CAPPA - Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa

CAPPA - Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Human rightsEnvironment & ClimateHealthWater & Sanitation
NGOInternational reach
Profile last updated: August 12, 2026

About

CAPPA - Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa is a non-governmental organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria working on human rights, environment & climate, health +2 more.

CAPPA is a Pan-African non-governmental organisation headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It advocates for human rights, public health, environmental protection and inclusive development, and builds community power for participatory governance. Its work includes community organising and capacity building, evidence generation and research, media engagement, and advocacy campaigns that challenge harmful corporate and state practices, including in extractives, water privatisation, tobacco control and sugar-sweetened beverage taxation.

Location

Lagos, Nigeria

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

NGO

Focus areas

advocacyhuman rightscorporate accountabilitypublic healthenvironmental justicewater rightsextractivestobacco controlclimate justiceparticipatory governance

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Human rightsEnvironment & ClimateHealthWater & SanitationDemocracy & Civil society

Works for

Communities

How they work

Advocacy & campaigningResearchAwareness & educationCapacity buildingCommunity programmes

Programmes

Democracy Outreach campaign

Democracy & Civil society

Raises awareness and engages citizens on the democratic process and active participation in democracy.

Extractives and Environment

Environment & Climate

Supports communities to organise and mobilise against harmful practices in the extractives sector.

Public Health Advocacy

Health

Advocates for policies promoting healthy lifestyles and resisting corporate practices that harm public health, including sugar-sweetened beverage tax and tobacco control work.

Our Water, Our Right Campaign

Water & Sanitation

Campaigns against water privatisation and for public access to water and water rights.

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