In this episode of Open Gov Stories, Iyanu, the manager of Civic Hive in Lagos, Nigeria talks with his sister Ilerioluwa about his upbringing, becoming leader for civic tech in Nigeria, personally experiencing injustice that motivated him to support police reform, and his hopes for civic tech supporting Nigeria's development in the future.

Building a New Movement in Liberia(Luther Jeke & Lawrence Yealue)

Why do you care about changing the world? Open Gov Stories is a Global Podcast Series, which goes behind the scenes to explore why social change makers really do the work they do. 

In each episode, listen to candid interviews between friends and colleagues who have devoted their lives to changing the world. Using the StoryCorps model and app, they share personal origin stories, lessons on how to open up governments, empower citizens and change the world, and their visions for the future. Listen to their stories and add your own.

This podcast is a partnership of Open Gov Hub and the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, in collaboration with StoryCorps. Interviews provided courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. www.storycorps.org

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Promises to Keep" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)