BudgIT is a Nigerian civic organisation that applies technology for citizen engagement with institutional improvement to facilitate societal change. The company, which launched operations in

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, was founded by Oluseun Onigbinde and Joseph Agunbiade in 2011 to provide social advocacy using technology.

History

BudgIT was formed in 2011 by Oluseun Onigbinde and Joseph Agunbiade as a team during a hackathon held at the Co-Creation Hub. At Co-Creation Hub they came up with the idea for open data access of government spending for public knowledge, leading to the startup BudgIT. In 2014, the

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invested $400,000 in BudgIT. In June 2015, the

Kaduna State Kaduna (, جىِهَر كَدُنا; مدينة كدونا; , ; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in the northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna (city), Kaduna, which was the List of Nigerian ...

government under the administration of Mallam El-Rufai, signed BudgIT to build Open Budget mobile portal similar to the Buharimeter; a platform which was built by BudgIT for Center for Democracy and Development to hold President

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accountable for his campaign promises. In January 2017, BudgIT raised an additional $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and

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Tracka

In 2014, Tracka was created to track the implementation of government projects in various community to ensure service delivery. Functional in 20 States in

, it allows Nigerians to post pictures of developmental projects in their communities to communicate with their elected representatives, and demand completion of the government projects in their respective neighborhoods.

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* {{official website, yourbudgit.com Nigerian companies established in 2011 Companies based in Lagos Information technology companies of Nigeria Technology companies established in 2011

History

Tracka

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