Open Data Collaboratives is a diverse global team of data scientists, educators, policy experts, and community organizers committed to a better and more prosperous world through increased collaboration with open data.

We help governments open up data for economic growth, innovation, and civic engagement. We create custom training programs for regions and organizations that encourage digital literacy and technical training through classes, virtual training, hackathons, large conferences, and events.

If you are an organization wanting to expand and diversify your networks to create better outcomes, Open Data Collaboratives can help you.

Our portfolio includes the Africa Open Data Conference series and the United Arab Emirates Data for Happiness hackathon series.

 
 
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Speaker and Workshop Series

Enock Seth Nyamador gives an introduction to editing Wikipedia ahead of International Women’s Day and encourages editors to contribute content about the lives and contributions of women and counter the current trend of writing only about the work of their husbands.

United Arab Emirates - Nationwide Hack for Happiness

Open Data Collaboratives stood up the inaugural UAE Hackathon for Happiness. An annual event of government, university, technology, and social sector partners across all seven emirates to increase transparency, quality, and participation with UAE government data. More at: https://hackathon.ae/

Africa Open Data Conference Series

Africa Open Data Conference in Accra, Ghana with President Nana Akufo-Addo - July 2017

Africa Open Data Conference in Accra, Ghana with President Nana Akufo-Addo - July 2017

Since 2014 the founders of Open Data Collaboratives have been working with and for partners across the African continent to advance the availability, quality, use, and participation in public data. For more about the series of conferences and workshops please visit: www.africaopendata.net