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Year

Amount committed (US$)

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

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

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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