2017 Africa Open Data Conference
18 July–21 July 2017
Accra International Conference Centre (AICC)
Organized by the government of Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, National Information Technology Agency, Ghana Open Data Initiative, Open Data Institute, Development Gateway, Open Knowledge International, GODAN, and Talk Africa, the 2017 Africa Open Data Conference is set to attract over 600 delegates drawn from all over Africa and the world at large.
Register to attend here. Follow @Data4Africa and join the conversation on Twitter using #AODC17.
This event will push the leadership role of the private sector in supplying, using and demanding open data; bring together innovators and visionaries to grow their networks, hone their success, and connect with sources of support; and introduce investors and donors to an expanding sector that seeks and supplies open data to achieve development goals in Africa and across the globe.
Below is a preliminary schedule of NRGI's agenda at the event. The full event schedule is available here.
Tuesday, July 18
Using the 2017 Resource Governance Index as a Tool for Reform in sub-Saharan Africa
10:15 am-11:30 pm
Open Contracting in the Extractive Industries
12:45 pm-2 pm
Friday, July 21
Energy and Extractives: Open Data Shared Lessons
noon-1:30 pm
3 pm-3:30 pm
Organized by the government of Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, National Information Technology Agency, Ghana Open Data Initiative, Open Data Institute, Development Gateway, Open Knowledge International, GODAN, and Talk Africa, the 2017 Africa Open Data Conference is set to attract over 600 delegates drawn from all over Africa and the world at large.
Register to attend here. Follow @Data4Africa and join the conversation on Twitter using #AODC17.
This event will push the leadership role of the private sector in supplying, using and demanding open data; bring together innovators and visionaries to grow their networks, hone their success, and connect with sources of support; and introduce investors and donors to an expanding sector that seeks and supplies open data to achieve development goals in Africa and across the globe.
Below is a preliminary schedule of NRGI's agenda at the event. The full event schedule is available here.
Tuesday, July 18
Using the 2017 Resource Governance Index as a Tool for Reform in sub-Saharan Africa
10:15 am-11:30 pm
Open Contracting in the Extractive Industries
12:45 pm-2 pm
Friday, July 21
Energy and Extractives: Open Data Shared Lessons
noon-1:30 pm
- Charles Young, technical open data consultant, NRGI (@NRGInstitute)
- Samuel Bekoe, economist, Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth
- Ousseynou Ngom, senior associate, Development Gateway (@DGateway)
- Mukasiri Sibanda, economic governance officer, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (@ZELA_Infor )
- Jessie Cato, national coordinator, Publish What You Pay (@PWYPtweets)
3 pm-3:30 pm