AODN had a chance to meet with Dr. Worku Alemu from Ethiopia, an AODN Fellow – 2019 on his perspectives on Open Data in his country. The Freedom of Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation of Ethiopia (Proclamation No: 590/2008 of 2008),…
AODN had a chance to meet with Sulekha Adan from Kenya, an AODN Fellow – 2019 on her 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…
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…
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…
LDRI is looking for a consult to support the development of an implementor’s guide for the VBA project. The guide should support public sector ministries, departments or agencies providing extension services with a research-based guidance on how to adopt the…
LDRI is looking for a consult to support the development of curriculum and guides for Training of trainers on the village based advisors approach Training of village based advisors on the approach Producing a resource for use by village based…
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.…
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…
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…
As part of our work with the Africa Open Data Fellowship Program under the Africa Open Data Network we’re conducting a study on the drivers for success for data for development (D4D) initiatives in Africa. The study seeks to identify…