borg.

A legal-policy think tank helping decision makers make informed choices + thinking and mobilising ideas for Africa’s development | ✉️[email protected]

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Our Fiscal Policy White Paper, evaluating the effectiveness of anti-corruption initiatives undertaken by the previous administration and offering recommendations for the new administration, is now available. You can read it here: https://t.co/ciKsEO05cQ

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We rate Nigeria 3/5 on digital identity readiness: strong domestic foundation for natural persons, but business identity is still developing and cross-border mutual recognition is not yet operational.

https://t.co/cAhJByNS8z

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The 2022 floods had devastating effects across about six states, displacing millions and destroying properties across agriculturally rich areas. Nigeria is not a country known to recover as quickly as it falls. Yet it has made no submission to the ICJ or ITLOS on climate obligations.

https://t.co/ke6jpuS4u5

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Nigeria sent 1,411 delegates to COP 28, the highest from Africa and tied third globally. Yet the country is absent from both the ICJ and ITLOS advisory opinion processes on climate obligations.

https://t.co/ePPwm8Rvof

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The bedrock of eldercare in Africa has always been the intergenerational bargain. That system is rapidly dissolving under rural-to-urban migration, smaller household structures, and the strain of prior health epidemics. There is no adequate public system replacing it.

https://t.co/8zggG2xeyB

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The Electoral Act 2026 gives BVAS and IReV statutory force for the first time. Presiding Officers who obstruct electronic transmission now face criminal penalties. Technology is necessary, but not sufficient. The 2027 election will be decided by institutional will, not devices.

https://t.co/W1bq0bXfRP

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Nigeria's 2027 elections will be conducted under the new Electoral Act 2026, with a new INEC chairman, and against deep public scepticism following the disputed 2023 elections. The question is not whether INEC has enough technology, but whether institutional conditions exist to make it credible.

https://t.co/W1bq0bXfRP

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Nigeria's NIN ties biometric and demographic data to one 11-digit number. But for juridical persons, there is no equivalent. Business identity is built through CAC registration numbers. That gap matters for cross-border digital trade.

https://t.co/cAhJByNS8z

[borg. @borgresearch]

What will it take to deliver a credible 2027 election using technology?

Drawing from our recent publication, we outline the minimum reforms @inecnigeria should undertake within Nigeria's current framework to enhance credibility ahead of the elections
🏷️https://t.co/LSrmWq5Gxm

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Digital trade relies on distance and trust. A functioning digital identity system helps answer the basic questions behind almost every cross-border transaction: who is the buyer, who is the seller, is this business real.

https://t.co/cAhJByNS8z

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Logistics and last-mile delivery are a crucial link in the digital trade chain. If delivery is slow, unreliable, or too expensive, the promise of digital trade quickly turns into frustration, disputes, and refunds.

https://t.co/LyVnWHx4Bz

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At the federal level, Nigeria has been rolling out a Local Government Proof of Addresssystem designed to give residents verifiable addresses across the 774 local government areas, with several states publicly adopting the initiative.
https://t.co/ycrkN8htCJ

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Although trade and e-commerce are growing exponentially even across borders,  the high cost and restrictive nature of licensing have created a market structure in which many local logistics providers are unable to operate independently in the international space
https://t.co/pnuRh2UHk5

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Digital trade only works when goods can actually move. If delivery systems are slow, costly, or unreliable, online trade becomes harder to grow. The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol recognises this by paying attention not just to digital transactions, but also to the logistics and addressing systems behind them.

In this piece, we look at what Nigeria’s current logistics framework could mean for its digital trade readiness.
https://t.co/pnuRh2UHk5

[Christopher Ebikebena @ChrisEbikebena]

Read my most recent article on INEC's Electronic Innovations between 1999 and 2023 on @borgresearch

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Evolution of the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) electronic innovations and their impact on electoral integrity (1999–2023).

Culled from our recent policy paper which traces the 25-year trajectory of electronic innovation in Nigeria's electoral system from the manual, fraud-prone registers of 1999 to the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in 2023 and argues that the country has consistently experienced what it terms a 'trust paradox': technology designed to build public confidence has, at critical moments, deepened disillusionment.

Read here: https://t.co/AH8SwWz7tL.

#Nigeria | #Elections | #INEC

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The primary consequence of successful accreditation technology has been displacement rather than elimination: fraud has migrated from the polling unit to the collation centre. https://t.co/OErcZ01uN7

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The introduction of BVAS and IReV was intended to close the collation gap. The BVAS, a multifunctional handheld device performing both biometric voter accreditation and post-vote result sheet upload to IReV, was the most sophisticated electoral technology Nigeria had deployed. https://t.co/rQowDvaME1

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The cumulative lesson of the 1999–2007 period was stark: improving the voter register was a necessary but insufficient condition for electoral credibility. The primary site of fraud had shifted from who was on the register to what happened on election day. https://t.co/OErcZ01uN7

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nigeria has made investments in electoral technology over the past 25 years, yet public confidence in the electoral process remains fragile. read @borgresearch policy paper, which traces @inecnigeria digital journey, with key recommendations ahead of 2027
https://t.co/kVXGVG0jk7