AODN had a chance to meet with Amos Lasana from Sierra Leone, an AODN Fellow – 2019 on his perspectives on Open Data in his country. Prior to 2013, there was very little work in terms of making Open Data and transparency a priority, let alone making any policies to influence its implementation. In 2009, the Ministry of […]
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 […]
Claude Migisha, Rwanda Claude K. Migisha is a Technologist based in Rwanda with over a decade of experience in the areas of ICT innovation management, ICT project design and management, ICT capacity building and the integration of ICT into international development initiatives (ICT4D). He has driven the adoption of technology in sectors ranging from education, […]
While gender equality continues to be a problem across the world, there has been a coordinated effort globally to work towards bridging inequality even though there is still to be done. Bridging this gap would ensure that women and girls achieve their full potential since it eliminates barriers that limit this. The global push to […]
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. […]