Latest at LDRI
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The African Data Revolution
With 90% of the data in the world today having been created in the last 2 years this, it appears, is the era of data revolution. According to IBM, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are collected every day. The presence of this data is important for necessary development to effectively take place in any country. […]
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Data Interoperability. The Next Frontier in the Data Revolution.
The world is generating more data than in other time in history. However, with the increasing quantity and quality of data flooding our cyberspace comes new challenges. One clear challenge is how to make meaning of all this new data, a feat that will continue to be difficult without some level of data interoperability being […]
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Rural Women Key Players in the Achievement of SDGs
On October 15th, we celebrate the International Day of Rural Women. The role of women as key players in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is with time becoming more evident. So much so that World Food Day is also celebrated on 16th October followed closely by International Day for Eradication of Poverty on […]
Pan Africanist Voices
Because our agriculture has the lowest productivity in the world, the only way we are going to be able to catch up with productivity is by linking it to agro processing. Not living it alone, but adding value to the chain
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Latest from Twitter
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The Open Data Charter is reviewing it's six principles. Add your voice to this #ODCRefresh through this survey … https://t.co/ciXrMvTIqS
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Recent Work
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Rethinking Intra-African Trade Through CAADP Implementation
The dairy industry is an important source of livelihood for the farmers that engage in it. It provides an avenue for income generation for smallholder farmers and contributes to the household asset base through finance and insurance. However, it is the role it could potentially play in intra-African trade and in alleviating hunger and malnutrition […]
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The 5i Framework: Assessing Resilience Building Initiatives in Africa
Resilience building has become a vital part of securing development gains in Africa over the last decade. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction defines resilience as “The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely […]
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