Center for Information Technology and Development

The Center for Information, Technology, and Development (CITAD) is a Nigerian nonprofit promoting democracy and active citizenship through information and communication technology and civic empowerment programs. This award supports equitable recovery from the COVID-19 in Nigeria’s northern regions by educating the public about the virus and mobilizing support for vaccine rollout in Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, Kogi, and Plateau states. CITAD is working with key community stakeholders and influencers, including Kano Against COVID, a network of religious and traditional leaders, civil society organizations, and business leaders, to mobilize the support of community networks, influencers (including community heads, youth leaders, women advocates, bloggers, and social media influencers) for vaccine rollout. It is partnering with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, an organization of Nigeria’s 36 state governors, to support and influence state structures for vaccine rollout and encourage synergy in state responses to COVID-19 and vaccine administration. It is working with health workers to address conspiracy theories and hesitancy among frontline workers. The award contributes to the Foundation’s goal of improving access to resources for immediate health-related challenges while simultaneously advancing new models, policies, and infrastructure for greater public health equity and resilience in the future.

The Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) is a Nigerian nonprofit promoting information and communication technologies for development and good governance. This renewal builds on learnings from work supported by a previous award to promote the institutionalization of anti-corruption across Nigeria. CITAD works with influencers and social mobilizers to educate women, young people, and community stakeholders on the cost of corruption and its disproportionate impact on marginalized groups; to mobilize support for accountability, anti-corruption, and gender equity and social inclusion in the electoral and constitutional reform agenda; and to galvanize demand for affirmative action, citizen engagement with constituency projects, and broader reforms to improve the benefits of democracy for Nigerians. Part of a larger package of related election and accountability awards, CITAD and the influencers use advocacy, art, and community and social media mobilization to bring attention to accountability and anti-corruption issues. It contributes to On Nigeria’s goal of reducing corruption and strengthening accountability, transparency, and participation.

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) is a Nigerian non-profit promoting democracy and active citizenship through information, communication and technology and civic empowerment programs for citizens. This award enables CITAD to enhance state and community response to the prevention and containment of COVID-19 in Kano state through public education and community mobilization. CITAD works with social influencers to deliver sensitization programs on radio, social media and to organize online training programs for youths on the protocols for responding to COVID-19 and mobilizing community stakeholders.   

The Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) is a Nigerian nonprofit promoting information and communication technologies for development and good governance. This award supports the institutionalization of accountability and anti-corruption in Nigeria. Through education, sensitization, and strategic communications on the cost of corruption, leadership challenges, and how corruption harms the country, the project mobilizes the Nigerian public to take action against corruption. It uses social influencers and gatekeepers to stimulate dialogue about accountability and a commitment to anti-corruption.

The Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) is a Kano-based non-governmental organization with affiliate offices in Jigawa and Bauchi, established to promote information and communication technologies for development and good governance in Nigeria. The award supports work to track and document patterns, actors and channels of hate speech; educate and raise consciousness against hate speech acts; and mobilize stakeholders including the media and policy makers to check and prevent hate speech. The long term goals of the work are to improve political accountability and reduce the risks of violence and instability in Nigeria.