Introduction: Open Data and Africa
This introduction outlines the contents of the special collection “Open Data and Africa”, which documents the goals and aspirations associated with Open Data means in Africa today: what opportunities they offer, what challenges they pose and what the implications follow from the increasing political...
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| author | Sabina Leonelli Brian Rappert Louise Bezuidenhout |
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| description | This introduction outlines the contents of the special collection “Open Data and Africa”, which documents the goals and aspirations associated with Open Data means in Africa today: what opportunities they offer, what challenges they pose and what the implications follow from the increasing political and institutional support for this concept. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40c15dd8d84a47598f6ab6ff6d5e686a2022-12-22T01:58:34ZengUbiquity PressData Science Journal1683-14702018-02-011710.5334/dsj-2018-005663Introduction: Open Data and AfricaSabina Leonelli0Brian Rappert1Louise Bezuidenhout2University of ExeterUniversity of ExeterUniversity of OxfordThis introduction outlines the contents of the special collection “Open Data and Africa”, which documents the goals and aspirations associated with Open Data means in Africa today: what opportunities they offer, what challenges they pose and what the implications follow from the increasing political and institutional support for this concept.https://datascience.codata.org/articles/794open dataAfrican researchdata policydata managementOpen Science |
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| title | Introduction: Open Data and Africa |
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| title_short | Introduction: Open Data and Africa |
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| topic | open data African research data policy data management Open Science |
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