Omidyar Networks Awards $2.275 Million for Government Transparency

Omidyar Network announced $2.275 million in grants awarded to three nonprofits organizations whose missions strive to create more transparent and accountable government.

Global Voices, the online citizens-media platform, will receive $1.2 million for strategic expansion. U.K.-based mySociety will receive $575,000 to aid African organizations in developing digital tools to help hold their governments accountable. The XYZ Show, a Kenyan political satire TV program, will receive $500,000 to expand reach and engagement online and through mobile applications, create strategies that increase and diversify funds, and support the show.