DescriptionThis is a 2 year grant to support MSJC to continue their work on building community agency to advocate for their rights and hold power to account.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support MMA, a non-profit organisation that promotes democracy and a culture where media and the powerful respect human rights and encourage a just and fair society. MMA acts in a watchdog role to promote ethical and fair journalism that supports human rights.
DescriptionA 2-year grant to support Namati's work in Kenya on the right to citizenship which seeks to end inequality in the access to citizenship by working hand-in-hand with marginalized communities towards equal access to documentation and related rights and services.
DescriptionTo support the development process of Contest, a Nigerian political drama focused on Tony, a rising star in the Nigerian Afrobeats scene who decides to run for political office following a violent altercation with the police. The show will explore themes of young people and their relationship with democracy, civic participation, and politics, and the ways in which technology impacts these spaces.
Area of workInformation Ecosystems, Participation & Dissent
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)300,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis is a 24-month grant to support Scrolla's ambitions to establish Scrolla.Africa as the pre-eminent popular mobile news platform in South Africa, with the aim to expand its work into the rest of southern Africa, and later to create regional hubs in Nigeria and Kenya.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)400,000
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA 2-year grant to Open Cities Lab to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to facilitate the provision of reliable information to citizens of various countries, especially Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, to enable participation in civic and political life.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Open Data Durban, a non-profit civic technology lab that implements and advocates for open data, open government, and civic technology through projects, events, workshops, and dataquests. They work with government, citizens, civic society, and the media to democratise knowledge and enable informed decision making and evidenceâ€based planning.
DescriptionThis is a renewal grant to Open Institute for two years. This grant seeks to continue support for ongoing work led by Open Institute in Kilifi County and beyond.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Open Secrets, a non-profit organisation which exposes and builds accountability for private sector economic crimes through investigative research, advocacy, and the law. This core grant supports Open Secrets to continue and expand their work to hold private sector companies accountable for economic crimes that result in human rights violations.
DescriptionTo support the Run-To-Win initiative that aims to increase the capacity and chances of youths in Nigeria to participate and get voted into elected offices.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support PIN, which is working as part of a cohort to strengthen the data and digital rights ecosystem in Nigeria. PIN will address threats and challenges to digital rights in Nigeria through a blend of: 1) building capacity of civil society actors; 2) supporting strategic litigation efforts; and 3) raising public awareness of digital and data rights more broadly.
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