Despite Africa's demographic advantage and unprecedented access to knowledge, public policy and resource governance remain weak, exclusionary, and insufficiently evidence-based. We work to change that.
All five programmes operate across four interconnected pathways. Progress on any one depends on progress on all.
Ensuring public policies and development plans are better informed by evidence and context-specific analysis.
Ensuring institutions demonstrate improved competence, coordination, and effectiveness in policy design and implementation.
Ensuring citizens are more capable, organised, and confident in engaging public institutions and influencing governance outcomes.
Ensuring public institutions become more transparent, accountable, and responsive to citizen needs.
Making taxation fairer, more transparent, and more accountable to the people who pay it.
Nigeria's tax system is regressive in practice, opaque in administration, and disconnected from the services citizens receive. We work to strengthen domestic revenue, fiscal accountability, and public trust.
How we work
Research on tax policy, incidence, and administration at federal and subnational levels
Citizen education on what tax is, how it's collected, and what it funds
Advocacy with tax authorities and legislators on reform priorities
Coalition-building with tax justice allies across Nigeria and West Africa
Building infrastructures for local giving, community-led development and social investments.
In a changing world, governments require domestic revenue sources — private wealth and capital — to finance development. We work to build and nurture infrastructures and systems for local philanthropy and foster collaborative development financing.
How we work
Promote convening on local and indigenous philanthropy
Support research, learning and advocate reforms to grow institutional philanthropy
Promote donor-collaboratives between local and international philanthropy
Fostering linkages between solidarity giving and institutional philanthropy
Opening up how governments borrow, spend, and repay — so citizens can hold them accountable.
Nigeria's governments at every level borrow heavily — often without the public knowing the terms, the uses, or the repayment burden on future generations. We work to promote responsible borrowing and sustainable fiscal policy.
How we work
Tracking and analysing federal and subnational debt stocks and flows
Advocating for disclosure of loan agreements, project linkages, and repayment schedules
Training journalists and civil society to interrogate debt data
Contributing to national and regional debate on debt sustainability
Equipping citizens, media, and civil society to participate meaningfully in governance.
A functioning democracy needs more than elections. It needs informed citizens, empowered media, open policy processes, and a state that listens. We work to build the capacity and platforms that make that possible.
How we work
Civic education curricula for communities, youth groups, and women's networks
Media training on governance, budget, and accountability reporting
Digital tools and platforms that democratise access to public information
Throughout our work, we promote inclusion, rights-based approaches and accountability to remain trusted, effective, and responsive — and to make sure the impact of our interventions is evident in the lives of Nigerians, communities, institutions and processes.
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Social Justice
Social Justice
Advancing equity, inclusion and fairness in development policy for vulnerable populations.
At the federal, state, and local levels, governance failures disproportionately impact the poorest of the poor. We work to promote social protection for those most impacted by governance failures.
How we work
Co-creating forums and convenings on social protection for vulnerable communities
Advocating for policies and programs to accelerate job creation for young people
Promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity among young people