Debriefing the 4th round table for a Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes [Francophone Africa]

Last Wednesday, 22 November, Open Knowledge Foundation and AfroLeadership organised a round table on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Electoral Processes, focusing on initiatives developed in Francophone Africa. This was the fourth round table in the framework of this initiative, with which we are trying to map the initiatives and projects already active in the […]

Debriefing the 3rd round table for a Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes [Anglophone Africa]

Last Wednesday, November 15th, we had the pleasure of organising the third round table to share experiences related to the development of open digital technologies and data standards in electoral processes, with a focus on initiatives from Anglophone Africa. Beyond presenting our new initiative, the main objective of the event was to listen to and […]

Exploring budget data in Cameroon: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. Thanks to generous support from key funders, the Open Knowledge Foundation was able to support the running of more than 60 of these events […]

Open Data Day 2019: open science events in Benin and Cameroon

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. AfricArxiv and APSOHA received funding through the mini-grant scheme by the Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research project, to […]

Open Government and Open Contracting in Paraguay and Cameroon

This blog was written by Rodrigo Valdez (Girolabs) and Transparency International Cameroon. This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2018. On Saturday 3 March, groups from around the world organised over 400 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. 45 events received additional support […]

International open data day report from Yaounde Cameroon

The Open Data Day 2016 was successfully hosted and celebrated in Cameroon by the netsquared Yaoundé community. The theme of the day was ‘Empowering Cameroonians to accelerate open data’, bringing together 90 participants. The event was hosted in Paraclete Institute in Yaoundé, which brought together multiple stakeholders and students, to empower them in advancing open […]