Africa

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Africa
Localizing Census Data Uptake for Decision-Making
Learn how Rwanda is increasing the uptake of census data in local decision-making.
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Using Remote Sensing and Geoinformation for Environmental Monitoring in Mauritania
Learn how Mauritania implements real-time environmental monitoring strategy to combat climate change impacts, guided by Data4Policy and GIZ collaboration.
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Using Collective Intelligence to Improve Water Resource Management in Tana River County
Learn how government, companies, academia, and civil society work together to improve Kenya's water resource management and water infrastructure.
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Improving Migration and Displacement Policies in East Africa
Migration and displacement within the IGAD region are driven by various factors such as economic opportunities, political instability, conflict, environmental challenges and demographics.
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Mapping Zambian Urbanisation Using Geospatial Data
Learn how policymakers in Zambia leveraged spatial data and focused on identifying informal settlements to gain important information on urban features such as transportation infrastructure and access to clean water.
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Using Mobile Phone Data for Effective Public Health Measures During Pandemics
Discover how the Congolese Health Ministry initiated a collaboration with local mobile network operators (MNOs) to use data for COVID-19 policymaking.
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Using Citizen-Generated Data to Tackle Marine Pollution in Ghana
Learn how Ghana leverages citizen science to collect good-quality data on marine litter quickly and efficiently.
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Unlocking Success in Rainfed Farming in Niger
Get insights into how the "Data Powered Positive Deviance" method helped to identify and understand good practices in agriculture in Niger.
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Improving Health Care Through Data-Driven Placement Decisions in Malawi
Discover how the Malawian Ministry of Health used mobile network data, census data and satellite imagery to optimise placement of health facilities.