February 14th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Africa, Media
Over the past seven years, Kabissa has played a crucial role in putting the power of the Internet into the hands of African civil society organizations for the benefit of the people they serve. Now, more than ever, the African civil society sector is in need of tools and resources that can support the important […]
January 10th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Advocacy, Africa, ICT, Media, Nigeria, Technology
Online conversations on the botched Kenyan elections have been raging for days since violence erupted after voting. ChatterBox, the algorithmic aggregator on [tag]AfricanLoft[/tag] has been helpful (at least to me) in monitoring the “chatter” on post-election violence. Today’s update at 5:45AM lists as #1 the discussions on “Ushahidi”, the web tool created to record the […]
December 6th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Advocacy, Corruption, Governance, Nigeria
From the Nigerian Lighthouse Team:
December 9th is UN International Anti-Corruption Day and Nigerian Lighthouse seeks to commemorate this day with a small but pertinent project.
The goal is to get as many people to write a 50 word (or less) message on how to eradicate corruption in Nigeria. All submitted messages will be posted at the […]
November 16th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Advocacy
The root causes of the decay in our infrastructure have been discussed off-line, online, in public and private settings, and the compilation in words will stretch from Lagos to the moon! Even a glacier-locked Eskimo knows what our problems are in Nigeria! But what about solving them? This statement made on this blog ( see […]
October 16th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Corruption, Democracy, EFCC, Governance, Human Rights, Nigeria
This is a continuation of the “crimes of corruption” series, started with James Ibori and Chimaroke Nnamani.
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Nigeria is a nation of clever people, particularly those in positions of authority.
Check out Dr. Peter Odili (photo), the former Rivers state governor. In an attempt to avoid being investigated and prosecuted by the anti-corruption agency, […]
