[okfn-za] Open Data on CO2 Emissions (Adi Eyal)

Thu Apr 25 09:31:18 UTC 2013

Martin,

I dunno what else OKFN-ZA is working on, but the Hacks/Hackers community
across Africa (13 chapters in 12 countries) is about to launch a major data
project into the extractive industries: oil, gas, mining, forestry,
fisheries, water rights, etc.

We've partnered with cool tools like Poderopedia.org, DocumentCloud.org,
http://landportal.info/landmatrix, etc, plus with Hacks/Hackers chapters in
Latin America, to start unravelling the secret networks that control
Africa's natural resources. The 15 newsrooms that form part of the new
African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR) will use the
resulting intel to shine a media spotlight on issues, while social justice
networks (in ZA this includes CorruptionWatch, etc) will help drive citizen
issues.

Journalists (& coders) only skate across the surface of complex issues like
extractives though, so we're really keen to rope in industry experts to
help us understand the data + the networks.

Cheers,
Justin

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On 25 April 2013 09:24, Martin Bentley <mtb at martinb.za.net> wrote:

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