Nigeria, Nov. 8 -- Follow the Money, an initiative of Connected Development, focused on advocating, visualizing and tracking government spending and international aid in rural communities, has won the Council of Europe Democracy Innovation Award.

The award ceremony was held in Strasburg.

The Council of Europe's Democracy Innovation Award is given by the Secretary-General each year to the World Forum for Democracy's most popular initiative, which was presented in the labs, voted upon by the Forum participants.

The award is an original work of the artist Ilana Isehayek.

The Forum brought together 2,000 participants and 250 speakers from all over the world to discuss information and democracy this year.

Follow the Money defeated the fin...