[okfn-za] Fwd: [OSGeo Africa] Fwd: [SDI-Africa] AfDB launches Open Data Platforms for 20 African countries

Wed Apr 3 06:23:48 UTC 2013

Hi All

The African Development Bank has put together an open data portal for
Africa. See the email below or for the lazy, click here:
http://opendataforafrica.org. It's not very good at the moment with really
light-weight World Bank type datasets and doesn't really hold a candle to
our own http://www.africaopendata.org/ (which seems to be down at the
moment) but it's good to see a higher level awareness of the importance of
data. Over time, it may actually grow into a useful resource.

Adi

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gavin Fleming <gavinjfleming at gmail.com>
Date: 3 April 2013 08:11
Subject: [OSGeo Africa] Fwd: [SDI-Africa] AfDB launches Open Data Platforms
for 20 African countries
To: "chapter discussions, Africa" <africa at lists.osgeo.org>

interesting open data interface for SA http://southafrica.**
opendataforafrica.org/ <http://southafrica.opendataforafrica.org/> and some
other African countries

http://www.afdb.org/en/news-**and-events/article/africas-**
information-highway-the-afdb-**launches-open-data-platforms-**
for-20-african-countries-**11604/<http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/article/africas-information-highway-the-afdb-launches-open-data-platforms-for-20-african-countries-11604/>
Africaâ€™s Information Highway - The AfDB launches Open Data Platforms for
20 African countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for
the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa,
South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Open Data Platform
program is part of the AfDBâ€™s recently launched â€œAfrica Information
Highwayâ€  initiative aimed at significantly improving data management and
dissemination in Africa. Work is on course to complete platforms for the
rest of African countries by July 2013.

The Open Data Platform is a user-friendly tool for extracting data,
creating and sharing own customized reports, and visualizing data across
themes, sectors and countries in tables, charts and maps. Through the Open
Data Platform, users can access a wide range of development data on African
countries from multiple international and national official sources. The
platform also facilitates the collection, analysis and sharing of data
among countries and with international development partners. The platform
offers a unique opportunity for various users, such as policymakers,
analysts, researchers, business leaders and investors around the world, to
gain access to reliable and timely data on Africa. Users can visualize time
series development indicators over a period of time, perform comprehensive
analysis at country and regional levels, utilize presentation-ready
graphics or create their own, blog, and share their views and work with
others, thereby creating an informed community of users.

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Adi Eyal
Data Specialist
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