Join us for a Data Expedition on water in Dar es Salaam on June 6th
School of Data and Code for Africa are stopping by Dar es Salaam in Tanzania this week – to celebrate this we’ll host a Data Expedition on Data from the…
Mapping company network in the Nigerian extractive industry
On December 7 data wranglers, maptivists and arm chair researchers got together for an online Data Expedition to analyse the Nigerian extractive industry in a collaboration between School of Data,…
Launching Spending Stories: How much is it really?
Spending Stories is a new way to put spending figures in their proper perspective. Developed by the Open Knowledge Foundation and Journalism++ with funding from the Knight Foundation, Spending Stories…
Data Expedition: Investigate the Extractive Industries of Nigeria
UPDATE: there is now a dedicated page for the Nigeria Extractives Data Expedition here Who operates the often poisonous wells in the Niger Delta? How does the money flow between…
Data Expedition, December 7: Investigate the Extractive Industries of Nigeria
The data expedition described on this post is over. For more recent data expedition announcements, visit the blog. Who operates the often poisonous wells in the Niger Delta? How does…
Mapping public finances in Nigeria
On October 10 School of Data ran a Data Expedition at the OpenGov Hub in Washington DC to explore the public contracts and finances in Nigeria. The Data Expedition was…
Investigate the Garment Factories: new Data Expedition
In May, the School of Data community got together in a Data Expedition to respond to the Rana Plaza catastrophe. They built a crowdsourced database on garment factories and used…
Announcing the Data Expedition: Investigate the Garment Factories
The data expedition described on this post is over. For more recent data expedition announcements, visit the blog. In May, the School of Data community got together in a Data…
City Spending Party around the world
Last weekend more than a hundred budget nerds and engaged citizens gathered at 20 spending data parties to open up city spending and budgets. From Lagos to Kathmandu groups dived…
Data Expedition story: Why garment retailers need to do more in Bangladesh
This post is cross-posted from the School of Data blog On May 25-26 almost 50 participants from several teams set out on a data expedition to map the garment factories.…