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Centre for Development Communication (formerly known as MAWA-Foundation). Achieving devpt through participatory communication.

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[CDC @DevTalkks]

If your organisation is ready to move beyond activity to real impact and funding leverage, we are available to deliver a focused Strategic Development Communication Training tailored to your team.

Send a direct message to get started.

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Communication is not subordinate to programme implementation; it is foundational to development effectiveness itself. Development outcomes are not produced by projects alone, but by how people understand, negotiate, participate in, and take ownership of change processes.

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Field engagements conducted by @DevTalkks in Batsari Community, Katsina State, reveal that the repeated failure of banditry negotiations in Nigeria is fundamentally a communication problem.
@OpenSociety @HQNigerianArmy @AfricaResearch @ArewaaConnect

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[Tracka @TrackaNG]

Dear @GovWike,

The situation highlighted in this video raises serious concerns about public safety, urban planning, and environmental management within the FCT. Poor drainage infrastructure and unchecked flooding continue to put lives, properties, and livelihoods at risk across many communities in Abuja.

As the rainy season intensifies, there is an urgent need for proactive intervention through proper drainage construction, desilting of waterways, enforcement against blocked channels, and long-term flood mitigation measures in vulnerable areas.

Beyond emergency responses, residents deserve sustainable infrastructure that protects communities from recurring disasters and prevents avoidable loss and displacement.

We urge the @OfficialFCTA to urgently assess the affected area, engage relevant agencies, and provide lasting solutions before more communities are impacted. Citizens should not have to live in fear each time it rains.

[CDC @DevTalkks]

The Centre for Development Communication, through its Community Justice Project, leveraged Participatory Communication to end long-standing community violence in Ogboyaga community of Kogi State.
@OpenSociety @RockefellerFdn @HQNigerianArmy #OseniDevTalks
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[CDC @DevTalkks]

Most development projects don’t fail because of corruption or lack of funding. They fail because nobody was really communicated with
https://t.co/bHMCSorL5m @OpenSociety @RockefellerFdn @UN @UNICEF @BillGates @AlikoDangoteFdn @AfricaResearch @WorldBankGroup #osenidevtalks

[CDC @DevTalkks]

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CDC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (2026 COHORT)

Deadline: June 30, 2026.

Submission Email:
[email protected]

[CDC @DevTalkks]

“We don’t believe the noise on the radio. It is what our healthcare workers and birth attendants tell us that we follow. If you want to help us, come here first. Ask us questions.”
@OpenSociety @UN_Women
@UNICEF @nighealthwatch
@OseniDevTalks
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[CDC @DevTalkks]

@nypost There was no rape festival in Nigeria. We went to the community spoke with the people and documentee their voices
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Field Note: Participatory Communication and the Ozoro Eri Okpe Festival in Delta State
https://t.co/2cftEH4ehE

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Attention @nypost
Please read this 👇there was no rape festival in Nigeria

Field Note: Participatory Communication and the Ozoro Eri Okpe Festival in Delta State
https://t.co/2cftEH4ehE

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Organisations need effective communication just as much as they need funding. Without it, even well-funded programmes struggle to build trust, coordinate action, or sustain impact. Communication is not a support function—it is an implementation driver.

[Daily Intel Newspaper @DailyIntelnews]

Why government climate policies fail in communities—and how to fix it | By Audu Liberty Oseni https://t.co/r2W3Jfc4tH

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Climate policies don’t fail because they are wrong—they fail because they ignore the people. You cannot design solutions in offices and expect adoption in communities. @OpenSociety @FMEnvng @MyZeroCarbon @Climate_Allies @ClimatteJustice #osenidevtalks
https://t.co/1xlGKypQFN

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Development only works when communication is participatory, culturally grounded, and focused on empowering people to shape their own future

@OpenSociety @meedan @Climate_Allies @Luminate_mbs @UNDP @UN @Oxfam @Agrinsiderhq @results4dev @devex @nighealthwatch #devtalks

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Flyers are not just pieces of paper. They are mirrors—or they are meaningless.

In many advocacy spaces, we design flyers that look beautiful but say nothing to the people they are meant to reach.

#osenidevtalks #DevelopmentCommunication #ParticipatoryCommunication #Advocacy

[CDC @DevTalkks]

In West Africa, we proudly announce election results as if democracy has spoken, yet what we often count are ballots, not votes. That confusion is not just technical; it is the silent fracture at the heart of our democratic crisis.

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[CDC @DevTalkks]

We often repeat the phrase “we carried the community along” as a marker of success in development work. But in many cases, what actually happens is far from inclusion. https://t.co/iyicdEgZpm

[CDC @DevTalkks]

We failed—woefully
We gathered communities, checked all the boxes, and called it success. But one year later, our intervention in Chibiri failed woefully. Why? Click to read the full story https://t.co/1Z1ybxsfIU

[CDC @DevTalkks]

Impact is About Design and Execution, Not How Much Is Spent
If a development project cannot survive outside a hotel conference room, it was never designed for real impact.
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[CDC @DevTalkks]

The Iran War: World Shields Economies, Nigeria Fails Its Citizens
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