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Oct 24, 2024 • 41min

Implementing Health Intervention in Nigeria | Tolulope; Abubakar; Umar | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This panel session brings representatives from three organizations implementing health interventions in Nigeria, sharing more about their interventions, experience, and critical lessons from their operation. Panelists concurred that data-driven decision-making, proper stakeholder engagement, and public-private partnerships are vital for intervention success. They emphasized the importance of contextual understanding, cultural sensitivity, and collaboration with local stakeholders to ensure effective implementation. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M9kcNhI6Lo
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Oct 24, 2024 • 34min

EA & Animals: Using Evidence and Reasoning to do Good | Jenna, Hiscock | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This talk focused on effective altruism and animals, sharing how factory farming is rising in Africa and what can be done to address the problem. It draws from Animal Advocacy Africa's (AAA) recent research with Bryant Research, "Preventing Factory Farming in Africa: Strategic Considerations," and four intervention-specific reports by AAA (which were made available online before the conference). Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuaXslLbrME
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Oct 24, 2024 • 25min

Cage Free Africa: Why It's Important | Dr. Sunday, Agbonika | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This talk explored research findings, such as the 5 Freedoms of Animal Welfare and recent discoveries revealing that many animals are sentient, meaning they "feel" a range of emotions, including fear, happiness, and suffering, similar to humans. The talk emphasized that a cage-free Africa is crucial to ensuring the welfare of animals on the continent. Watch on Youtube:
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Oct 24, 2024 • 28min

The case for safeguarding long-term future | Alimi, Salfou | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This talk walked participants through a mind-shifting conversation between the present and the future and focused on inspiring and interrogating human actions and their long-term impacts. Additionally, the talk introduced the concept of long-term thinking and future literacy as essential skills for navigating the complexity of future challenges. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eEIjZUcUkI
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Oct 24, 2024 • 31min

Improving governance with data: Data for Activism | Gabriel, Okeowo | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This is talk about the Data for Activism and it focused on enligting how data can be leveraged to empower citizens to demand transparency and accountability for good governance. Most references from the talk are in Nigerian context. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKwp6n2yg5w
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Oct 24, 2024 • 18min

How IPA uses evidence for policy work | Olasubomi, Obadeyi | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This talk shared how Innovation Poverty Action (IPA) uses rigorous evidence to inform policies and programs for achieving effective outcomes. It shared case studies on how IPA uses evidence to inform its policy recommendation and program delivery. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PH31TA4Vpo
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Oct 24, 2024 • 31min

Theory for Improving Children's Health: Case for Deworming | Maryann, Edeh | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This talk shared how Evidence Action strategically is reducing global health inequities by removing some of the biggest health barriers children and adolescents face. It shared the case for its deworming program in Nigeria. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLhFmaqM4W8
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Oct 24, 2024 • 33min

CommCare Connect: Digitally Supporting Paid, Purposeful work for CHWs | Sarvesh, Tewari; Sagar,Atre

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are critical in bringing healthcare services to underserved communities. This talk shared Dimagi CommCare Connect learnings from applying Effective Altruism principles to deploy CommCare Connect across 7 countries. The talk featured case studies from completed projects where CHWs successfully completed a full Learn, Deliver, Verify, and Pay cycle autonomously. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CzsXLiOoVg
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Oct 24, 2024 • 23min

High-Impact Project/Charity: Ambitious Impact Programs | Cameron, Kings | EA Nigeria Summit 2024

This talk introduces Ambitious Impact's 5 different programs, as well as other impactful career paths, including - Charity founding, Earning to give, Research, For-profit Entrepreneurship, and more. the talk shared various different traits useful for each pathway, how you can upskill and maximise your chance of success and what each program looks like. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_78fL0sc4hA
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Oct 24, 2024 • 30min

Interesting, Easy or Hard: How I have Prioritize Work | Olaoluwa, Akinloluwa | EA Nigeria Summit '24

This talk discussed Ola's career journey, Explaining how he ought to prioritize work ranging from management consulting to literary publishing, community libraries, and ultimately, the specialized global health security niche he had carved out for himself. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHZfFjtyp4

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