has affirmed 1.2 billion US dollars for the development of the Kano-Kaduna railroad project. Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, unveiled this in Kano on Saturday when he…
African billionaire fortunes have declined on the new FORBES list of the continent’s richest. Find out more in the latest issue of Forbes Africa by subscribing today. Contact Shanna Jacobsen Shanna.Jacobsen@abn360.com. Below in an excerpt of the Forbes Africa article, for the full…
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Omidyar Network announced renewing and expanding its investment in the Lagos-based government transparency organization BudgIT. The new up to $1.5 million, three-year grant follows an initial grant from the Omidyar Network in 2014, and will be focused on enabling BudgIT to grow…
