Money, medicine and poor record keeping In Nigeria, what percentage of our government owned medical institutions take payments from drugs producing companies? How many physicians take payments from drugs companies to prescribe certain drugs to patients? Are there laws supporting such disclosure of financial information or...
Atlas of Innovation for Economic Stability identifies innovations that create stable incomes and build more inclusive economies for poor and vulnerable people (May 22) Lagos, Nigeria — An innovation launched by Lagos-based Orodata, which helps small business owners know their rights and regulations so that they...
Training and Mentoring Citizens Building Civic Tech Solutions to Hold Government Accountable at Editor’s Lab dBootcamp by Blaise Aboh, Co-founder and Lead Data Analytics and Design Government exists to deliver necessary services to the public. However, government has been failing in its responsibilities, while a few...
By Blaise Aboh, Co-founder, Lead Data Design and Analytics All over the world, digitally enabled governments are transforming the way they work, organize, and engage with citizens. They are formulating policies, making promises, crafting strategies to enhance and transform public service delivery to meet the needs...
Connected Development [CODE]’s last event of every year is always a bar camp tagged “the Open Data Party (ODP) where participants from every part of the country come together to learn about Nigeria open data and share data skills. This year, the ODP was taken...
In May 2015, Orodata was part of Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) post election conference in Abuja, Nigeria targeted at showcasing projects implemented during the 2015, and also discussing the Nigeria elections and Nigeria elections 2015 results. We showcased and shared the success story...
Nigerian health tourism and Nigerian medical tourism; The tale of the decrepitude of the Nigerian health sector is one now told by many pundits, health writers, professionals, and other activists; it is a fable that you all already know. But this is not the tale I'm...
The problems of the Nigerian health sector out of all the public sector issues in Nigeria is one that has grown quite notorious. The government, resident doctors and other public healthcare personals in several health institutions have continued to have series of show downs in form of...