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March 23, 2021 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy, Training By seun

25 journalists from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Named For Product Immersion Programme

The Newmark Graduate School of Journalism has announced the second 2021 cohort of the Product Immersion for Small Newsrooms program. 25 journalists from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will focus on product thinking in the newsroom. The two-month online training is designed to teach journalists...

May 8, 2020 In Business, Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

How Poor Funding Hampers Nigerian Research Institutes, Making Them Inefficient In The Fight Against Coronavirus – Part One

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage countries in the World, several countries, through government funded institutions are working round the clock to contain the spread of the virus. The Civic Media Lab examines the efforts of government institutes and agencies in Nigeria that should...

June 6, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

Reporting The North East

Many years ago, as far back as 1391, there was a riot against a Jewish settlement in Spain. Sentiments were always negative towards the Jews because they were said to be shrewd dealers- that is the context historians gave us. After this riot, the Jewish...

May 28, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

The North Is The Problem of Nigeria – Tope Kolade Fasua

On the latest episode of Election Debrief, we had Presidential candidate of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, Tope Kolade Fasua, sharing his experience on the 2019 Elections. He queried the election results from the north among other things. Watch the full video here...

May 23, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

The Fate Of Smaller Parties During The 2019 Elections – Elections Debrief Episode III

The Civic Media Lab Elections Debrief continues this week with Joshua Adeoye of the African Action Congress (AAC), Hassan Soweto of the Socialist Party of Nigeria and Sanmi Falobi of the International Press Centre. They discussed the fate of smaller parties at the 2019 General Elections, among...

May 16, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

Civic Media Lab Launches Portal For Senators’ Pay

Frontline Media design and Innovation center, Civic Media Lab has launched a portal to help Nigerians put a context to the exorbitant salaries Nigerian senators pay themselves. Despite the fact that 87 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty and unemployment is at record levels, the Nigeria public officials...

April 9, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

Civic Media Lab Wins Mo Ibrahim Foundation Editors’ Lab Hackathon

Sahara Reporters Media Foundation’s Civic Media Lab displaced other newsrooms from around Africa to win the Global Editors’ Network Editors Lab Hackathon organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation at the recently held event in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The team led by Oluwaseun Akinfolarin developed a prototype...

February 13, 2019 In Civic Tech, Design By seun

Zabe App Hits 3,000 Downloads As Nigerians Gear Up For Elections

As Nigerians gear up for the 2019 elections, the Centre for Civic, Citizen’s Welfare and Community Development (CCWD) and Civic Media Lab have developed an election monitoring mobile application named Zabe. The app, according to the organisations, seeks to democratise the elections observation process and create...

September 14, 2018 In Civic Tech By seun

Civic Media Lab, KHASH.ng Launch Election Monitoring App

Civic Media Lab in collaboration with KHASH.ng has launched a mobile application, ZABE, to monitor elections in Nigeria. The app would be effective from the 2018 Osun State gubernatorial elections. Zabe, according to the groups, is a web-based solution that can be used to collect data sent...