Code for Africa Due Diligence
Run due diligence on Code for Africa: check compliance and get alerts when suppliers change.
Kenya · codeforafrica.org · 9 vendors
Code for Africa (CfA) is a pan-African non-profit organization that builds digital democracy solutions and empowers citizens with actionable information. It operates as a network of civic technology and data journalism labs, focusing on strengthening civic engagement, public governance, and accountability, and countering misinformation.
Resilience scores
- Digital Sovereignty: 0
- Digital Resilience: 7
- Financial Resilience: 6
Technology vendors
- jsDelivr — Technology — Poland
- Meta Platforms, Inc. — Technology — United States
- OpenAI — Technology — United States
- and 6 more
Services catalogue
8 services in catalogue across 3 categories; runs on 9 sub-vendors.
- Digital infrastructure
- Project incubation
- Open Gazettes
Insights
Last updated 2026-07-29 · revision 2
9 direct vendors, 134 subvendors
Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- United States: 7
- France: 1
- Poland: 1
Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Slovenia: 1
- Luxembourg: 1
- Germany: 3
Compliance
9 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.
South Africa POPIA — No public evidence
Evidence: https://www.inforegulator.org.za/, https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/docs/InfoRegSA-POPIA-act4of2013.pdf, https://codeforafrica.org
SOC 2 (source) — No public evidence
Evidence: https://codeforafrica.org, https://www.aicpa-cima.com/resources/landing/system-and-organization-controls-soc-suite-of-services
Kenya Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018 — No public evidence
Evidence: https://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/2018/TheComputerMisuseandCybercrimesAct_No5of2018.pdf, https://codeforafrica.org
Financials
Three-year financials
- 2023:
- 2022:
- 2021:
Financial Resilience Score: 6/10
Code for Africa (CfA) is a non-profit civic-tech and data journalism network rather than a commercial enterprise, so traditional financial resilience metrics (EBIT, equity, revenue growth) do not fully apply. Its resilience derives primarily from a diversified donor base that includes major philanthropies (Gates Foundation, Omidyar Network, Hewlett, Ford, Luminate, Open Society) and public-sector funders (US State Department, National Endowment for Democracy), as well as platform-linked grants from Google News Initiative and Meta Journalism Project. Historical reporting suggests annual operating budgets in the USD 5–10M range, though these figures are not verified from primary audited sources in this session. CfA's multi-country footprint across ~20 African countries and multiple long-running program lines (PesaCheck, iLAB, sensors.AFRICA, CivicSignal, WanaData) provide operational flexibility and multi-year grant contracts. However, like all grant-dependent NGOs, CfA is exposed to donor cycles, shifts in foreign aid policy (particularly US assistance), FX volatility between USD/EUR grants and local-currency expenses, and the difficulty of building unrestricted reserves when most grants are project-restricted. Transparency is limited: audited financials are not readily accessible on the main website, reducing external ability to assess reserve adequacy. A moderate score of 6 reflects strong reputational capital and donor diversification balanced against inherent NGO grant-dependency risk.
Key strengths: Diversified donor base including Gates Foundation, Omidyar, Hewlett, Ford, Google, Meta, US State Department, NED, Luminate, Open Society, Multi-country footprint across ~20 African countries with regional hubs, Multiple long-running program lines providing multi-year grant contracts, Strong reputational capital as Africa's largest civic-tech/data journalism network, Historical operating budget estimated at USD 5–10M annually
Risk factors: High dependence on grant funding and donor cycles, Exposure to shifts in US and European foreign aid budgets, FX risk between USD/EUR grants and local-currency (KES, ZAR, NGN, UGX) expenses, Restricted vs unrestricted funding mix limits reserve-building, Political and regulatory risk in press-freedom-restricted jurisdictions, Limited public transparency on audited financials
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