Introduction: Open Data and Africa
Author(s) -
Sabina Leonelli,
Brian Rappert,
Louise Bezuidenhout
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
data science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.358
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1683-1470
DOI - 10.5334/dsj-2018-005
Subject(s) - open data , computer science , data science , politics , world class , class (philosophy) , open research , data collection , political science , world wide web , public relations , knowledge management , sociology , social science , engineering , law , industrial engineering , artificial intelligence
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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