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Area of work

Geographic focus

Year

Amount committed (US$)

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.

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.

African Media Initiative

Independent Media

Africa

2011

1,200,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,200,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To 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.

Co-Creation Hub

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2011

200,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Co-Creation Hub, which seeks to bring together stakeholders from different walks of life to work collaboratively on solutions to social challenges facing Nigerian society. It operates Nigeria's first multi-functional, multi-purpose space for social entrepreneurs, and provides related services.

FrontlineSMS

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2011

350,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Frontline SMS in its business development activities.

Sahara Reporters

Independent Media

Africa

2011

150,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria

Sahara Reporters

Independent Media

Africa

2011

300,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria

Praekelt Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2012

275,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2012

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 275,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support the Praekelt Foundation's work on JoziHub, a technology hub in Johannesburg that seeks to catalyse the development of new technology ventures by creating an environment where social entrepreneurs, techies, and other stakeholders can interact.

XYZ Show

Independent Media

Africa

2012

430,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2012

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 430,000

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.

Yar'Adua

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2012

30,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2012

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 30,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To sponsor a conference on new media and governance, organised by the Shehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation and Enough is Enough.

African Media Initiative

Independent Media

Africa

2013

500,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support the African News Innovation Challenge.

Co-Creation Hub

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2013

300,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the Co-Creation Hub, Nigeria's first pre-incubation "hub" designed as a multi-functional space for catalysing creative social tech ventures.

Livity Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2013

186,048

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 186,048

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Livity Africa, which seeks to transform the lives of young people in South Africa by using youth-created media platforms and campaigns that engage, empower, and cause young people to act, including through political and democratic processes.

Sahara Reporters

Independent Media

Africa

2013

1,085,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,085,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria

Africa Check

Independent Media

Africa

2014

250,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2014

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Africa Check, a non-profit working to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa.

BudgIT

Financial Transparency

Africa

2014

400,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2014

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support Procurement Nigeria (BudgIT), a social enterprise focused on using technology to drive civic participation and fiscal transparency in Nigeria.

Dalberg Consulting

Other

Africa

2014

360,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2014

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 360,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To fund Dalberg Global Development Advisors to collect credible citizen feedback on public sector performance in several African countries.

Rhodes University

Independent Media

Africa

2014

25,500

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2014

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 25,500

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To provide support to Rhodes University to help fund the Highway Africa journalism conference, the largest annual gathering of African journalists in the world.

Tax Justice Network Africa

Financial Transparency

Africa

2014

450,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2014

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 450,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Tax Justice Network Africa (TJN-A), a pan-African initiative consisting of a network of members in 15 African countries.

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