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...
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...
It was the turn of veteran journalist and development data expert, Rotimi Sankore to be hosted at the Civic Media Lab for the November edition of the Journalism Masterclass. The Masterclass is a monthly meet up for new and practicing journalists to learn and acquire new skills while going...
This is the story of 29 year old Tope Adeyemi, a bass guitarist and music teacher. He was wrongfully accused of robbery, badly tortured and detained for three months. Watch full video here: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzzRCU5t0E[/embed]...
After a hugely successful first Journalism Masterclass, the Civic Media Lab today hosted the Theophilus Abbah Masterclass. The class which had journalists from several media platforms across the country was themed 'Principles and Practice of Investigative Journalism'. It was hosted by veteran journalist, Theophilus Abbah. Mr. Abbah...
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...