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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

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It originally appeared on NetSquared. The Open Aid Partnership , held Open Nepal Week’s Data Literacy Bootcamp, which gathered over 80 Nepali journalists, developers, coders, and civil society representatives to find, extract, and analyze and visualize public data. Open Source data NetSquared big data'

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

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Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. " Digital Democracy's approach to achieving this mission is based on the following three stages: Digital literacy: Getting individuals to understand the tools and how to use them. Want to learn more?

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Data Digest: Global Open Data Initiative, OpenData Latinoamérica, Big Data for Disaster Response

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It originally appeared on NetSquared. Facilitating global literacy about Big Data is viewed as important for the media, civic hackers, and civil society. Image: NetSquared. Their network will help with trouble shooting and data training. Videos of presentations can be found on the PDF website.