openAFRICA

	openAFRICA is an independent source for open data on the African continent
Home page	http://africaopendata.org/
Approach	openAfrica acts as a central repository for datasets liberated from elsewhere
Phase	Beta version
Tags	database, Africa, open data, and repository
Practices	Collect

Project Start Date	2012
Launch Date	2014
Most Recent Update	2015
Update Frequency	true
Thematic Focus	Data
Issue addressed	Data accessibility
Geographic Focus	African continent

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

Query	true
Lists	true
Raw Data	true

Description

Summary of the project and its approach

	openAFRICA aims to be largest independent repository of open data on the African continent. openAFRICA is not a government portal. It is instead a grassroots initiative, maintained by Code for Africa as a public service. The platform is therefore available as a free resource for ordinary citizens, civil society organisations, civic activists, the media, and government agencies.
Approach (How?)	openAfrica acts as a central repository for datasets liberated from elsewhere
Language	English
Commissioner	Google, Code for Africa, ICFJ, Open Knowledge, World Bank Group
Publisher	Code for Africa

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project.

Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 1587 Online Rank : Google: 4 Alexa: 2069965 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 28/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 63/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Last updated : 22/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : https://github.com/CodeForAfrica/ckanext-openafrica : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :

Data Sources

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Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size : Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : None Engineering : Dedicated Design : Dedicated

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology : Agile Open Source : true Open Data : true Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Minimal Sustainability Planning :

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

Organise Publish

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling : Documents Ethical Collection : Guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Data Licensing : Open Ethical Publishing : Anonymization of datasets Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : API