AODN had a chance to meet with Sulekha Adan from Kenya, an AODN Fellow – 2019 on his perspectives on Open Data in her country. Open data is data that can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose. Our ability to use and re-use information from the government as freely as possible is grounded […]
Nairobi, Kenya, August 20th, 2019…Local Development Research Institute (LDRI) a not-for-profit action-oriented think tank, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN). Through their collaboration, the two organisations will work to strengthen the availability, use and sharing of open data as part of the evidence useful […]
AODN had a chance to meet with Claude Migisha from Rwanda, an AODN Fellow – 2019 on his perspectives on Open Data in his country. The Data Revolution The emergence of digital technologies has given rise to data sources and analytical methods, which were previously not possible. As a result, the production of data is increasingly becoming […]
The Africa Open Data Network (AODN) recently hosted an Open Data Policy co-creation workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop brought together representatives from government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia and the media to co-create a draft model open data policy. The stakeholders were from Kenya, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Rwanda, countries where AODN is currently […]
Open data is becoming increasingly important in the implementation of Africa’s developmental agenda by supporting evidence-informed decision making to facilitate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The implementation of open data essential for national governments to accurately plan, fund and evaluate development activities has been jeopardized by hurdles relating to coordination of data within […]