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What is Archivi.ng?

Archivi.ng is a non-profit organisation that makes Nigerian history accessible by digitising old documents—currently newspapers and magazines—while facilitating everyone's access to information.

Why should Archivi.ng exist?

<aside> 📌 Archivi.ng preserves history by digitising archival materials, making them accessible, and helping the world make sense of history.

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We’re on the brink of irreparable loss. Our history is difficult to access, and the materials that hold it – newspapers, magazines, etc. – also fall into ruin. Our mission is to prevent the loss of their context by digitising the materials and preserving them forever.

We then facilitate access to the context we’ve captured, building products and solutions that enable the production of in-depth knowledge work. For example, our work helps journalists add more depth to their reporting, helps academics produce better research, helps economics understand trends better, etc.

We’re preserving and safeguarding Nigeria’s history and knowledge. It’s critical for our sense of identity and essential to secure our legacy for the future. The belief that an entity is only as conscious as a knowledge of itself keeps us going. Knowledge is rooted in context. If we have no context of ourselves, then what are we?

What does the world look like when we succeed?

<aside> 🗻 We’re deepening the world’s understanding of Africa.

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To achieve this, we’re chasing down every newspaper and magazine published in Nigerian history, starting with Iwe Irohin, first published in 1859. We’ll preserve them and facilitate access to everything we find.

We also understand that this context problem extends beyond Nigeria to many other African countries. So, we’ll take our mission across the continent. The work is truly done when the world is enriched with accessible and interconnected histories, fostering knowledge and understanding for a prosperous future.

Our (current) most ambitious goal currently is to make 5 million pages accessible.

How are we going to create this future?

<aside> 🎯 By continuing to expand the archives, creating and enabling more use cases, and figuring out how to generate the revenue to perpetuate our work.

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Our Teams

<aside> 🏉 As of November 2, 2023 10:12 PM (GMT+1), our team comprises full-time associates and part-time volunteers.

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These are our units.

Research

Product

Our Ethos