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

Wed Apr 3 16:37:55 UTC 2013

Interesting to see and I've been super-impressed with progress of
http://AfricaOpenData.org  (which is most certainly up for me :-) )

Rufus

On 3 April 2013 07:23, Adi Eyal <adi at burgercom.co.za> wrote:

> 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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