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

Tech Soup

Open Source data NetSquared big data' The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries. Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. We've just launched Miradi. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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