About the Organisation

 

WANGONeT leverages the latest technology tools the world has to offer to tackle the multifaceted developmental challenges of our society.

The West African NGO Network (WANGONeT) was established in 2000 to harness and bring the benefits of the steadily evolving Information and Communication Technology sector to Non-Governmental Organizations, Government, Government Parastatals, educational institutions, cultural institutions and the Private Sector. The underlying philosophy is to use ICT to promote enlightenment and social development programs

Featured project: How NOT to rig an Election

 

In January 2011, WANGONeT started a research to understand how elections are rigged in Nigeria. This was framed as forensic investigation which had the 2007 Elections as the victim and Nigeria as the scene of the crime. The findings of this research were captured, by Group Partners , as a 15-feet wall which easily deconstructed the perceived complexity of election rigging. Also, a documentary was created exposing the intricacies of this dark.