China's African spending spree
| This Al Jazeera investigation highlights African infrastructure financed by China | ||
| Home page | http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2014/03/interactive-china-african-spending-spree-2014320121349799136.html | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | journalism, financial flows, Africa, China, geodata, and viz | |
| Project Start Date | 2015 |
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| Launch Date | 2015 |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Update Frequency | not anymore |
| Thematic Focus | Exposure |
| Issue addressed | Tracking economic diplomacy |
| Geographic Focus | Africa |
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| Narrative | true |
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| Geographic Map | true |
| Other Visualisation | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| This projects maps Chinese funded projects from mines to research centers on the whole African continent. | |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Al Jazeera |
| Publisher | Al Jazeera |
Impact
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Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 156K Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 90/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 85/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : Outcome : Last updated : 19/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
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Team Size : Small Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Some Engineering : Outsourced Design : DedicatedProject Methodology
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Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Minimal Sustainability Planning : No planningDocumented Practices
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Data Modeling : Documents Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Simple Data Description : false Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : false