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Area of work

Geographic focus

Year

Amount committed (US$)

African Technology and Transparency Initiative

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

2,400,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 2,400,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To 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.

Enough is Enough

Independent Media

Africa

2010

87,500

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 87,500

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support a campaign to use technology to mobilise Nigerian citizens to register to vote in the 2011 Presidential Elections.

Enough is Enough

Other

Africa

2010

130,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 130,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support a campaign to use technology to mobilise Nigerian citizens to register to vote in the 2011 Presidential Elections.

FrontlineSMS

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

350,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Frontline SMS, which is professional messaging platform.

Infonet

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

99,942

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 99,942

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support InfoNet, which develops open source technologies that give individuals the ability to share public information, therefore improving government transparency and enabling communities to build social capital for democratic social action.

Praekelt Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

825,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 825,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Praekelt Foundation in its pioneering use of mobile technology to drive positive social change.

XYZ Show

Independent Media

Africa

2010

500,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Buni Media, a Kenyan non-profit producing creative digital content challenging the country's socio-political status quo including the XYZ Show.

Mzalendo

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2009

64,200

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2009

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 64,200

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support Mzalendo, whose mission is to keep an eye on the Kenyan parliament.

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