Dataphyte Foundation's work is organised around five interconnected thematic pillars that shape our research, technology, journalism, and partnerships across Africa.
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FRAME is the thematic foundation that organises every aspect of Dataphyte Foundation's work. Rather than accumulating disconnected initiatives, we anchor each commitment inside a defined research agenda.
Nothing exists outside of it. A dataset, a fellowship cohort, a policy convening, or a new civic product each inherits its questions, its methods, and its measures of success from one or more FRAME themes.
Five pillars, each with its own research agenda, evidence base, and portfolio of work.
Nigeria's stability is shaped as much by external relationships as by internal governance. Under this pillar, we examine how diplomacy, trade, culture, technology, and international partnerships influence national resilience and domestic security outcomes.
Effective governance depends on institutions that represent and respond to citizens. This pillar tracks how political organisation and electoral processes,
Artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure are reshaping governance, media, and public life across Africa — often faster than policy can keep pace.
A healthy democracy needs a healthy media ecosystem, one equipped with the skills, tools, and resources to report accurately and independently on complex issues.
Africa's energy transition and natural resource governance carry enormous stakes for climate justice, public revenue, and community welfare.
Every programme, whatever its subject, moves through the same three-stage A.I.R. methodology. It is what makes five distinct agendas legible as a single institution.
Field-level data infrastructure that reaches communities, ministries, polling units, and frontline institutions where decisions actually happen.
Learn more arrow_forward IAnalyseTurning complex data into clear, actionable insights through investigations, analysis, and intelligence products.
Learn more arrow_forward REnableBuilding capacity in newsrooms, civil society, and public institutions through the Dataphyte Academy and embedded fellowships.
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