Strengthening Data Journalism and Open Data Access in Nigeria

Strengthening Data Journalism and Open Data Access in Nigeria

Access to reliable data is essential for informed decision-making, citizen engagement, and holding leaders accountable. Yet, in many Nigerian contexts, public sector information is either inaccessible or not presented in a form that can be easily used by citizens, journalists, or civic actors.

This project gave us the opportunity to bridge those gaps by:

• Promoting citizen demand for accountability through data-driven reporting.

• Supporting media organizations to adopt and practice data journalism.

• Providing machine-readable datasets to journalists and civil society organizations.

• Initiating conversations on the establishment of state-level Open Data Portals (ODAPs).