Code for Africa is a non profit African network of digital democracy laboratories and data journalism, with its Secreteriats in

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city prope ...

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second larges ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

, and

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

. It has teams and partners in 21 African Countries, providing Citizens with actionable information to make informed decisions that enhances civic engagement for improved public governance and accountability.

Background

Code for Africa was founded by Justin Arenstein in 2012 to develop resources to make data more accessible. Code for Africa creates projects and training to enable

data journalism Data journalism or data-driven journalism (DDJ) is a journalistic process based on analyzing and filtering large data sets for the purpose of creating or elevating a news story. Data journalism is a type of journalism reflecting the increased ...

and make fact-checking and

forensic data analysis Forensic Data Analysis (FDA) is a branch of Digital forensics. It examines structured data with regard to incidents of financial crime. The aim is to discover and analyse patterns of fraudulent activities. Data from application systems or from th ...

tools accessible to journalists and citizens. Code for Africa also organizes trainings for data journalism. In 2015, Code for Africa received $4.7m from the

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it w ...

to fund data projects in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania on health and development journalism. In 2016, Code for Africa launched impactAFRICA Data Journalism Fund worth $500,000 with the

International Center for Journalists International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is a non-profit, professional organization located in Washington, D.C., United States, that promotes journalism worldwide. Since 1984, the International Center for Journalists has worked directly with ...

, and funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

. In 2017,

Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...

announced a training in collaboration with Code for Africa and World Bank for data journalism. In 2019, the Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics worked with Code for Africa in the publication of data as open data. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Deutsche Welle partnered with Code for Africa to set up fact-checking in various Kenyan media houses through it PesaCheck initiative.

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