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14 Countries, 1 Event: Open Data Day Africa 2021

Open Data, Open Data DayApril 6, 2021

The Open Institute on the 6th of March convened virtual webinars across various African countries to commemorate the global celebration of the Open Data Day. This year’s event was themed “Data for Equal Development”, and discussions centred around the need to promote the conversation on data governance in the COVID-19 context, a topic that inspired the #RestoreDataRights movement that seeks to promote transparent, accountable and inclusive data governance in Africa.

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Spotlight on Amy Lehman, founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic

Citizen Generated Data, Open DataMarch 24, 2021

We had a virtual sit down with Dr Amy Lehman, founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic, an international organisation whose mission is to address healthcare access and education for isolated communities in the Lake Tanganyika Basin/Great Lakes region in Central Africa.

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Supporting contact tracing for COVID in Africa through the Sabasi app

Active Citizens, Grassroots, Open Data, Open LabFebruary 4, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit our continent, it became apparent that some gaps, particularly the shortage of healthcare workers, existed across different African countries. The Africa CDC PACT Project, a brainchild of the health committee at the African Union (AU), sought to ensure that Africa was not left behind in matters of health. The project…

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What 2020 has taught us

Active Citizens, Announcements, Extractives, Grassroots, Open County, Open Data, Responsive Government, Restore Data Rights, Team WellnessDecember 24, 2020

What a year this has been! For many of us, this year has been an unparalleled horror show one that will not easily be forgotten. For us, this has been a pivotal year – one of the most interesting complexities. On the one hand, 2020 was billed to be the year that we move to…

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The data collection and digitization process for Citizen Generated Data in Elgeyo Marakwet

Active Citizens, Open County, Open Data, Open GovernanceDecember 17, 2020

Deep in the heart of the county of champions, in the scenic and partly remote wards of Arror, Tambach, Kayego and Kaptarakwa, the activities for the citizen-led household census in Elgeyo Marakwet County are underway, targeting data collection in 101,000 households. The training of enumerators, data collection and data entry activities have been taking place…

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Design considerations for the citizen-driven census in Elgeyo Marakwet County

Active Citizens, Open County, Open Data, Responsive GovernmentNovember 23, 2020

In our work in citizen-generated data, we have had experiences that have demonstrated that the results of our projects are usually high-impact and long-lasting. This inspires us to keep working with citizens empowering them to use data to drive change within their communities. When citizens understand the power of data, they turn into data champions…

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Launching a movement for transparent, inclusive and accountable data governance: Introducing the #RestoreDataRights Declaration

Open Data, Responsive Government, Restore Data RightsNovember 10, 2020

The #RestoreDataRights movement comprises seven partners across Africa; Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria), Africa Digital Rights Hub (Ghana), Tom Moultrie (Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town) (South Africa), Media Rights Agenda (Nigeria), CIPESA (Uganda), Open Institute (Kenya) and Amnesty International (Kenya). It sprang from discussions on how data used as part of the COVID-19 response should…

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A Restore Data Rights Initiative for Africa

Accountability, Open Data, Restore Data RightsOctober 16, 2020

The Restore Data Rights initiative was born out of necessity; we realised that personal digital rights were being exploited with the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst. We presently comprise of six partners across Africa; Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria), Africa Digital Rights Hub (Ghana), Tom Moultrie (Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town) (South Africa), Media Rights…

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Being corrupt is usually the cheaper option, so what should we do?

Accountability, Active Citizens, Open DataOctober 14, 2020

Imagine you are driving from one city to another in your country and a policeman stops you for speeding. The correct process that should be followed is that the policeman would have to take you to the police station and you would have to pay a cash bail of USD 50 and get an appointment…

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What are Data Rights, and why should they matter to you?

Active Citizens, Open Data, Restore Data RightsSeptember 24, 2020

In the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, contact tracing – and the swift actions that governments initially took to take to curb the spread of COVID-19 have thrust the issues of data rights to the fore. Citizens have ceded personal data to states – in many cases unwillingly or without full knowledge of the…

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