Built for the stories
that never get told.
To bridge the gap between underserved communities and the newsrooms that serve the public by making it possible for anyone, anywhere in Nigeria, to report what they see in their own language, and have it heard.
51M+
WhatsApp users in Nigeria
5
Languages supported
1,031
Registered newsrooms
across nigeria
Why we built NewsBridge
Across Nigeria, major developments, insecurity, displacement, community crises, are happening in places where no journalist is present. Not because editors don't care, but because the infrastructure to reach those communities simply does not exist.
Meanwhile, millions of Nigerians witness these events every day. They have smartphones. They have WhatsApp. They have stories. But the language barrier, the distance, and the absence of a simple way to beheard means those stories disappear.
NewsBridge was built to close that gap giving underserved communities a direct line to the newsrooms that can amplify their voices, in the language they speak, through the tool they already use.
NewsBridge was built to give underserved communities a voice. Every community has a story. Not every voice gets heard. We are changing that.
The principles behind
everything we build
NewsBridge exists at the intersection of technology, journalism, and community. These are the values that guide every decision we make.
Community first
Every decision starts with one question, does this make it easier for ordinary people to be heard? The community is not an afterthought. It is the product.
Language inclusion
Nigeria's stories are told in Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin, and more. A platform that only works in English excludes most of the country. We refuse that trade-off.
Reporter safety
Citizen reporters take real risks to share what they see. Anonymous submission is not a feature — it is a commitment. Protecting people who trust us is non-negotiable.
Editorial integrity
NewsBridge surfaces leads, not finished stories. We build tools that support journalists, not replace their judgment. Verification stays with the newsroom, always.
Speed with accuracy
Breaking news cannot wait. We build for real-time but never at the cost of accuracy. Confidence scoring exists because speed without trust is not journalism.
Built for Africa
We are not adapting a Western product for Nigeria. NewsBridge is designed from the ground up for the African media context, its languages, its constraints, its opportunity.
We believe the next wave of African journalism will not come from newsrooms expanding outward. It will come from citizens reaching inward, sending what they see, in their own words, in their own language, through digital innovation.
Every day without this infrastructure, stories disappear. Communities stay invisible. And misinformation wins by default
Meet the NewsBridge team
A multidisciplinary team of product designers, journalists, and engineers united by one mission, to make community voices impossible to ignore.
Dagana Lois
PRODUCT DESIGNER & AI STRATEGIST
Lois leads product strategy and design, translating community needs into tools that journalists actually use.
Davida Spaine-Solomon
JOURNALIST
Davida leads editorial strategy bringing deep media knowledge to the platform.
Isaac Adedokun
FRONTEND DEVELOPER & AI ENGINEER
Isaac creates experiences that helps journalists turn citizen reports into stories.
Gbadegesin Adeyanju
BACKEND & AI ENGINEER
Gbadegesin owns translation quality and confidence scoring the infrastructure behind multilingual reporting.
Ready to bring community stories into your newsroom?
Whether you are a newsroom looking for better story leads or a community member with something to report, there is a place for you here.
