Financial Journalists are called to apply for six months intensive program at Civic Hive.
Civic Hive is an extended arm of BudgIT Nigeria, a civic tech organisation, raising the standards of transparency, citizen engagement & accountability most especially in public finance.
According to its publication, the program is with the support of the United States Consulate General, Lagos.
The application is ongoing with the closing date set as Saturday, 15 August 2020.
Interested applicants who will like to learn more tools for financial Journalism, are required to apply online.
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About Civic Hive
CivicHive is Africa’s first Civic Tech Accelerator. A community space for civic tech leaders, developers, social entrepreneurs, journalists and anyone seeking to build tools, and solve social problems. Civic Hive find, train, support and fund exceptional individuals whose ideas, passion and innovation can help change lives and improve governance.
About BudgIt
Founded in 2011, BudgIT 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 standard of transparency and accountability in government. BudgIT is in constant partnership with civil society, public institutions and the media, chiefly in the areas of fiscal analyses, civic technology and data representation.
Written by;
Ifunanya Ikueze
