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Accelerating Africa's Progress Through Data and Technology

Dataphyte Foundation is a civic technology and data development organisation based in Nigeria, focused on transforming how data drives decisions across Africa, and Europe.

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Our Programme Thematic Focus Areas

Our programmatic work is organised around five thematic pillars, known collectively as FRAME:

Foreign Partnerships and National Security. Nigeria's stability is shaped as much by external relationships as by internal governance. Under this pillar, we examine how diplomacy, trade, culture, technology, and international partnerships influence national resilience and domestic security outcomes.

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Representation and Governance. Effective governance depends on institutions that represent and respond to citizens. This pillar tracks how political organisation and electoral processes,

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AI and Digital Futures. Artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure are reshaping governance, media, and public life across Africa — often faster than policy can keep pace.

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Media Development. A healthy democracy needs a healthy media ecosystem, one equipped with the skills, tools, and resources to report accurately and independently on complex issues.

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Environment, Energy, and Extractives. Africa's energy transition and natural resource governance carry enormous stakes for climate justice, public revenue, and community welfare.

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The Dataphyte Product Ecosystem

To translate our mission into action, we have built a suite of civic-technology platforms, each designed to close a specific data or capacity gap across Nigeria and the wider region.

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Election Portal
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Election Portal

Largest election data in NG covering incidence, result tracking across all LGAs

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Insight

Dataphyte Insight

Dataphyte collects and transforms data into accessible formats, producing insights and interactive visualisations to improve decision-making. It provides access to data useful for the public, private, and development sectors.

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Tools built for the public good.

An interconnected suite of platforms that collect, analyze, visualize, and activate data for social impact.

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Measuring Impact

Driving accountability, inclusion, and better decisions through data.

50M+People reached
22States connected
N5BPublic spend tracked
3,000+People trained
Dataphyte geographic presence across the United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria, Ghana, DRC, and Mozambique
Geographic Presence

Our Growing Footprint Across Global landscape

Across Africa and beyond, Dataphyte works with communities, journalists, governments, and institutions to make data more accessible, actionable, and impactful.

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Dataphyte Events

What's coming up.

Discover upcoming events, training programmes, fellowships.

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Explore the Work Behind Every Theme

Discover how Dataphyte Foundation transforms data into evidence, action, and lasting public impact across Africa.