The Africa Freedom of Information Centre, AFIC has been invited to attend African Union consultation on the continent’s strategy for the next 50 years- AU Agenda 2063. We have informed AU Commission our intention to consult our members and partners who for one reason or another are not to be physically consulted by the African…
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Two weeks ago London was host to the Open Government Partnership Summit in which government representatives and civil society from over 60 countries convened over three days to discuss among other government transparency, accountability and issues relating to the release and reuse of open data. From Global Open Data Initiative’s side we took part in…
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This is a cross-post by Julia Keserü from the Sunlight Foundation, taken from both the Global Open Data Initiative blog and the Sunlight Foundation blog. Open Data has enormous unfulfilled promise to change how governments work and to empower citizenship. As more governments and issue experts discover new potential in the public release of data,…
Read articleThis is a Post written by Jennifer Lentfer for OXFAM America Tech geek proclaims the unthinkable! Says that when it comes to aid transparency, “There’s something more important than data.” “Even in a country like Kenya, with a dynamic information and communication technology (ICT) sector, simply making data available is only one step in a longer…
Read articleOver the last month or two, we’ve made a strategic decision to dedicate a huge part of our work to serve grassroots communities and we’ve increasingly found ourselves thinking about how our work in the Open Data and Open Governance space impacts them. On Thursday November 7th, 2013, we hosted a Google Hangout on Air…
Read articleThe Global Open Data Initiative partners are excited today to share a draft Declaration on Open Data, and welcome comments and feedback on its contents. Open Data has enormous unfulfilled promise to change how governments work and to empower citizenship. Even as more governments and issue experts discover new potential in the public release of data, civil society…
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This is a cross post from Greg Brown Kenya’s open data portal is floundering. Despite the excitement that surrounded its launch in July 2011, the portal has not been updated in eight months, has seen stagnant traffic, and is quickly losing its status as the symbolic leader of open government in Africa. For a number of reasons,…
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Authored by Nick Hargreaves and cross posted from his blog. It’s slightly over two years since the government of Kenya launched the Kenya Open Data portal; a move that was hailed around the globe and seen by many as a path towards transparency in a corruption ridden government. Kenya became the second, after Morocco, in…
Read articleAfrican Data Journalists and Code for Africa Hacktavists this week traveled to Nepal to be part of the country’s Open Data Initiative launch. The grassroots initiative dubbed Open Nepal week, is a series of week-long activities that is aimed to catalyze and spur the Open Data Movement in Nepal. The week began with a Media…
Read article The Open Institute is excited to announce the Global Open Data Initiative, which it is spearheading together with the Sunlight Foundation, Worldwide Web Foundation, Open Knowledge Foundation and Fundar. The Open Data Movement globally has grown exponentially over the past four years. In the last two years, it has gained significant momentum in Africa – starting…
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📅 Dates: November 25 & 26, 2024
📍 Location: Nairobi, kenya
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