As the 2023 Nigerian elections approach, Dataphyte, a leading research and media organization, has launched its Election Platform to provide up-to-date, accurate, and unbiased election data to journalists, election observers, and other stakeholders, as well as the general public.
The Dataphyte Election Platform is a comprehensive repository of election data in Nigeria, offering insights and incidence tracking across all 774 local governments. The platform is designed to enable stakeholders to access election data, insights, and incidence tracking in a timely manner.
Along with the Election Platform, Dataphyte has also launched a Handbook of Data-driven Election Reporting, a comprehensive guide for journalists on best practices for data-driven election reporting. Alongside how-tos, the handbook contains carefully curated materials from Dataphyte’s extensive data-driven elections coverage.
Speaking at the press briefing on Thursday, February 16, 2023, Joshua Olufemi, the founder of Dataphyte, emphasized the importance of election data, stating that “the entire election process, from planning to implementation, involves data. Data on voters, including the number of people registered, those who have their PVCs, election results, and the number of polling units. So, as a media organization, we decided to innovate around this to enable stakeholders experience election data and reporting differently in the 2023 elections”.
The Dataphyte Election Platform can be accessed at elections.dataphyte.com
The Handbook of Data-driven Reporting will also be made available on the platform for Journalists, providing a unique resource to support accurate reporting in the upcoming 2023 elections.
Signed by
Joshua Olufemi
Executive Director