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National and African growth plan

A practical path from Niger State to public information people can use across Africa.

GANI will scale by proving trust locally, building reusable infrastructure for Nigerian states, and adapting with African partners. Expansion depends on reliable records, local stewardship and evidence that people can use the service safely.

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The strategy

Four stages, each with a clear test.

The goal is not to collect the most documents. It is to shorten the distance between a public question and evidence a person can independently inspect.

01
Niger State

Prove the model with one accountable public record system

Make Niger State budgets consistently searchable, understandable and traceable before expanding the geography.

  • Reliable document ingestion and evidence links
  • Hausa-language and low-bandwidth user testing
  • Civil-society correction and verification partnerships
Ready to advance whenCitizens can find a relevant record, understand it and open its evidence without specialist help.
02
Across Nigeria

Support states without erasing how each state works

Create a reusable platform for additional states while preserving their own ministries, budget structures, terminology and source authorities.

  • Configurable state and fiscal-year data models
  • Local aliases for MDAs, sectors and LGAs
  • State-based data stewards and moderation teams
Ready to advance whenA new state can be added through documented source and governance work—not a custom rebuild.
03
National network

Connect public records without centralising public trust

Enable cross-state discovery and comparison while each participating organisation remains responsible for its sources, corrections and community safeguards.

  • Shared provenance and evidence standards
  • Comparable indicators with accounting differences disclosed
  • SMS, WhatsApp and voice access tested responsibly
Ready to advance whenPeople can compare jurisdictions and still see who published, interpreted and verified every record.
04
African adaptation

Build with local institutions, languages and civic realities

Adapt the open infrastructure with local partners rather than exporting a single Nigerian model to countries with different laws, languages and public-finance systems.

  • Country-specific schemas and legal review
  • Multilingual retrieval evaluated by native speakers
  • Federated deployments with local data governance
Ready to advance whenEach deployment is locally governed, source-compatible and demonstrably useful to the communities it serves.
How we intend to scale

Technology supports trust. It cannot replace it.

Every expansion decision should protect provenance, local relevance, accessibility and the safety of people contributing information.

Evidence before reach

Geographic growth must not outrun source quality, correction processes or community safety.

Local ownership

Civic groups, journalists, public institutions and residents shape terminology, priorities and safeguards.

Language is infrastructure

Translation, voice and local terminology are tested with speakers—not added as a cosmetic layer.

Designed for real access

Low-cost devices, weak connections and non-web channels are part of the product plan from the start.

The partners this needs

Public-interest technology grows through shared stewardship.

Scaling GANI requires budget offices that publish usable records, civic organisations that understand community needs, journalists who test the evidence, language experts, researchers and responsible technology partners.

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