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

Wed Apr 3 18:25:33 UTC 2013

africaopendata.org is a good resource, certainly if you're looking for
Kenyan data but the South African portal is doing pretty well too. I try to
upload any datasets I get my hands on that are not obviously owned by
someone. On that note, I find licensing to be a huge problem in South
Africa. It's almost always unclear what I am allowed to do with data and
what I'm not. Frustratingly, no-one seems to know. Any insights into how to
tackle the issue?

Adi

On 3 April 2013 18:37, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adi Eyal
>> Data Specialist
>> phone: +27 78 014 2469
>> skype: adieyalcas
>> linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
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