Breaking Borders: The #OpenData Party in Accra Ghana
In the last series of our advocacy on Open Data through capacity building, we finally had a data clinic session at the Asa Royal Hotel in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday,…
Thank You to Our Outgoing CEO
This is a joint blog post by Open Knowledge CEO Laura James and Open Knowledge Founder and President Rufus Pollock. In September we announced that Laura James, our CEO, is…
Mobile data collection
This blog post is based on the School of Data skillshare I hosted on mobile data collection. Thanks to everyone who took part in it! Of recent, mobile has become…
A round-up of Open Knowledge Community events around the world!
One of the best opportunities that being part of a community offers is the chance to collaborate and make things happen together – and when we want this to happen…
The Global Open Data Index 2014 is now live!
The Global Open Data Index 2014 team is thrilled to announce that the Global Open Data Index 2014 is now live! We would not have arrived here without the incredible…
Web scraping in under 60 seconds: the magic of import.io
This post was written by Rubén Moya, School of Data fellow in Mexico, and originally posted on Escuela de Datos. Import.io is a very powerful and easy-to-use tool for data…
Code For Bandung – What, Why, and How to Work with Open Data
Last Friday the Code for Bandung, a local movement of techies and developers who are trying to create civic apps for the City of Bandung, Indonesia. The group took its inspiration…
Instigating the Rise of Demand for Data: The #OpenData Party in Abuja
So what happens when you have 102 Nigerians representing all the six regions of the country in  Abuja to teach and learn about what they can use data or open…
Data 101 Knowledge Sharing with Publish What You Pay Indonesia
Starting in August the School of Data Fellow for Indonesia, Yuandra Ismiraldi working together with Publish What You Pay Indonesia organized a weekly / bi-weekly event of knowledge sharing regarding…
Constructive Engagement: The first citizen-initiated data skills training for government (Philippines)
Last Tuesday (November 25), I led my first data training workshop in Manila with Sam Leon. After months of preparation, over Skype calls and shared Google documents, the workshop finally…