About Us

InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

We seek to bridge the gap between scientists and researchers, journalists, and the public, in order to increase mutual awareness of water issues of this ancient and significant river.

Why the River Nile

The Nile River, the world’s longest river, winds through 11 countries in Africa and is crucial to many of these nations’ economies, diplomacy and wellbeing. The river is also a world biodiversity hotspot and the backbone to many of Africa’s fragile ecosystems.

Today, it is under new and evolving threats: climate change, population and economic growth, transboundary hydropolitics, and the building of large-scale dams that threaten to reduce water availability for countries highly dependent on the Nile’s waters – just to name a few.

InfoNile seeks to bridge the gap between scientists and researchers, journalists, and the public to increase mutual awareness and understanding of the various dimensions of water issues in this ancient and significant river.

What Do We Do?

We provide story grants, training and mentorship to journalists across the Nile Basin to help them conduct in-depth stories on water, environment, biodiversity and climate change issues. We highlight stories of solutions that are working to solve issues such as climate change and wildlife trafficking in local communities. In partnership with Code for Africa, we train and mentor journalists in data journalism, visualization and geojournalism.

We produce original cross-border investigations, including on foreign land deals, wildlife trafficking and conservation, climate change, and the impact of large-scale dams; in such a way, we promote collaboration across countries and new geo-storytelling techniques such as data-based maps, drone videos and satellite imagery.

We create interactive, actionable maps on issues of water and environment, and we “map” our stories onto these maps to add a human layer to the data. InfoNile is part of Water Journalists Africa, the largest network of journalists reporting on water issues on the African continent.

We have received funding from various media development organizations, water research institutes, and other funders interested in environmental conservation. Interested in supporting under-covered environmental reporting? Please contact us at [email protected]. You can share our interactive maps or embed one on your site. All data is open-source and available to download.

Our Impact

Public Impacts

In August 2023, after Jonas Kiriko’s story on corruption in wildlife storage institutions, the U.S. Department of State sanctioned several DRC officials, including former directors of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature and CITES, barring their entry to the U.S.

From Aimable Twahirwa’s story, Rwanda’s Ministry of  Environment created more  crane sanctuaries to promote  conservation efforts Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has started engaging with Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association  (RWCA) and other stakeholders to stop the illegal trade and domestic keeping of Grey Crowned Cranes.

Prosper Kwigize’s story highlighted violations in the Rusumo Falls project, where flooding affected the community, leading to a warning and a Tsh 10m fine for the contractor from the Tanzanian Environmental Council.

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

Nome Sobrenome

Director, and CoFounder

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project

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Working on the Infonile project has deepened my understanding of marginalized communities, showing how journalism can amplify voices and drive social change. It reaffirmed my belief in the power of storytelling to inspire transformation.

Kwame Niaje, Journalist on the Infonile Project