Research
Evidence, not intuition.
What we have measured, what we found, and what it changed. Written to be cited by funders, researchers and peer institutions rather than read once and shelved.
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What we publish.
2024
RT-10: the Resilience Model
The framework itself, built from deep-dive research with civil society organisations across six countries. Eighteen risk areas, 130 questions, three zones.
Read it — RT-10: the Resilience Model (opens in a new tab)2024
Spyware Governance in Africa
A continent-wide analysis of how commercial spyware is procured, deployed and governed, produced out of the first Spyware Fellowship.
Read it — Spyware Governance in Africa (opens in a new tab)2024
2024 in Review
The year read back: what RT delivered, what the threat landscape did, and what the two together mean for the organisations we work with.
Read it — 2024 in Review (opens in a new tab)Recurring
Africa Digital Threat Bulletin
ForthcomingRecurring threat intelligence for African civil society, written to be cited by funders, researchers and peer institutions rather than read once and shelved.
Annual
State of Digital Resilience in Africa
ForthcomingThe annual report: where the continent’s civil society stands, measured against the same framework year on year.
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Case studies
What the work produced.
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Digital Resilience Completed, 2026
RT Graduate Trainee Programme
Expanded the continent’s talent pipeline with heavily vetted, newly capable digital security practitioners.
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Digital Resilience Phase IV ongoing, 2026 · Phase III completed, 2025
CSR-Hub Programmes
Phase III strengthened the digital security capacity of 43 civil society organisations, with 81% recording measurable improvements in security posture.
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Spyware Accountability Ongoing, 2026
Spyware Accountability Initiative
Backed by $130,000 from a leading international justice fund, the consortium is building shared forensic infrastructure and translating technical findings into regional policy advocacy.
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Spyware Accountability Ongoing, 2026
MAMA Network investigation
Ongoing technical defence and surveillance analysis.
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AI Safety & Governance Ongoing, 2026
TechSoup AI Training of Trainers
Delivered foundational training-of-trainers sessions in Nairobi, driving localised training delivery and case study development scaling through April 2027.
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Digital Resilience 2025
The Resilience Model
Adopted by over 40 organisations across West Africa as their primary structural defence framework.
Partnered with
- West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)
- The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL)
- Nigeria Media Innovation Program (NAMIP) Media Development Investment Fund
- DefendDefenders
- Digital Society of Africa (DSA)
- Open Technology Fund Funder
- TechSoup