Nelly Kalu

Hi I'm Nelly Multi-format, Journalist. Journalism Product & Project Manager. Podcaster.

My superpower is Intersectionality. I am amazing at connecting the dots between abstracts. 

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The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News •

Attacking Gates, attacking vaccines: How conflict, religion and conspiracy theories drive COVID-19 misinformation in Nigeria

Since the beginning of the pandemic, local conspiracy theories connected to Bill Gates have circulated in Nigeria. Last year a false rumour by The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) spread online in Nigeria and internationally that Gates had bribed the Nigerian government $10 million to pass a law to test vaccines on children.

False messaging of this nature is often successful because it builds on the high levels of mistrust for authorities that are already commonplace in Nigeria. Acc
The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News •

No sign of support for Nigerian women shea collectors despite Denmark government N1.6 billion disbursement

In 2019, the Danish government disbursed N1.6 billion to help women shea butter producers in Nigeria. But the project closed early and reached very few of the women it targeted. Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Nelly Kalu travelled to Oyo and Kwara State to investigate the impact of the project.

Adebimpe, a shea nut collector, is stooped over a huge cast iron pot that has turned black. She is cleaning these pots with her group of shea butter producers in preparation for another shea oil extraction c
The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News •

Reparations for stolen heritage: Beyond the return of the Benin bronzes

Why cling to stolen art? There is no moral justification for keeping stolen art. The descendants of the looters should not feel any more entitled to the art than the original owners. If some in the Western world feel dispossessed returning these artifacts, they should try to imagine how it must have felt for the original owners to have their art stolen.

When I was a child, my father would tell me stories of the deities in our village and their significance to our lives, even in o...
The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News •

The price of Garri in Nigerian markets and the Russia-Ukraine war

As part of a Taz Panter Stiftung program bringing African journalists together with European experts to discuss African-European relations, we discussed the impact of the Ukraine war on food security in Africa. Being the only Nigerian journalist in the room, I was aware that the food crisis in my country was already at frightening degrees long before the war.

Nigeria’s food insecurity, long aggravated by insecurity in the major agricultural regions by Boko haram terrorists, Herds...
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Covid-19, the African Story

What’s happening with Covid-19 in Kenya and Nigeria? Why do some people believe it doesn’t exist, or that vaccines can turn you into a vampire? Why are women suspected of contracting Covid-19 being kidnapped by terror groups? Do local cures actually work? Where does all the disinformation come from? And who’s behind it?Presented by Nelly Kalu, written and produced by Nick Raistrick and Nelly Kalu for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting's #AfricaResilienceNetwork project.

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Foreign Policy •

How Shea Nut Collectives Are Empowering African Women

A lot of shea butter, which can be found in moisturizers and chocolate, originates from West and East Africa. According to the Global Shea Alliance, shea exports from African countries increased about 600 percent in the first two decades of this century.Most shea nut collectors are rural women. So this should be great news for them. But because of the way the shea nut supply chain operates, most women are at the bottom of the power structure, oftentimes squeezed out by middlemen.On this episode...
Foreign Policy •

The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO) - Pushing for Accountability in Nigeria’s Tech Industry

Despite a global downturn for tech, 2022 was a record year for African start-up funding. According to data from Partech Partners, African tech financing in 2022 was 4.5 times larger than it was four years prior. And Nigeria is one of the continent’s main tech hubs.
However, underneath this success story are less convenient truths—including a culture of widespread gender discrimination and financial impropriety.
On today’s episode of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, we will look at Nigerian tech leaders’ accountability efforts.

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