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Samuel Ajala is a data and development journalist covering climate change, energy transition, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Nigeria, working as a freelance contributor to The Energiewende Blog, an outlet based at the European Union office in Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Germany. In 2022, he was selected as the only Nigerian in-person media fellow to attend the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD), and a fellow for Future News Worldwide (FNW) 2022 Digital Conference, organized by British Council to bring together the best 100 young journalists from all over the world. His bylines include Dataphyte, Adweek, AllAfrica, The Nation (Nigeria), Premium Times, TheCable, HumAngle, and The News Digest (Nigeria).
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Mar 10, 2023 ∙ 9 min
Widowed and Homeless, Internally Displaced Nigerian Women Recount Devastating Flood Experiences
“I was thinking when he makes it, he would take care of me and my daughters. But no, he is gone painfully.”
Oct 21, 2022 ∙ 7 min
"Official Negligence": Floods in Nigeria Threaten Millions, Quarter of Country's GDP
Nearly 16 million people in Nigeria, 4.2 million of them urban, are currently exposed to 1-in-100-year flood threats.
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