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About the GINGER Project

The Governance and Innovation Network for Generating Enhanced Regulations (GINGER) project, led by Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API) and supported by INCLUDE and The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, piloted an innovative approach to policy making in Nigeria by integrating Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to assess the effectiveness of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill before its enactment. This initiative addressed policy incoherence by fostering collaboration among government agencies, industry stakeholders, and businesses, ensuring that digital policies reflect real-world needs. With enumerators conducting surveys across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, the study engaged over 350 Nigerians and 80 businesses to measure awareness and usability of key digital tools. Despite challenges related to trust, privacy concerns, and infrastructure barriers, the project implemented strategic measures–such as anonymizing data and offering multiple participation options–to enhance engagement and gather actionable insights.

Beyond research, GINGER established a Community of Practice (CoP), fostering dialogue between government agencies, policymakers, and private sector players to minimize policy inconsistencies. Through monthly policy breakfast dialogues, regulatory stakeholders clarified mandates, discussed best practices, and worked toward more coherent digital governance frameworks. The project’s findings and RCT research methodology framework will be formally sent to the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, offering a model for refining Nigeria’s digital policies and specifically the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2024. The success of this pilot lays the groundwork for expanding the RCT methodology across other regulatory bodies, ensuring that future policies undergo rigorous testing before full implementation. With API at the helm, GINGER has positioned itself as a catalyst for evidence-based policymaking, strengthening Nigeria’s digital ecosystem and regulatory landscape.

Objectives 

  • To implement the Randomised Control Trial (RCT) research methodology to test policy effectiveness before full enactment. For its pilot, GINGER focused on applying RCT to assess the impact and feasibility of Nigeria’s National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill before its full enactment.
  • To contribute towards minimising policy incoherence and inconsistencies in Nigeria’s STI space, by establishing a collaborative platform for policymakers and government agency representatives to engage, align on mandates, share knowledge on industry best practices and collaboratively find ways of working to guide coherent policy alignment across the sector
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Key Knowledge Produced 

The GINGER Project produced key knowledge materials to support evidence-based policymaking in Nigeria, including:

  1. RCT research report – Findings from the Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) on the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill;.
  2. RCT methodology framework – A structured guide on using RCTs for policy testing and refinement;.
  3. Evidence synthesis report – Analysis of the bill’s alignment with Nigeria’s digital policy landscape;.
  4. Best practices repository – A database of successful policy interventions and regulatory innovations.
  5. M&E plan – A framework for tracking GINGER’s progress and measuring policy impact.
  6. Policy Dialogue Reports – Insights from monthly inter-agency dialogues on policy coherence and regulatory alignment.
  7. Challenges & insights report – Analysis of barriers to digital policy adoption and recommendations..
  8. A draft ways of working plan between regulators and policy makers within the digital economy

 

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