ChakamAfrica
Open Chakam Nigeria
Civic technology · Continental platform

Democracy infrastructure for every African citizen.

Chakam is a non-profit civic technology platform building democratic accountability tools across Africa.

Technology and people are how it gets done: citizens, civil society, journalists and observers.

Open Chakam Nigeria What we're building

Chakam: to capture. Here, it means people holding their continent in frame.

Tier 1 / ContinentalChakam Africa
ModelNon-profit, non-partisan
PrincipleAccountability is the work
First deploymentChakam Nigeria, live
Tier 2 / First country deploymentLive

Chakam Nigeria

Our first country deployment is live on the web, with the mobile app to follow. It carries the continental platform into the country's own legal corpus, languages and institutions.

  • ScopeNational, with state deployments to follow
  • LanguagesEnglish and Pidgin
  • StatusLive on the web, with the mobile app coming soon
Open Chakam Nigeria Web and mobile

Chakam Nigeria: Nigerians holding their own country in frame.

Tier 2 / CountryChakam Nigeria
01 / Community

Accountability is the work. Technology and people are how it gets done.

Community is a core operating principle, not a feature. The people who use Chakam give it reach and legitimacy, and the platform is designed to grow with them.

  • 01

    Citizens

    The people every answer, record and tool is accountable to.

  • 02

    Civil society organisations

    Carrying civic knowledge into communities and holding institutions to their rules.

  • 03

    NGOs

    Extending reach to the places and languages where information is hardest to find.

  • 04

    Journalists

    Tracing claims back to the law and the record that support them.

  • 05

    Observers

    Watching the process closely and testing it against what the law requires.

  • 06

    Researchers

    Studying democratic practice with sources that are versioned and dated.

02 / Features

Answers you can check.

The tools live today in Chakam Nigeria. Further tools will be announced as each is ready.

Tool 01 · AskLive

AI Information Assistant

Plain-language answers about elections, grounded in verified legal and electoral documents. Every answer cites its source, and you can open it and read it yourself.

Corpus
  • Electoral Act
  • Constitution
  • INEC Guidelines
Try a question
Tool 02 · RecordsLive

Candidates, parties and polling units

Find your polling unit in a few taps, with the races on its ballot, the candidates standing and their parties.

Open Records
03 / Platform

Three tiers, one system.

The platform holds everything that is shared. A country deployment sets its own accent, map, languages and legal corpus. A state deployment changes one thing: where the dot sits.

Tier 1 / Continental

Chakam Africa

The parent organisation, brand and shared infrastructure. Non-partisan by design.

Active — this site
Tier 2 / Country

Chakam Nigeria

Country accent, map, language stack and legal corpus, built for Nigeria.

Live — ng.chakam.africa
Tier 3 / State or regional

State deployments

The host country map at reduced opacity, with one focal dot pinning the state.

In planning

RuleThe focal dot (●) marks the specific state and appears only at Tier 3 — never at Tier 1 or Tier 2.

04 / Get Chakam Nigeria

Chakam Nigeria is live.

Ask how elections work under the law, and look up your polling unit, your candidates and their parties. Free, on the web now and soon on your phone.

WebLive

In your browser

Open it on any phone or computer. Nothing to install.

ng.chakam.africa
Open Chakam Nigeria
MobileComing soon

On your phone

The Chakam Nigeria app for iPhone and Android is on its way to the App Store and Google Play.