Our Programs

Our work is delivered through 5 programs namely: Training & Capacity Building Program, Collaborative Reporting Program, Grant Making Program, Grant Making Program, Research Program.

Below is a brief about each of the programs.

We believe in and work hard to promote access to public resources and opportunities to conduct this form of journalism. And indeed, on this path we have in the last year 2020 worked with over 50 journalists to deepen investigative reporting in the areas of public debt management, SRHR and elections reporting.

We also believe very strongly in collaborative reporting. A journalism that sees newsrooms as partners in the search for truth rather than competitors. As an institute we have – and will demonstrate in the coming weeks- investment in this form of reporting.

The research program focuses on investigating and studying different phenomena to create a body of work that can be used to advance investigative journalism in the continent. The program also documents Africa’s big investigative stories annually.

We believe in well funded investigative reporting that access the human and documentary sources required for storytelling and that places reporters in the direct circumstances of the aspects they report on. The institute, working with partners thus provides and sources for grants for impactful investigative story telling.

We know however that telling the truth, ruffling feathers, stepping on toes and the many maxims that Investigative Journalism is accorded creates an environment of hostility to the reporters and editors who pursue it. As an institute we are also dedicated to legal support for investigative journalists who are arrested or even mildly discomforted in the pursuit of investigative stories.