Hannah Ojo of The Nation Newspapers has emerged as one of the nine winners of the investigative data journalism projects that will tackle African development challenges.
The winners will each receive a cash grant of up to $20,000 (depending on the project requirements), as well as support from Code for Africa’s technology and data journalism laboratories across the continent.
The African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR) will also help winners syndicate the resulting digital stories into a range of leading African and wider world media.
Ojo’s project is Sketchy Sachets: Just How Pure is Your Bottled Water?.
Paul Myles at On Our Radar in Nigeria also had a winning project on Gas Flaring: What Are The Health Impacts on Rural Communities in Nigeria?
The winners are part of impactAFRICA’s first cohort of grantees.
The projects, in six African countries, range from data-driven investigations into the funeral industry and the dodgy business behind bottled water, to analysis of the impacts of climate change and service delivery failures on poor communities, as well as the plight of rural Africans who struggle to get access to safe maternity care.
For more details on the grant and how to participate in the second batch click ImpactAfrica
