CASE STUDIES
Unlocking Nigeria's Green Remote Work Potential
Unlocking Nigeria’s Green Remote Work Potential, proposes a comprehensive strategy to tackle Nigeria’s serious issues of high youth unemployment and the mass emigration of skilled professionals, often referred to as the “Japa” phenomenon.
The document highlights a significant opportunity: the global demand for climate-aligned digital jobs, such as ESG reporting and carbon accounting, which can be done remotely.
Measuring What Matters: Building a Green Jobs Baseline for Nigeria
The brief that proposes a structured, nationally tailored framework for defining, classifying, and monitoring green jobs across sectors
Unlocking Subnational Potential for Green Jobs: A Policy Brief
This policy brief advocates for subnational action in creating green jobs within the framework of Nigeria’s National Inclusive Green Jobs Act (NIGJA)
Built on nationwide surveys and RCT-based testing, the report examines the feasibility of Nigeria’s National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, with attention to digital governance readiness, electronic transactions, consumer protection, trust in digital platforms, and public service efficiency. It identifies gaps in infrastructure, low trust in digital systems, limited digital literacy, and weak adoption of e-government tools, and outlines evidence-based pathways to strengthen inclusive digital governance.
Challenges and Insights from the GINGER Project-Understanding Business Perspective
Drawing from field surveys conducted across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, the document captures the regulatory concerns and lived experiences of technology-enabled and MSME businesses within the context of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill.
Conceptual and Analytical Framework for Using RCT in Policy Testing of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill
This framework outlines how Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) will be used to test the effectiveness, feasibility, and stakeholder acceptance of key provisions of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, including electronic transactions, e-contracts, consumer protection, and digital government systems before nationwide implementation.
Evidence Synthesis on the State of Nigeria's Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill
This report reviews the current state of Nigeria’s digital economy, focusing on digital infrastructure, electronic transactions, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and e-government readiness. It highlights major gaps in broadband access, legal enforcement of digital transactions, public sector digital capacity, and data protection, providing evidence to guide the effective implementation of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill.
Advancing Early Learning with Sustainable Funding For EdTech Solutions: Comparative Study of Policy Approaches in Nigeria and Kenya
EdTech in Africa is growing post-COVID-19 but faces funding and access challenges. Research in Kenya and Nigeria shows how budgets can support EdTech in early learning. The paper compares global trends and proposes funding strategies. Aligning EdTech with national policies can enhance education quality, teacher access, and budget efficiency.
Policy Alignment Perspective - The Future of Electronic Health Records in Nigeria
Adopting electronic health records is essential to digitising and adopting technologies in the health sector. Electronic health records (EHRs) are any digital document or system that contains information on an individual’s health and care. This could be online, on an internal network, or a device.
White Paper on the Framework for an Online Harms Protection Bill in Nigeria
This document is a white paper on the framework for an Online Harms Protection Bill in Nigeria, developed by the Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API) in partnership with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). It outlines the need for a comprehensive regulatory framework to address various online harms, including cyberbullying, hate speech, misinformation, and child exploitation.
Content Moderation Summit
API hosted a summit that convened key stakeholders in Nigeria’s digital space, to discuss approaches for online harms protection.
E-Invoicing
API is working with relevant authorities and stakeholders towards seamless adoption of e-invoicing in Nigeria
Online Harms Protection
API in partnership with NITDA, is working with relevant stakeholders towards the development of a bill/framework to protect Nigerians from online harms.
Nigeria Start Up Bill
API supported the development of the Nigerian Startup Bill, which became an Act in October 2022.