Nigeria

Founded in 2011, BudgIT Nigeria is a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement to facilitate societal change. A pioneer in the field of social advocacy melded with technology, BudgIT uses an array of tech tools to simplify the budget and matters of public spending for citizens, with the primary aim of raising standards of transparency and accountability in government. We are in constant partnership with civil society, public institutions and the media, chiefly in the areas of fiscal analyses, civic technology and data representation.

BudgIT Nigeria’s methodology is deploying refined data mining skillsets to creatively represent data and empower citizens to use the resulting information in demanding improved service delivery. Beyond budget access, BudgIT functions on the premise that budgets must work for the people. Most emblematic is our project-tracking tool (Tracka), created in 2014. Tracka is now functional in 20 States and allows Nigerians to post pictures of developmental projects in their communities, with BudgIT’s project officers aiding citizens offline to communicate with their elected representatives and demand the completion of the government projects in their neighbourhoods.