The Sigma Awards Projects

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#PowerTracker: Investigating renewable energy initiatives in Southern Africa

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#PowerTracker: Investigating renewable energy initiatives in Southern Africa

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:14:45-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Africa, CAJ News Africa, Centre for Investigative Journalism, Centre for Investigative Journalism Malawi, Corruption, Crowdsourcing, CSV, D3.js, Daily News, Database, Environment, Explainer, Global Investigative Journalism Network (newsletter), Google Sheets, GoTopNews, IJ Hub, Infographics, Investigation, IOL News, Json, Mail & Guardian, Microsoft Excel, Mmegi, MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Open data, OpenStreetMap, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, Python, QGIS, Scraping, Small, Solutions journalism, South Africa, Sunday Mail, Video, Wah! and Africa in News., Xinhua News|

How fateful?

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How fateful?

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:14:45-04:00Tags: Africa, Culture, Json, Map, Private, R, RStudio, Small, South Africa|

RIOT: Eight days of protest and looting that shook South Africa

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RIOT: Eight days of protest and looting that shook South Africa

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2022-03-16T15:11:15-04:00Tags: Africa, Chart, Crime, CSV, D3.js, Database, Drone, Explainer, Google Sheets, Illustration, Long-form, Map, Open data, OSINT, Politics, Protest, R, R Studio, Scraping, Small, South Africa, Svelte, The Outlier, Video|

Above The Law

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Above The Law

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2022-03-16T15:11:10-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Africa, Animation, Corruption, Crime, Database, Documentary, Google Sheets, Human rights, Infographics, Investigation, JavaScript, Long-form, Microsoft Excel, MySQL, Open data, PHP, Python, Small, South Africa, Video, Viewfinder, GroundUp|

Until the last tiger roars

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Until the last tiger roars

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2022-03-16T15:04:24-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Africa, Chart, Corruption, Crime, Cross-border, Crowdsourcing, CSV, D3.js, Database, Environment, Explainer, Google Sheets, Infographics, Investigation, Json, Long-form, Map, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Open data, OpenStreetMap, Personalisation, Python, QGIS, R, Scraping, Small, Solutions journalism, South Africa|

#WildEye Southern Africa: Combating Wildlife Crime in Southern Africa

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#WildEye Southern Africa: Combating Wildlife Crime in Southern Africa

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2022-03-16T15:04:23-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Africa, Chart, Corruption, Crime, Cross-border, Crowdsourcing, CSV, D3.js, Database, Environment, Explainer, Google Sheets, Infographics, Investigation, Json, Map, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Open data, OpenStreetMap, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, USAID's VukaNow Activity, Farmer's Weekly, African Women in Media, Personalisation, Python, QGIS, Scraping, Small, Solutions journalism, South Africa|

Killing the Files: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in South Africa

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Killing the Files: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in South Africa

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-06-17T11:09:20-04:00Tags: Adobe, Animation, Corruption, Creative Suite, Crime, CSV, Database, Documentary, Fact-checking, Google Sheets, Gun violence, Human rights, Infographics, Investigation, Long-form, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Politics, Python, R, Small, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Video, Viewfinder, Daily Maverick, GroundUp, Checkpoint on eNCA|

Counting Every Vote

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Counting Every Vote

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-06-17T11:08:52-04:00Tags: Breaking news, Canvas, Chart, CSV, D3.js, Database, Elections, Google Sheets, Human rights, Infographics, JQuery, Json, Long-form, Mail&Guardian, Microsoft Excel, Politics, Python, Scraping, Small, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Three.js, Women|

#WildEye: Mapping wildlife crime

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#WildEye: Mapping wildlife crime

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-06-17T11:04:13-04:00Tags: Adobe, Audio, Corruption, Crime, Cross-border, Crowdsourcing, CSV, D3.js, Database, Environment, Explainer, Google Sheets, Infographics, Investigation, Json, Map, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Open data, OpenStreetMap, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, Earth Journalism Network, Personalisation, Python, QGIS, Scraping, Small, Solutions journalism, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa|

How Covid-19 took hold in South Africa

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How Covid-19 took hold in South Africa

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-11-26T09:16:54-05:00Tags: Animation, Bhekisisa.org, News24.com, Chart, CSV, D3.js, Database, Explainer, Google Sheets, Health, Infographics, Json, Map, Node.js, Open data, R, RStudio, Small, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa|

Unequal Scenes

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Unequal Scenes

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-06-16T10:18:46-04:00Tags: ArchDaily, BBC, CNN, Daily Maverick, Globo, Inequality.org, IPS News, London School of Economics, Small, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa|

Sucked Dry

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Sucked Dry

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-06-16T10:06:37-04:00Tags: African Network of Centres for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), Big, Code for Africa, IHE Delft Partnership Programme for Water and Development, InfoNile, Juba Monitor, Mada Masr, New Vision, Pulitzer Centre on Crisis Reporting, Science Africa, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Zehabesha|

Victor Mkhetsane – Social Media Coordinator

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Victor Mkhetsane – Social Media Coordinator

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T11:38:53-05:00Tags: Big, News24, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa|

Gemma Ritchie

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Gemma Ritchie

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T11:38:50-05:00Tags: Grocott's Mail, Mail & Guardian, Small, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa|

Targeting AGU Team C: How Zane Kilian tracked anti-gang cop Charl Kinnear and his team. An investigation by News24.

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Targeting AGU Team C: How Zane Kilian tracked anti-gang cop Charl Kinnear and his team. An investigation by News24.

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-04-27T02:36:40-04:00Tags: Breaking news, Corruption, Crime, Database, Explainer, Gun violence, Human rights, Illustration, Infographics, Investigation, Long-form, Map, News24, Small, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Video|